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Cowboys, TeamConnor promoting bone marrow donor drive at The Star

Life is always bigger than sports.

And one of the giants in sports is trying to help impact lives.

Thousands of people are diagnosed every year with blood cancer and blood diseases and need a marrow transplant to survive. Cancer is the number one disease killer of children.

The Dallas Cowboys are partnering with TeamConnor Childhood Cancer Foundation, Be the Match and Children’s Health for the Be a Star, Save a Life marrow donor drive 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at The Star in Frisco.

Marrow is soft, fatty vascular tissue in the inner cavities of bones that is a major site of blood cell production.