Randy Galloway, one of the most recognizable voices in Texas sports media for the better part of six decades, has walked away from the Dallas Express Sports Network just months after joining it. Dallas Cowboys quarterback-turned sportscaster Troy Aikman couldn’t help but react to the development
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“Legend,” he commented on the Instagram post announcing Galloway’s exit.
Galloway’s stacked resume should warrant a comment like that. The veteran media professional has decades’ worth of experience in print media, having written for the Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. His presence in the DXSN staff was a big draw, according to D Magazine.
However, a controversy forced Galloway to step away from the digital platform. In a podcast episode, he spoke about how old media compared to the new, while backing traditional print media and journalists. However, the published segment made it seem like Galloway never had his full comments. And, the headline in particular was a big problem:
“Randy Galloway: Old Media is DEAD—Social Media is Taking Over,” it read. “That’s why he’s teamed up with us at Dallas Express Sports Network. He’s a great addition to our team.”
“I felt like I was used,” Galloway told D Magazine’s Steve Monacelli. “They ain’t reshaping my opinions without me calling bulls–t.”
For someone who has been in the media for nearly 50 years, something like this was never going to sit well. Galloway’s voice was perhaps the most recognized in sports media in Dallas when he was active. When 1998 came around, publications were trying to hire him away from the Dallas Morning News. The Fort Worth Star ultimately prevailed with a five-year, $1.5 million contract.
Galloway’s best knoen trait was his authenticity.
“Everything I wrote was what I believed, at the time,” he told The Athletic in 2020. “I look back now and say, ‘You actually believed that?’ But, yeah, at the time, I did,” Galloway said. “I didn’t mind giving an opinion. I was never scared, and I worked hard. That formula together helped me survive and helped me move on through 50 years.
“I never faked anything. I didn’t think you had to … This is just what I believe at the time.”
In 2020, Galloway was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
Galloway’s career kept him close to the Cowboys during some of the most memorable years in the franchise’s history, including Troy Aikman’s entire run in Dallas. Over the years, he became a familiar face for the team and someone who had built relationships with people inside the organization.
His relationship with Aikman was particularly close. He said on his DXSN show, ‘The Galloway Gallop,’ that the quarterback once confided in him after a brutal loss in the Jimmy Johnson era that he was “finished” with the team. Aikman had requested Galloway not write that story, which he had honored.
Aikman’s reaction was a small reminder that, after all those years around the Cowboys and Texas sports, Galloway still has plenty of respect among the people who know his work.