Former quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys Tony Romo arrested on suspicion of operating a vehicle while intoxicated in Wisconsin.
Romo, 46, was released around 8 p.m. in Milwaukee on Thursday, July 23, according to an arrest report obtained by us.
The CBS Sports commentator allegedly failed a sobriety test before being jailed. He was booked and released, with a court date set for Sept. 21 — one day after the NFL's Week 2 slide.
Since retiring from the NFL in 2006 after 13 years with the Cowboys, Romo has worked as a broadcaster. Jim Nantz as CBS' leading NFL broadcaster.
Romo, who grew up in Burlington, Wisconsin, had returned to the Badger State to play in the 2026 Wisconsin Amateur Golf Championship, which has become an annual tradition for him.
“It's as tough as you're going to play I think in almost any golf tournament,” Romo told NBC26 Wisconsin in an interview Thursday, hours before his arrest. “You get the best guys, the competition, and then the people who work with the WSGA — they're really special people.”
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Courtesy of Milwaukee County DetentionHe added, “This is a real test this week, each area of your game. It will show your weaknesses because you have to use everything.”
Romo is an avid golfer, playing every year in Lake Tahoe's American Century Championship, where he won three times.
When it comes to football and golf, Romo told NBC26 he's “competitive in both.”
“I'm better at football,” he said with a laugh. “But I think we are making progress.”
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Romo is married to his wife, Candice Crawfordsince May 2011 and the couple share three sons: Hawkins14, Rivers12, again Jones8.
His arrest comes a few weeks after he attended the wedding of Travis Kelce again Taylor Swift at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
In an exclusive interview with us last year, Romo defended Kelce against critics of the high-profile relationship and its ubiquity in pop culture.
“People won't even see this, though [Kelce’s] maybe he does less than he did when he was younger,” he said. No, he just went to dinner. It's like he's married, he's going to have dinner with his wife or something. He wasn't photographed going out with his friends all the time.”
