Tim Cowlishaw has been The Dallas Morning News' lead sports columnist since July 1988. He has been a regular panelist on the ESPN sports talk show Around the Horn since its debut in November 2002, and has also worked with ESPN as lead reporter for the network's NASCAR Now coverage from 2007-08.Prior to The Dallas Morning News and Around the Horn, Tim covered the Dallas Cowboys for six seasons and the Dallas Stars for three. He also covered the Rangers as backup beat writer, the Oklahoma Sooners' football, and was the San Jose Mercury News' beat writer on the San Francisco Giants.Tim attended the University of Texas at Austin, and has two children, Rachel and Ben.