By Alex Raskin and Jake Fenner

Published: 04:48 BST, 23 July 2024 | Updated: 04:58 BST, 23 July 2024

The Dallas’ Cowboys first press conference of training camp was postponed because team owner and general manager Jerry Jones was testifying in a legal battle with a 27-year-old woman who claims to be his biological child, ESPN reported Monday.

Alexandra Davis filed a paternity lawsuit against the billionaire in 2022. He has since countersued, claiming her filing broke a contract signed by Davis’ mother on her behalf in 1998.

Davis’ lawsuit and her subsequent defamation lawsuit have both been dropped, although ESPN reports that her attorneys are considering an appeal. But before that can happen, a decision needs to be reached on Jones’ countersuit.

Jones has denied fathering Davis.

The Cowboys are returning to Oxnard, California for training camp, marking the 18th consecutive year that they’ve prepared for the season along the Pacific. Previously the team held training camp at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks from 1963 to 1989.

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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones testified at a Texarkana court room on Monday 

Alexandra Davis, 26, first sued Jones in 2022 to be recognized as his biological daughter 

In February, Jones was ordered to take a paternity case in the matter, but the results of that test have not been revealed.

Davis’ attorney, Kris Hayes, called the ruling a ‘huge victory’, adding, ‘Alex is in a position where she really no longer has to hide her truth or live under the thumb of fear and maybe she’s going to finally get some peace and we hope other families will have that same benefit from the judge following the law.’

She alleges that she was conceived as the result of a relationship between Jones and her mother, Cynthia Davis, in the mid-1990s.

Court documents say that Jones and Cynthia Davis reached a settlement in which he agreed to support them financially as long as they didn’t publicly identify him as Alexandra’s father.

The suit filed by Alexandra on March 3, 2022, sought to have a court declare that she wasn’t bound by that agreement. Later, she dropped that suit – instead pursuing a way to legally prove that Jones is her father through testing.

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A ruling by another judge previously compelled Jones to be subject to a genetic test, but Jones’ lawyers appealed. The ruling on February 19 is the result of that appeal.

During that hearing, three attorneys representing the Cowboys owner argued that a man who was married to Cynthia when Alexandra was born was her presumed father.

Davis’ attorneys said that wasn’t true, producing court documents from Arkansas stating in ‘plain and apparent words’ that the man who was married to Cynthia at the time wasn’t her father. Cynthia and that man have since separated.

Hayes argued that because Alexandra Davis doesn’t have a presumed father, Jones must either admit paternity or agree to a test.

DALLAS – A key issue in the upcoming presidential election centers around abortion and a woman’s right to choose.

Texas is one of several states that have passed a strict abortion ban, with medical exceptions that opponents argue are confusing.

On Monday, three women who sued the state for the right to get an abortion held a panel discussion at the First Unitarian Church of Dallas.

“My babies had a condition where their brains were not developed, and it was 100 percent fatal,” said Hollie Cunningham.

Cunningham, Amanda Zurawksi and Lauren Miller were three of the original plaintiffs in Zurawski v. The State of Texas. The first-of-its-kind legal challenge sought to provide clarity for doctors and patients experiencing medical emergencies in Texas.

The woman participated in a roundtable to share their experience battling for reproductive freedom in Texas.

“The infuriating part is that as we come together and scream louder and louder about these bans, politicians in Texas still aren’t doing anything,” said Miller.

Miller recalled having to fly to Colorado while she was extremely ill.

She needed an abortion in order to save her twin son’s life.

“We went through security and I remember just staring down at the terrazzo floors at Love Field, rolling my shoulders forward, sucking my stomach in, because I was visibly pregnant at that point, hoping no one would see us and pull us out of line and ask why I was going to Colorado,” she said.

The discussion is part of a national bus tour by the reproductive rights group Free and Just. They call the tour the “Ride to Decide.”

The women say they’re concerned about a potential national abortion ban, depending on who is elected president on November 5th.

“Abortion is healthcare and reproductive rights are human rights,” said Zurawksi.

The stop in Dallas is the first on the tour.

They’re trying to steer clear of politics, but that is tough to do.

“There is an election this year and if this is an issue that speaks to you, that you really care about, educate yourself on the candidates who are pro-choice and show up and vote for them,” said Zurawksi.

The “Ride to Decide” tour is headed to Austin and San Antonio next where local women will continue to share their personal stories in hopes of regaining access to abortion care and reproductive rights.

FC Dallas announced today that the club has acquired Angolan midfielder Manuel ‘Show’ Cafumana on a one-year loan, with an option to buy from Maccabi Haifa of Ligat ha’Al.

The 25-year old will occupy an international slot on the roster, pending receipt of his P-1 Visa and International Transfer Certificate (ITC). 

The Angolan midfielder joins Dallas after a season with Maccabi Haifa, playing 31 times across Ligat ha’Al, Gavia haMedina, the UEFA Europa League, and the UEFA Europa Conference League. Prior to Maccabi, Show spent three seasons (2021-23) with Bulgarian first division side Ludogorets Razgrad making 73 appearances across all competitions. With Ludogorets, Show won back-to-back efbet Liga titles (2022, 2023), the 2023 Tsar’s Cup and the Bulgarian Super Cup in 2022.  

Show signed a five-year contract with Ligue 1 side LOSC Lille on July 16, 2019. He was loaned to Portuguese club Belenenses SAD for the 2019-20 Liga NOS season, appearing 26 times for Belenenses across all competitions. Show spent 2020-21 in Liga NOS on loan with Boavista alongside FC Dallas Academy alum Reggie Cannon. He registered 33 appearances for the Portuguese club.  

Show debuted with the Angolan National Team at age 19 in an international friendly versus South Africa on March 21, 2018. He has made 31 total appearances with Angola and has represented his country in the Africa Cup of Nations. He is currently seeking the nation’s second-ever World Cup berth ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026, which will take place in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

If you had July 22 in the summer transfer office pool for FC Dallas to sign a new player, you win.

Show has primarily been a defensive midfielder in his career, so this is a move to try and fill in the gaps on the roster where Liam Fraser and Paxton Pomykal were for the team this season. With both of those players out, Show will get a chance to earn some playing time, possibly in the Leagues Cup tournament starting this weekend in St. Louis.

It’s not surprising for FC Dallas to make this kind of deal. I would have preferred to see FCD use the money that would have gone to Pomykal on the salary cap to add another center defender. However, the decision to essentially rent a player for the rest of the season could work out well, as it did with Asier Illarramendi and Fraser last season.