Tim Cowlishaw
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William Timothy Cowlishaw (born March 31, 1955) is a national sportswriter for The Dallas Morning News, a regular panelist on the ESPN sports talk show Around the Horn, formerly the lead reporter for the ESPN2 racing show NASCAR Now, and is under contract but does not currently appear on a regular show on 105.3 KRLD FM The Fan.
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[edit] Personal life
[edit] Career
Tim Cowlishaw has been with the Dallas Morning News since 1989 and has been a sports columnist at the newspaper since August 2, 1998, but before joining The Dallas Morning News, he wrote for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, the Daily Oklahoman and the San Jose Mercury News. While at The Dallas Morning News, Cowlishaw covered SMU athletics, college basketball, major league baseball, the Dallas Cowboys, as well as the Dallas Stars before he became a columnist.
In 2002, Cowlishaw placed in the top five sports columnists of the nation among large circulation newspapers by the Associated Press Sports Editors.
Troy Aikman, who recently ranked local Dallas reporters, did not mention Tim in his top ten. However, he did rank "Coleslaw" at around 11.
In August of 2009, Cowlishaw's wife Linda filed for divorce after 6 years of marriage. She cited spousal abuse and irreconcilable differences. The two had 3 children together.
[edit] Around the Horn
The Dallas Morning News, Kevin Blackistone. Cowlishaw has been a panelist on the show since 2002 and host Tony Reali frequently introduces him at the beginning of episodes as "Texas Tim" Cowlishaw. Being known for his signature masculine goatee, it is rare that he will sport an effeminate "clean" look, though it has happened by accident, as was evidenced in a handful of episodes, due to shower-shaving accidents.
Cowlishaw's favorite athletic activities are ice hockey and NASCAR, which are rarely discussed on the show. As such, it is the topic of humor directed toward the patient Cowlishaw; as an example, hockey topics will often be discussed on a day when Cowlishaw is not on the show, prompting Reali to say "Cowlishaw's not here today, let's talk hockey." When Cowlishaw wins the showdown and gets 30 seconds at the end of the show to expound on any subject, he will typically discuss neglected ice hockey or NASCAR topics. This is greeted with snores by the other panelists and with Reali pretending to read the newspaper while wondering aloud why he let Cowlishaw win the showdown in the first place. (In those cases when Cowlishaw is eliminated early, he will mention the topics as well.) Cowlishaw is most notably known for his criticism of the New Orleans Hornet's point guard Chris Paul, predicting that he would peak as a player similar to a back up point guard due to his size and lack of being a true point guard, citing his court vision to be average at best. It is said that Paul was watching this same episode while getting ready for the NBA draft later that night. Paul is known for channeling that experience as motivation every time he plays the local Dallas Mavericks, one of the teams that Cowlishaw covers, with heroic passion.
Cowlishaw also likes talking about the BCS (in support of the controversial system) whenever he can.
On Friday, January 26, 2007, Cowlishaw celebrated his 100th win on Around the Horn. He is one of five panelists to achieve that plateau (Woody Paige, Bill Plaschke, Jay Mariotti, J. A. Adande).
Cowlishaw is the first panelist to achieve a three-peat victory on Around the Horn.[citation needed]
On the August 8, 2008 episode of Around the Horn, he revealed that his first name is actually William while Timothy is his middle name. Halfway through the episode, he referred to himself as "WTC" then when asked by the show's host Reali to explain the arrangement of the letters, he revealed that his first name is actually William.
[edit] Fishing Show
In the Summer of '09, Cowlishaw revealed on YouTube the pilot for his new fishing show "Cowlifishing" that will air exclusively on Lifetime. The video can be found on YouTube as "Cowlifishing in Arkansas"
