COWBOYS CORNERBACK Terence Newman is getting ready to ruummmmble.
You can forget about Ali-Frazier or Hagler-
Leonard. We're talking a bout for the ages here.
While standing at his locker yesterday, Newman explained that his sideline tiff with secondary coach Dave Campo during Sunday's win over Washington was just prefight hype. The real fireworks, he said, will take place on an undercard bout headlined by Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
"We've got a split, 70-30," Newman told the Associated Press yesterday. "I got 70 [percent], he got 30, so it'll be nice. We're on pay-per-view . . . A lot of people are going to watch it."
The bout, of course, will not actually take place. Newman was just joking about the shoving incident he had with Campo during the first quarter. Campo attempted to talk to Newman as he came off the field, but Newman pushed the coach and they had words.
Yesterday, Newman decided to have fun with it.
He said the "bout" would be held in Las Vegas and would be promoted by Don King. Then, he switched to Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
"I'm kicking Don out," Newman said. "We're going to have Jerry promoting it. We might have to move this whole thing to Cowboys Stadium. That's it! Pacquiao-Mayweather at Cowboys Stadium. Yeah. It'll be Pacquiao-Mayweather and it'll be Campo-Newman. We're going to make it happen. I'm telling you."
When Campo was told of Newman's pugilistic plans he smiled and said, "Everything's good."
Week 11 ties NFL record for nailbiters
The Eagles weren't the only team to pull out a close game last week. Their 24-20 win over the Bears was one of 12 games decided by eight or fewer points, which tied a league record that has been matched seven times.
Yesterday, the NFL said in 11 of last week's 16 games, the score was tied or the team trailing had a chance to tie or take the lead with 2 minutes to play.
- Tom Mahon
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