Education
Cowlishaw attended the University of Texas at Austin.
Cowlishaw attended the University of Texas at Austin.
He later joined the Dallas Morning News in 1989. While at the Morning News, he was a beat writer for the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Stars and Texas Rangers. He has also covered Oklahoma Sooners football and the San Francisco Giants.
In 2013, Cowlishaw published a book (originally an ebook, later available in print), Drunk On Sports, an autobiography in which he chronicles his long-lasting addiction to alcohol, harsh awakening in hospitals, and his struggle and eventual success at giving up his alcoholism.