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The Star Telegram

You can call him Mr. Jones or Adam — he’s fine with either — but he asks that you no longer call him Pacman.

There is really only person who Adam Jones is OK with calling him by the name that he made famous, then infamous. That person is the one who gave him the nickname as an infant.

“My mom is going to call me Pacman,” Jones said. “That is what it is. I can’t change that.”

Jones spent time on Saturday afternoon at at youth summer basketball camp held by Dallas Mavericks forward Brandon Bass at the Martin Safe Haven Boys & Girls Club in Fort Worth.

Although Jones has not been fully reinstated by the NFL for the 2008 season, the Dallas Cowboys cornerback is continuing to integrate himself with the team and in the community.

Part of the rehabilitation of a battered image is dropping the name that was once cute but now serves as a reminder of all the questionable decisions Jones has made.

“It’s really just a lot of negativity behind it. It’s time for a change,” Jones said. “I’m doing everything to make sure I’m all right as a person, mentally and emotionally.”

Give it a year before he's in trouble again.