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Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy looks back at his Pittsburgh roots

FRISCO, Texas -- As Mike McCarthy talks, the memories of Pittsburgh keep flowing.

"Roberto Clemente, that was the first guy I think I had on my wall as a young kid in the late sixties," the Dallas Cowboys' coach said in his office at The Star earlier this week of the Pittsburgh Pirates' Hall of Fame outfielder. "He dominated in the '60s and the early '70s in baseball."

Mention the college football games at Pitt and it is as if he can still see running back Tony Dors-itt -- he didn't become Tony Dors-ett until he came to the Cowboys -- run for a touchdown.