OXNARD, Calif. -- The midway is buzzing. Dallas Cowboys fans jam the area to buy jerseys, T-shirts, hats and replica helmets. Some are chowing down on food. Others are content to sit and listen to a deejay play music.
This is a scene that has replayed over and over during the two-plus weeks the Cowboys have been in California for training camp.
It's become a summer ritual. Just as fans in Green Bay watch the Packers players ride bikes to practice, the Cowboys have Oxnard.
“I like to bring the Cowboys to California,” owner and general manager Jerry Jones said on his team’s visit to the city of 200,000-plus people between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara.