Johnson’s Deal Needs Galloway’s Approval
Drew Henson can finally be considered a member of the Dallas Cowboys. Keyshawn Johnson’s immediate Cowboy future apparently is in the hands of Joey Galloway.
Galloway was to spend Thursday night deciding whether to accept a one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that could be worth $2.6 million, according to a source close to negotiations.
If he takes it, the Cowboys will trade him to Tampa Bay for Johnson.
If not, the deal is off, and the Cowboys probably will have to wait for Tampa Bay to release Johnson -- probably by April 1, when he’s owed a $1-million bonus the Buccaneers have no intention of paying.
“We’ve told Tampa that we’ll tell them [today],” said Galloway’s agent, Leigh Steinberg. “Things look very promising.”
Cowboy owner Jerry Jones indicated Thursday that he was merely waiting to get Galloway’s signature on the new contract.
Johnson agreed weeks ago to a four-year, $20-million contract with a $4-million bonus to play for Dallas -- and especially for Bill Parcells, his coach for three seasons with the New York Jets.
The Cowboys agreed last Friday to give Henson an eight-year deal that guarantees him $3.5 million and can be voided after four years.
They also agreed to acquire him from the Houston Texans for a third-round pick in 2005.
The NFL scrutinized the contract because it goes two years beyond the collective bargaining agreement. On Thursday, league officials told the Cowboys it would be approved.
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Wide receiver David Boston passed his team physical and officially joined the Miami Dolphins after four losing seasons with the Arizona Cardinals and one with the San Diego Chargers.
The Dolphins took a low-risk gamble on the enigmatic receiver, giving up backup cornerback Jamar Fletcher and a sixth-round draft pick in 2005.
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The Chargers have scheduled private workouts with the top three quarterbacks available in next month’s NFL draft.
They will work out North Carolina State’s Philip Rivers on Monday in Raleigh, N.C.; Miami of Ohio’s Ben Roethlisberger on Tuesday in Oxford, Ohio; and Mississippi’s Eli Manning on Wednesday in New Orleans.
Miscellany
Azusa Pacific (31-4) was seeded second overall in the 32-team NAIA Division I men’s basketball tournament and will open against Voorhees of Denmark, S.C. (12-17) on Thursday at Kansas City. The Cougars will arrive with a nation-leading 18-game winning streak.
Defending national champion Concordia of Irvine (29-4) is seeded sixth and will play St. Xavier of Chicago (25-10) on Wednesday. The Eagles finished as the runner-up to the Cougars in the Golden State Athletic Conference.
Biola (22-9) was the third GSAC member to make the tournament. The Eagles will also play Wednesday against Cumberland of Tennessee (26-5).
Dan Curran scored on a one-year run with 57 seconds left to give the New Orleans VooDoo (6-1) a 49-45 Arena Football League victory over the Phoenix Rattlers (3-4) in front of 11,441 at Phoenix....John Kaleo threw seven touchdown passes to lead the Austin Wranglers (4-2) to a 70-58 victory over the Detroit Fury (2-4) in front of 8,625 at Detroit.
Two-time champion Paula Radcliffe pulled out of the world cross-country championships this weekend in Brussels, because she strained her right hamstring during a training run Sunday. Radcliffe, Britain’s top female distance runner, won the long-course (eight-kilometer) titles in 2001 and 2002. She had planned to run the four-kilometer and eight-kilometer races.
A Northwestern State football player who died during a workout this month had a heart attack related to a preexisting condition, coroner Charles Curtis of Natchitoches Parish, La., ruled. Chris Waddell, 18, was a walk-on offensive lineman who collapsed near the end of a routine workout with teammates March 1. Curtis listed the official cause of death as “acute myocardial infarction.”
T.J. Simers has the day off.
