Landry Home for Thanksgiving

Former Dallas Cowboy coach Tom Landry was at home in Dallas for Thanksgiving dinner after his release four days earlier from a Dallas hospital where he was undergoing treatment for his leukemia.

Landry left Baylor University Medical Center on Sunday after receiving chemotherapy, said his wife, Alicia. Landry was set to remain under outpatient care. She said her husband is awaiting a follow-up examination to determine the results of the chemotherapy.

“He doesn’t hurt or anything. He walks in the evening,” Mrs. Landry said. “When the weather’s nice, we walk outside.”

Although the family was gathering for Thanksgiving dinner, the guest list was short because the chemotherapy has suppressed Landry’s immune system, leaving him more vulnerable to infection.

Landry, 75, has been under treatment since May for acute myelogenous leukemia, also known as AML, a cancer that impairs the production of blood cells.

Tests showed in August that the disease had at least been brought to the stage of temporary remission but that more treatments were necessary.

Earlier this month, Mrs. Landry said her husband had not yet entered a state of remission.

Landry, who led the Cowboys to five Super Bowl appearances and two victories, was too weak to attend an October banquet at which he and former Cowboy quarterback Roger Staubach were honored with Lifetime Achievement awards.

Landry ran the Cowboys for 29 years, beginning with the initial season of the franchise in 1960.

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The NFL will meet in Atlanta on Wednesday to discuss litigation issues between the league and the Oakland Raiders. Both lawsuits involve Raider owner Al Davis’ contention that he still has the territorial rights to Los Angeles.

The league is also expected to address Davis’ allegations that about 50 of the league’s top executives took improper compensation from the league.

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Dorothy Fassel, the mother of New York Giant Coach Jim Fassel, has died after a lengthy illness. She was 76.

She died in Phoenix on Wednesday, Fassel said.