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Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium to host Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul in ‘fight of a lifetime’

From @ToddBrock24f7: The Cowboys’ home venue will be the site of a July 20 fight pitting one of the greatest boxers ever against one of today’s hottest names.

AT&T Stadium has been the site of many massively-hyped showdowns over the years. But this summer, the Cowboys’ home venue will host a different kind of battle, one that’s being billed as “the fight of a lifetime.”

Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson will square off against internet-celebrity-turned-prizefighter Jake Paul at AT&T Stadium in Arlington on July 20. The match will be streamed on Netflix and should serve as a monster draw for the platform’s growing schedule of live sporting events.

Tyson, who will turn 58 in June, was the youngest heavyweight champ in history at age 20 and last fought in a 2020 exhibition bout that ended in a draw. His 50-6 record (44 knockouts) has already landed him in the Boxing Hall of Fame, and some of the fights from his heyday remain some of the most-watched and best-remembered events in the sport’s history.

Paul, 27, rose to popularity on sites like Vine and YouTube before making a transition to boxing. He has a 9-1 record with six knockouts. He’s three inches taller than Tyson, has five extra inches of reach, and also happens to be three decades younger.

“He’s grown significantly as a boxer over the years,” Tyson said of his opponent, “so it will be a lot of fun to see what the will and ambition of a ‘kid’ can do with the experience and aptitude of a GOAT. It’s a full circle moment that will be beyond thrilling to watch; as I started him on his boxing journey on the undercard of my fight with Roy Jones and now I plan to finish him.”

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The fight, which will take place at the Cowboys’ home venue just days before the team assembles in California for 2024 training camp, comes courtesy of Most Valuable Promotions and may well become the “most-watched boxing event in modern boxing history,” according to the company’s founder.

ESPN reports that the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation has yet to determine whether the match will be officially classified as a pro fight or an exhibition.

“My sights are set on becoming a world champion,” said Paul, “and now I have a chance to prove myself against the greatest heavyweight champion ever, the baddest man on the planet, and the most dangerous boxer of all time. This will be the fight of a lifetime.”

And a blockbuster, clash-of-titans spectacle practically custom-made for JerryWorld.

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Cowboys can join ’80, ’81 clubs with this rare distinction; playoff success not guaranteed

From @ToddBrock24f7: A perfect home record has happened just twice before for Dallas; it has not translated to postseason success.

Mike McCarthy preaches the importance of winning home games. All of them. The Cowboys head coach has repeatedly said that if a team can win all of its home contests and at least split the road dates, they’ll generally be sitting in at least decent shape for the postseason.

But even just the first part of that equation is far more difficult than it sounds. In the 62 full regular seasons that the Cowboys franchise has been in existence, only two of those clubs have put together a perfect home slate. The 2023 edition has the chance to accomplish that feat on Saturday night when they host the Detroit Lions in the regular-season home finale.

While notching a win over the surging Lions would be exceedingly important from a morale standpoint in that it would snap a troubling two-game skid (both away games), going undefeated at AT&T Stadium would be nice icing on the year’s playoff-berth cake.

An unblemished home record, though, doesn’t seem to have much bearing on deep postseason success, especially if the team has to travel in the tournament. At least that’s the lesson the 1980 and 1981 Cowboys have to teach us.

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‘We’re going to protect our house’: Cowboys continue NFL-best home win streak

From @ToddBrock24f7: With 11 straight wins at AT&T Stadium, the Cowboys look to keep riding their home-field advantage with 4 of their next 6 games there.

The first Cowboys game to be played inside what is now called AT&T Stadium ended with a Dallas loss and the opposing quarterback famously signing the locker room wall as a christening.

Oh, how times have changed.

The Cowboys now own the longest home win streak in the NFL at 11 games, thanks to Sunday’s 43-20 blasting of the Rams at the House that Jerry Built.

It took a while- the team went just 8-8 over their first two seasons playing there- but the Cowboys finally seem to have a legitimate advantage when on their home field.

“Winning at home is really one of the oldest formulas in pro football,” head coach Mike McCarthy said after the Week 8 win that was attended by 93,448 fans. “If you take care of your home turf, you win your home games, you’re going to probably be where you want to be at the end of the year.”

The team has drawn over 93,000 for each of its three home appearances this season, by far the largest average in the league. And in those games, the Cowboys have won all three contests by a combined score of 111-33.

Sunday’s halftime ceremony welcoming franchise icon DeMarcus Ware to the Ring of Honor certainly helped the gate numbers, but it also gave the players a big boost coming out of their bye week.

“I thought our home crowd was unbelievable at the kickoff,” said McCarthy. “There’s not too many noon games where you see the crowd, the towels, the whole 10 yards.”

As impressive as the Cowboys’ current league-best streak is, they’re still a long way from the all-time record. The Dolphins won 27 straight home games in the early-to-mid-1970s, a stretch that also encompassed their perfect 1972 season.

More recently, Green Bay had a 15-game win streak at Lambeau Field snapped just last year.

The team’s string of 11 consecutive home victories ties the franchise record, duplicating a feat the Cowboys accomplished from 1991 to 1992.

