Tim Cowlishaw: Dallas Morning News sports columnist

About this episode

Tim Cowlishaw discusses his experiences covering the Dallas Cowboys and the challenges of sports journalism.

On the golden days of covering the Dallas Cowboys. On the highs and lows of ESPN TV glory. On surviving in an unforgiving profession and showing up unannounced at Jimmy Johnson's home. On the demise of Skip Bayless.

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Pearlman

Guest: Tim Cowlishaw

Topics covered

• sports journalism
• Dallas Cowboys
• ESPN
• media profession
• sports commentary

Keywords

• Dallas Cowboys
• Tim Cowlishaw
• ESPN
• sports journalism
• Jimmy Johnson
• Skip Bayless
• media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dallas Morning News, ESPN

Places: Dallas

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