Randy White

There are benefits to playing in the Pro Bowl besides picking up a few grand and a suntan. Ram guard Kent Hill remembers his first postseason trip to Hawaii after the 1980 season and what a fine fellow Randy White was when they played on the same team. "I thought, 'He's a real nice guy,' " Hill said. "But (Ram teammate) Dennis Harrah was there, too, and he was showing him a lot of technique--'We jam and we do this'--and I said, 'Don't be showin' him that. I gotta play against him.

The cold, calculating, stone-faced image Bud Grant cultivated during 18 years as coach of the Minnesota Vikings dissolved Saturday as he choked back tears during his enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Inducted along with Grant during a frequently emotional ceremony that lasted more than two hours were Dallas running back Tony Dorsett, San Francisco cornerback Jimmy Johnson, Cleveland running back Leroy Kelly, St.

For the past two weeks, Randy White has been answering questions about sharing the most-valuable-player award with Harvey Martin in the 1978 Super Bowl. Fans even stood in line for more than three hours at a Dallas-area optical sales store to get his autograph and ask him about it. But he admits his memories of his spectacular failure the next season in Super Bowl XIII are just as vivid. Had he only not tried to play so hard with a broken left thumb.

Randy White, Dallas Cowboys All-Pro defensive tackle, announced his retirement from football because of a lingering neck injury that limited his playing time the past two seasons. "I've been thinking about it for a couple of weeks, and I just don't think I can still play at the level I'd like to," White said. White, 36, the Cowboys' No. 1 pick in the 1975 draft, made the Pro Bowl nine times during his 14-year career.

The cold, calculating, stone-faced image Bud Grant cultivated during 18 years as coach of the Minnesota Vikings dissolved Saturday as he choked back tears during his enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Inducted along with Grant during a frequently emotional ceremony that lasted more than two hours were Dallas running back Tony Dorsett, San Francisco cornerback Jimmy Johnson, Cleveland running back Leroy Kelly, St.

There are several theories on how the Dallas Cowboys acquired defensive tackle Randy White. The cover story put out by the club is, he was recruited off the campus of the University of Maryland a dozen years ago. No one believes this. The prevailing opinion is, he was brought back by an expedition investigating reports of an island creature so awesome the native population had to leave human sacrifices for it when they heard it coming down the mountain.

Randy White, a power forward from Louisiana Tech who was being courted heavily by a Greek professional team, agreed today to sign with the Dallas Mavericks, the club announced. White was the Mavericks' No. 1 draft choice and the eighth choice overall in the June 27 draft. He averaged 21.2 points and 10.5 rebounds last season and was the American South Conference Player of the Year. Contract terms will not be disclosed, the club said. The offer by PAOK Salonica would have given White $1.

Quarterback Danny White is expected to cross the picket line today and join the Dallas Cowboys' strike team, and running back Tony Dorsett may be on the verge of coming back, according to newspaper reports late Tuesday night. Cowboy Coach Tom Landry said Tuesday night that he expects White to be on the practice field today and to be the starting quarterback in Sunday's game between the non-union teams of the Cowboys and New York Jets at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J.

Texas Stadium rocked with cheers for the replacement players and boos for veterans Tony Dorsett and Danny White as the Dallas Cowboys beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 41-22, Sunday at Irving, Tex. The announced crowd of 40,622 was the largest so far in the two weekends of NFL replacement games, but was still the lowest for the Cowboys at home since 1965.

Every car window washed, every aluminum can plucked from the street kept the Ford family one shaky step from a homeless shelter. For the first time, Ron Ford had no regular job and no home. But he and Lydia, married for 19 years, were determined--and desperate--to stay out of a shelter. So every day for a year and a half, the family from Detroit scraped up the $60 they needed for food and a hotel room. "We were spinning our wheels until we had no more rubber on them," Ron Ford said.

Randy White, a power forward from Louisiana Tech who was being courted heavily by a Greek professional team, agreed today to sign with the Dallas Mavericks, the club announced. White was the Mavericks' No. 1 draft choice and the eighth choice overall in the June 27 draft. He averaged 21.2 points and 10.5 rebounds last season and was the American South Conference Player of the Year. Contract terms will not be disclosed, the club said. The offer by PAOK Salonica would have given White $1.

Randy White, Dallas Cowboys All-Pro defensive tackle, announced his retirement from football because of a lingering neck injury that limited his playing time the past two seasons. "I've been thinking about it for a couple of weeks, and I just don't think I can still play at the level I'd like to," White said. White, 36, the Cowboys' No. 1 pick in the 1975 draft, made the Pro Bowl nine times during his 14-year career.

The list of 619 National Football League free agents made public Thursday consists largely of players over 30 with big salaries, players who have a history of being injured, former stars who don't want to start anew and fringe players. At least two players who are almost certain to be in the Hall of Fame--Tony Dorsett of Denver and Randy White of Dallas--were left free to make their own deals.

Randy White has graduated from Manster to just plain man, which was bound to happen when he grew out of his 20s. At 34, White must step aside for the newest Dallas Cowboys defensive phenom, someone named Danny Noonan. Once the heir to Bob Lilly, White is in the second-to-last year of his contract and handling demotion gracefully.

Every car window washed, every aluminum can plucked from the street kept the Ford family one shaky step from a homeless shelter. For the first time, Ron Ford had no regular job and no home. But he and Lydia, married for 19 years, were determined--and desperate--to stay out of a shelter. So every day for a year and a half, the family from Detroit scraped up the $60 they needed for food and a hotel room. "We were spinning our wheels until we had no more rubber on them," Ron Ford said.

Randy White has graduated from Manster to just plain man, which was bound to happen when he grew out of his 20s. At 34, White must step aside for the newest Dallas Cowboys defensive phenom, someone named Danny Noonan. Once the heir to Bob Lilly, White is in the second-to-last year of his contract and handling demotion gracefully.

Texas Stadium rocked with cheers for the replacement players and boos for veterans Tony Dorsett and Danny White as the Dallas Cowboys beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 41-22, Sunday at Irving, Tex. The announced crowd of 40,622 was the largest so far in the two weekends of NFL replacement games, but was still the lowest for the Cowboys at home since 1965.

Quarterback Danny White is expected to cross the picket line today and join the Dallas Cowboys' strike team, and running back Tony Dorsett may be on the verge of coming back, according to newspaper reports late Tuesday night. Cowboy Coach Tom Landry said Tuesday night that he expects White to be on the practice field today and to be the starting quarterback in Sunday's game between the non-union teams of the Cowboys and New York Jets at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J.