Schuyler Dixon, Author at Valley News

LSU head coach Kim Mulkey answers questions during a news conference before a practice session for an NCAA Women's Final Four semifinals basketball game Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Final Four newbie Virginia Tech, Soule meet LSU, decorated Mulkey Friday night

by Schuyler Dixon AP Sports WriterMarch 31, 2023

DALLAS — This Final Four is a first for Virginia Tech and coach Kenny Brooks, and he’s set to match wits with a counterpart who beat him by 42 points the last time the two met in March Madness. LSU coach Kim Mulkey won three national championships in…

FILE - In this June 29, 2019, file photo, Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Tyler Skaggs throws to the Oakland Athletics during a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif. Skaggs died from a toxic mix of the powerful painkillers fentanyl and oxycodone along with alcohol in an accidental overdose, a medical examiner in Texas ruled in a report released Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Coroner: Pitcher’s death accidental overdose

by Schuyler Dixon AP Sports WriterAugust 30, 2019

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2016, file photo, pyrotechnics are discharged as the Dallas Cowboys jog onto the field at AT&T stadium for an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins, in Arlington, Texas. The NFL power brokers don’t have to worry about competing with baseball _ or any other sport _ these days. (AP Photo/Roger Steinman, File)

Bigger and better: Expansion helped NFL explode in popularity in 1960s and ’70s

by Schuyler Dixon AP Pro Football WriterJune 26, 2019

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2010, file photo, Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten holds the ball up as he scores a 4-yard touchdown against the New York Giants during the first quarter of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas. Witten is coming out of retirement and rejoining the Cowboys after one season as a television analyst. The Cowboys announced Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, that the 11-time Pro Bowl tight end had agreed to a one-year contract. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Witten rejoins Cowboys after TV stint

by Schuyler Dixon AP Pro Football WriterFebruary 28, 2019

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2018, file photo, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott looks to hand off during the first half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants, in East Rutherford, N.J. Russell Wilson won a playoff game with Seattle as a rookie, a Super Bowl in his second season and another NFC championship the third time around. The best Dak Prescott can hope for with the Dallas Cowboys is to join Wilson on that list of Super Bowl winners in his third year, a quest that will start with the first postseason meeting of quarterbacks with quite a bit in common, other than postseason pedigree.(AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)

Cowboys’ Prescott Looks to Hit Paydirt

by Schuyler Dixon AP Pro Football WriterJanuary 4, 2019

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper (19) runs in for a touchdown against the Washington Redskins during the second half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)

Cooper Breaks Out, Cowboys Beat Redskins

by Schuyler Dixon The Associated PressNovember 22, 2018

Here’s the Catch: NFL Refs Thought They Were Right All Along

by Schuyler Dixon The Associated PressJuly 14, 2018

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers (17) throws a pass during warm ups before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)

Rivers, Chargers Beat Fading Cowboys on Thanksgiving

by Schuyler Dixon The Associated PressNovember 24, 2017

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2017, file photo, Dallas Cowboys' Ezekiel Elliott stands on the sideline in the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Arlington, Texas. A federal appeals court on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017, has lifted an injunction that blocked a six-game suspension for Elliott, clearing the way for the NFL’s punishment over domestic violence allegations and likely leading to the running back’s legal team seeking further relief.(AP Photo/Ron Jenkins, File)

Court Clears Way For 6-Game Suspension of Cowboys’ Elliott

by Schuyler Dixon The Associated PressOctober 13, 2017

FILE - At left, in a Feb. 1, 2017, file photo, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers questions during a news conference for the Super Bowl 51 football game, in Houston. At right, in an Oct. 7, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington.
NFL owners will meet next week to consider changes to a game manual that says players “should” stand during the national anthem, a guideline that the league has left to the discretion of players who kneeled in larger numbers after criticism from President Donald Trump.
Commissioner Roger Goodell told club executives Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017, in a memo obtained by The Associated Press that the anthem issue is dividing the league from its fans. He said the NFL needs “to move past this controversy.” (AP Photo/File)

NFL’s Anthem Policy May Change

by Schuyler Dixon AP Pro Football WriterOctober 10, 2017