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JIM REEVES When Wade Phillips sheepishly told us a month ago that he would be a changed man next season, that he intended to unleash the grizzly bear within, we giggled. We weren’t alone. From sea to shining sea, the NFL nation snickered. OK, I admit, there were a few guffaws locally. Some of Phillips’ own players even scoffed at the notion. Soft-hearted Uncle Wade turn into a hard-nosed disciplinarian? Right, and the tiger at the Fort Worth Zoo is going to get up this morning having swapped his fashionable stripes for a pair of polka-dot pajamas. The butterfly is going to sneak back into the cocoon. The lamb is going to suddenly become carnivorous. Give me a break. But when Tony Romo said the same thing earlier this week, it was all we could do to suppress a cheer. So let me ask the obvious question. Why do we think that Romo can change when we don’t, for a moment, believe there’s a chance in hell that Phillips can be anything other than the gray-haired, portl

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Stoke City manager Tony Pulis is confident Ricardo Fuller can resurrect his career at the Britannia Stadium.

West Brom manager Tony Mowbray insists Marek Cech still has a future at The Hawthorns.

Jan. 23--Sure, it'd be timely to go ahead and lie by telling you I knew all along Tony Sparano should have been the next head coach of the Dallas Cowboys once Big Bill took his Valley Ranch exit.

TONY Judd is returning to the Scotland set-up, acting as assistant coach and performance analyst. The Australian will work with head coach Peter Steindl, while Adrian Birrell

Tony Romo has pledged to be a better leader in 2009. We figured we'd help him out and give him a few tips.