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I actually had [the number 33 jersey in my hands] for about 10 seconds and then I was thinking, ‘Nah, I’m an old-school football fan and I loved Tony Dorsett.’ I’ve met him a couple of times and his son. I just feel like that’s hallowed ground, so I just got right back in 23.

Sammy Morris, newly minted Dallas Cowboy running back, who has worn the hallowed number 33 in the past. He’ll do well in Dallas, even if it is for a swan song of a season or two.
Source: ESPN

So long, Dandy Don Meredith:

Mr. Meredith showed up for the 1966 [NFL] title game with his face covered in stitches. He told everyone he’d been shopping with his wife, tripped, and went through a plate-glass window. He couldn’t play.

“You could’ve heard a pin drop,’’ [Dan] Reeves said. “Then coach Landry walked in and he peeled it off. It looked so real! He had a makeup artist put it on. We all wanted to choke him to death"

and

“I remember asking him once, ‘Why do they call you Dandy?’ ” [Steve] Sabol said. “And he just said, ‘Because I am.’ ”