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At this weekend's NFL combine, the über-moneyed Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, announced more plans for his grandiose soapbox of sport. His $1.2 billion Cowboy cathedral has already hosted the most recent Big 12 Championship, NBA All-Star, and AT&T Cotton Bowl games. Next up is a super-fight featuring Manny Pacquiao on March 13th, and next year's Super Bowl XLV. If that wasn't enough, he wants to go international, bringing a World Cup match and a U.S. Olympic swimming event to Cowboy Stadium. Heck, the guy even aspires to host the Olympics Opening Ceremonies in Dallas.

"Hey, I'll tell you what," said Jones from Indianapolis. "Truthfully, we are looking at possibly doing one of the big qualifying swim deals there." Jones even mentioned a Texas sized swimming pool could be installed. "We'd fill it full of water," he said. "It would be 300 feet deep. We would build them in there. But we are serious about, just looking into it." And there's more...

Jones has also had communications with the NHL about hosting the annual Winter Classic outdoor hockey game. This past Classic presenting the Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins was held at Boston's Fenway Park baseball stadium. Clearly Jerry Jones has a lot on his mind these days.

Being so devoted to all things Dallas, the oil-man owner would most likely call on the Dallas Stars play in his stadium. He's also probably scratched the red-hot Kings (11-1-1, in their last 13 games) off his list of possible Winter Classic combatants after last night.

In their first game back from a 16-day Olympics break, Los Angeles dominated the Stars from start to finish. Final score 5-1. Man-of-the-match was none other than returning USA back-up goalie Jonathan Quick, who stopped 31 shots.

"You get back to the rink and get into your routine and everything starts to feel natural," said Quick, who didn't see any ice for the U.S. Olympic team as eventual tournament MVP Ryan Miller's backup. "I caught a couple of lucky breaks and got a lot of support from my team."

Both Quick and Dallas net-minder Marty Turco, had an assist in the contest, marking the first time since March 23, 2006 that both goalies recorded a helper in the same game. The last time it happened, Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils and Atlanta's Kari Lehtonen were between the pipes. Lehtonen now plays for the Stars and is looking to be the future in Dallas as Turco plays out his final year of his contract. The loss also marked a milestone for the 37 year old, 17 year veteran of the NHL. It was his 500th game for Dallas, making him one of only five goalies to play that many games all with one team. Dallas has lost all four games to the Kings this season.

Before the game Olympic medal winners from both teams were recognized on the ice. Drew Doughty of the Kings and Stars captain Brenden Morrow were members of Canada's gold medal team. Los Angeles players Jack Johnson, Quick, and Dustin Brown earned silver medals with team USA and Stars forward Jere Lehtinen won a bronze medal for his native Finland.

Photo credits: Quick- Sharon Ellman AP

Olympians- Glenn James NHLI via Getty Images