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By CLARENCE E. HILL JR. IRVING — First it was former Dallas Cowboys legends Deion Sanders and Michael Irvin who expressed concerns about Roy Williams’ ability to supplant the departed Terrell Owens at the team’s No. 1 receiver.Now, Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman has chimed in.While Aikman is on board with the release of Owens and his divisive ways, he expressed reservations about Williams at a news conference Tuesday announcing a corporate partnership between Wingstop Restaurants and the Cowboys. Aikman said combining the Owens release with the due diligence the Cowboys did before trading three draft picks to the Detroit Lions to get Williams puts a huge amount of pressure on Williams to perform.According to a DallasCowboys.com report, Aikman said the Williams deal has bust potential of all-time proportions.'I don’t think you can give up what the Cowboys gave up for somebody and not make that a sure bet,' Aikman said. 'If Roy Williams doesn’t turn o

By EDDIE SEFKO DALLAS — The Mavericks have been a much different team with Josh Howard on the court, even if he’s not 100 percent because of a balky left ankle.Coach Rick Carlisle said Tuesday the situation has not been resolved, even if Howard looked strong with 24 points Sunday against Phoenix.'The ankle has responded positively over the last month or so, but it was swollen up after the Miami game, so we had to hold him out of Memphis,' Carlisle said.'Josh wants to play. It’s been very frustrating for him. But this is a situation we have to manage as a franchise intelligently. We got to try to keep him tuned up to play, but we can’t overdo it and get the ankle swollen and sore again. It just doesn’t work. We hope he can play, but I just can’t tell you at this time.'The good news for Howard is that there are never back-to-back games in the playoffs and usually there are two or three days between games in the first round.Carlisle said Howard usually

CLARENCE E. HILL JR. First it was former Dallas Cowboys legends Deion Sanders and Michael Irvin who expressed concerns about Roy Williams' ability to supplant the departed Terrell Owens at the team's No. 1 receiver.Now Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman has chimed in.While Aikman is on board with the release of Owens and his divisive ways, he expressed reservations about Williams at a news conference Tuesday announcing a corporate partnership between Wingstop and the Cowboys. Aikman said combining the Owens release with the due diligence the Cowboys did before trading three draft picks to the Detroit Lions to get Williams puts a huge amount of pressure on Williams to perform.According to a DallasCowboys.com report, Aikman said the Williams deal has bust potential of all-time proportions.'I don't think you can give up what the Cowboys gave up for somebody and not make that a sure bet,' Aikman said. 'If Roy Williams doesn't turn out to be the player they thought he would be when they

CLARENCE E. HILL JR. First it was former Dallas Cowboys legends Deion Sanders and Michael Irvin who expressed concerns about Roy Williams' ability to supplant the departed Terrell Owens at the team's No. 1 receiver.Now Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman has chimed in.While Aikman is on board with the release of Owens and his divisive ways, he expressed reservations about Williams at a news conference Tuesday announcing a corporate partnership between Wingstop and the Cowboys. Aikman said combining the Owens release with the due diligence the Cowboys did before trading three draft picks to the Detroit Lions to get Williams puts a huge amount of pressure on Williams to perform.According to a DallasCowboys.com report, Aikman said the Williams deal has bust potential of all-time proportions.'I don't think you can give up what the Cowboys gave up for somebody and not make that a sure bet,' Aikman said. 'If Roy Williams doesn't turn out to be the player they thought he would be when they

Russian Athletics News. Tatyana Sibileva finished sixth at the 18° Grande Premio Internacional en Marcha Atletica in Portugal clocking 1:31.59

Team news ahead of Thursday's Super League fixture.

Russian Athletics News. The women's race of the Rotterdam Marathon was won by Russian Nailya Yulamanova in a personal best of 2:26:30

Russian Athletics News. Pavel Lemayev set a PB at the Paris Marathon finishing 15th. He clocked 2:10.41, that is 4.04 minutes better his previous PB

Team news ahead of Thursday's Super League fixture.

Team news and preview ahead of Saturday's Heineken Cup quarter-final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.