Sports related: some Cowboys are great people

I grew up hatin' on the Dallas Cowboys (Thanks George Allen -- the former coach of the Redskins, not the soon to be former Senator from Virginia).  I despised them.  Respected them, but despised them.  Really respected their former coach (Tom Landry), but hated him too.  Sadly, he's gone on to the hereafter and is probably coaching against Vince Lombardi even as I type this.

Anyway, some stories really are great and they remind you of the humanity behind the guys that put on the uniforms you see and cheer so hard against.   For example the one I'm clipping a bit on below.

(From FOX Sports)

Diabetic Ron Springs awaits kidney transplant

Springs' son Sean, a Washington Redskins cornerback, said on Monday that Walls had agreed to donate his kidney and that an operation could take place "any day now."

Ron Springs, 50, has diabeties and has been undergoing dialysis as he prepares for a transplant.

Walls, a former NFL cornerback, played for the Cowboys with Springs from 1981-84.

Springs lives in Dallas and played for eight NFL seasons. He was the Cowboys' teammate of Hall of Famer Tony Dorsett for six seasons before moving on to play his final two seasons in Tampa Bay.

The Post has reported that Sean Springs offered to end his career and donate a kidney, but his father would not allow any of his children to be tested. Last year another relative appeared to be a match but was not.

"Everson Walls is my dad's best friend and somebody who taught me a lot about being a cornerback in the NFL," Sean Springs said.