This Cowboys squad’s last loss in front of a home crowd came in the 2022 season opener versus Tampa Bay; the Cowboys will now look to keep their streak going in Week 10 when the Giants come to town Nov. 12.

That game will fall within a cluster of home dates over the next month and change, all golden opportunities for McCarthy’s Cowboys to gain some serious ground toward a more favorable NFC playoff seeding.

“To have four out of six at home,” he explained, “we’ve got to make sure we take care of these home games.”

It’s easier said than done. Just eight weeks into the 2023 season, only three teams still have an unblemished record at home. In the AFC, Miami stands alone. And with a win next Sunday on the road in Philadelphia, the Cowboys would spoil the Eagles’ so-far-perfect home cooking.

The Philly faithful will no doubt turn out in droves to see their team face the hated Cowboys, though Dallas has an 11-9 all-time edge at Lincoln Financial Field.

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That’s quite a stat, considering the Cowboys couldn’t even win in their own building in September 2009, when 105,121 squeezed in for the venue’s football grand opening.

Since then, they’ve racked up 72 home wins (including payoffs) in the building. And although their all-time winning percentage at AT&T is just a modest .595, it’s really the victorious results they’ve seen in the last 11 home games that this team is interested in building off of.

“We take major pride in it,” defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence said. “If you can control home field, you’re guaranteeing yourself a spot in the playoffs. So we just want to make sure anybody that comes in here already knows our mission. We’re going to protect our house. You line up, you get [expletive] up.”

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How to watch: Texas A&M – Arkansas football game

The Aggies will take on the Arkansas Razorback in the Southwest classic in Jerry world this weekend

Texas A&M (3-1, 1-0 SEC) will host the Arkansas Razorbacks (2-2, 0-1 SEC) at AT&T Stadium on Saturday in Arlington.

This rivalry’s history dates back to 1927, with Sunday being the 80th contest between the teams. Aggies held the edge over the past decade, winning 9 out of the 10, including a thriller last season.

Arkansas talented QB KJ Jefferson will look to get his team back on track against the Aggies, who are riding a two-game winning streak behind a very balanced offensive and defensive performance over those games.

This, no doubt, will be a hard-fought game that will give the winner a much-needed SEC victory in a league that appears to be wide open for the taking.

Texas A&M’s 2023 regular-season home schedule has contests against ULM, Auburn, Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi State, and ACU.

The Aggies’ Road schedule features games at Miami, Arkansas, Tennessee, Ole Miss, and LSU.

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Below is gameday, television, and radio information for Saturday’s Texas A&M – Arkansas contest at AT&T Stadium.

Could 2023 mark the final Texas A&M vs Arkansas football game played in Arlington?

With big changes coming to the SEC in 2024, this year’s Southwest Classic could mark the final meeting between Texas A&M and Arkansas at AT&T Stadium.

The saying goes that all good things must come to an end, but will that phrase soon pertain to the Southwest Classic?

Texas A&M’s series with Arkansas began as a non-conference affair in 2009 at AT&T Stadium via an arrangement between both schools and the Dallas Cowboys. Arlington has hosted the classic every year since (with lone exceptions being 2012 and 2013). The payout for both teams equated to that of a bowl game, hence the motivation for the neutral site.

But as the college football landscape has evolved the schools agreed that they both outgrew the current contract and would not renew it in 2024, thus shifting the series to a home-and-home contest. Now with the announcement that the SEC would be playing an eight-game schedule in 2024 upon the arrival of Texas and Oklahoma, it throws a bit of a wrench into the future of the Southwest Classic.

With the SEC’s shift toward one permanent rival for each team, the odds of the Aggies and Hogs facing off on an annual basis have slimmed. The Aggies’ permanent rival is expected to be LSU.

In comments shared via Matt Jones with Whole Hog Sports, Arkansas athletic director Hunter Yurachek added context on the predicament while at the State of Athletics luncheon hosted by the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce:

“If we do play A&M in 2024, what the league has agreed to is that it will be A&M’s home game and that it would be played at AT&T Stadium to fulfill that last year of that contract.”

Most notably, Yuracheck highlighted that if the Hogs and the Aggies do not play in 2024, then their matchup upcoming matchup on September 30 of this year would be the final game of the series played in Arlington.

The Southwest Classic between A&M and Arkansas is just one of the many rivalries that make college football as thrilling of a sport as it is. The Razorbacks won the first three games since the series resumed in 2009. Since then, the Aggies have had Arkansas’ number, having taken 10 of the last 11 matchups.

But much like how this matchup has evolved from a neutral-site out-of-conference contest to a conference rivalry, so have the financial implications.

With college stadiums consistently improving, it begs the question of whether neutral-site games result in lost revenue. This is a discussion found in the NFL as well, where teams sometimes play a “road game” across the pond in London or in Mexico City.

The conclusion of this series being played across the backdrop of AT&T Stadium, and the end of the Southwest Classic’s annual cadence, will be bittersweet of course.

But if it’s a small price to pay to ensure an Aggies-LSU remains intact every year, while giving way to more games being played in front of the 12th man, then the opportunity cost feels minuscule in the grander scheme.

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Texas Showdown: Previewing the title rematch between Duncanville, North Shore

The top 10 Super 25 teams square off in a huge title game in the Lone Star State.

It’s a top-tier high school football matchup this weekend in Texas, where two undefeated and evenly-matched rival Super-25 teams square off in the state championship.

Here is a preview of the Class 6A Division I title game between the Duncanville Panthers and the North Shore Mustangs.

No. 9 Duncanville (14-0)

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The Panthers began the 2022 season with a 23-10 win over South Oak Cliff (Texas). That’s about as close as any opponent got all year, with the exception of Westlake (Texas), who lost by a touchdown. Almost everyone else got blown out, with 10 opponents going down by 30 points or more. Their most recent victim was Prosper (Texas), who they defeated, 41-0.

No. 8 North Shore (15-0)

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Meanwhile, the Mustangs had two close shaves all season. In October, they only managed to beat Summer Creek (Texas) by a touchdown and Atascocita (Texas) by a field goal. All the other teams they faced lost by two possessions or more. To advance, North Shore beat Westlake 49-34.

Per the Houston Chronicle, this will be the fourth time in five years these teams meet in this game. North Shore won the last three (2018, 2019 and 2021), and all were decided in the fourth quarter.

The game will be played at the Dallas Cowboys’ home, AT&T Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for Saturday at 7:00 p.m. central.

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Aggies look to begin new winning streak versus Arkansas on Saturday night

On Saturday night, at AT&T Stadium, the Aggies look to begin a new winning streak versus No. 10 Arkansas.

On Saturday night, the Aggies will take on No. 10 Arkansas, in AT&T Stadium, and look to begin another winning streak versus the Razorbacks.

This will be the 79th match-up in program history, dating back to their first competition on the gridiron in 1927, in which the Aggies hold an overall record of 33-42-3.

Last year, the Aggies’ nine-game winning streak (2012-2020) was snapped, in AT&T Stadium, as they were defeated 20-10. It was tough sledding for Zach Calzada who completed just 56% of his passes for 151 yards and an INT, getting sacked three times. Isaiah Spiller had a productive day on the ground, rushing for 103 yards on 12 carries. For the Razorbacks, K.J. Jefferson completed just seven passes, yet maximized his completions, throwing for 212 yards and 2 TD. Treylon Burks had a massive performance, posting six receptions for 167 yards and a receiving touchdown.

The Aggies will look to rebound in 2022 and show additional week-to-week growth following their improved offensive performance in Week 3.

No. 20 Texas A&M plays No. 10 Arkansas on Saturday, 6:00PM CT, in Arlington, Texas at AT&T Stadium.

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Bucs rookie Jake Camarda clangs punt off AT&T Stadium Jumbotron

Bucs rookie Jake Camarda connected with the digital board over the AT&T Stadium field

Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie Jake Camarda has a big leg.

The rookie punter, selected out of Georgia in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL draft, debuted Sunday at AT&T Stadium in Dallas as the Bucs played the Cowboys.

Camarda’s first punt delivered quite a thud as he connected with the digital board that hangs over the field.

Referee Ron Torbert quickly told those in attendance and watching on television it was as if there was an inadvertent whistle and the down would be replayed.

Big 12, AT&T Stadium agree to 2-year extension to host conference title game

AT&T Stadium and the Big 12 conference agreed on a two-year extension to keep the conference title game in Arlington through 2025.

AT&T Stadium and the Big 12 have agreed to extend on a contract extension that will keep the conference title game in Arlington, Texas, through the 2025 season.

The home of the Dallas Cowboys has been the host of the Big 12 championship game for each of the last seven title games dating back to 2009 and 2010 before conference realignment eliminated the need for a conference championship game, or so the Big 12 thought at the time.

Reinstated back in 2017, the Oklahoma Sooners were staples of the Big 12 championship from 2017 to 2020, where they won four straight games in AT&T Stadium to stretch their run of conference championships to six.

AT&T Stadium has become an important landmark in neutral site games since its opening in 2009, regularly hosting big nonconference matchups, Big 12 title games, the Cotton Bowl, and College Football Playoff national championship games. In 2021, the Arkansas Razorbacks and Texas A&M Aggies played their SEC matchup in AT&T stadium as part of the Southwest Classic, a throwback to the two teams’ days in the old Southwest Conference.

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NFL stadiums that will host 2026 FIFA World Cup matches

Here is a list of the NFL stadiums that will be hosting games during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

FIFA announced June 16 that the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be held in North America. The games will be the first time since 2002 that multiple nations will provide host cities.

Mexico will be hosting for the first time since 1986. The United States hosted in 1994. Canada gets its first crack at hosting the men’s tournament.

Of course, the United 2026 bid may not have prevailed if not for help from the NFL. With 11 of the 16 sites being the venues for NFL teams, it really helped make the case for bringing the FIFA World Cup to North America.

Here is a list of the NFL venues that will host games in 2026.