Nearly 50-year-old rivalry is ‘personal’

Published November 13, 2008 5:00am ET



Espionage. Bitterness and back stabbing. Alleged cross-dressing.

In the D.C. area, these images could evoke thoughts of the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover. But the eclectic history of the Redskins-Cowboys rivalry combines these elements, too.

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