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Jerry Jones says Cowboys QB Dak Prescott will have season-ending surgery on torn hamstring FRISCO, Texas (AP) Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has decided on season-ending surgery for his torn hamstring.

Owner Jerry Jones says Prescott will have the surgery Wednesday in New York.

The decision comes with the playoff hopes already fading fast for a team that has reached the postseason the past three seasons.

Prescott was injured in a 27-21 loss at Atlanta on Nov.

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He was on the sideline a week later for the 34-6 loss at home to Philadelphia.

The Cowboys have lost four consecutive games and are 0-4 at home.

Cooper Rush struggled filling in for Prescott against the Eagles.

Free-falling Bears fire offensive coordinator Shane Waldron The Chicago Bears have fired offensive coordinator Shane Waldron in hopes of shaking up a unit that ranks among the worst in the NFL.

Offensive passing game coordinator Thomas Brown was promoted to offensive coordinator.

The moves come with the Bears mired in a three-game losing streak and the offense in a free fall after an offseason overhaul highlighted by the arrival of Caleb Williams with the No.

1 overall draft pick.

Coach Matt Eberflus said in a statement Tuesday that he decided to move in a different direction with the leadership of our offense.

Waldron lasted just nine games.

Tyreek Hill makes key TD catch, and the Dolphins hold off the Rams 23-15 to snap their 3-game skid LOS ANGELES (AP) The Miami Dolphins snapped their three-game losing streak with a gritty 23-15 victory over the Los Angeles Rams.

Tyreek Hill caught a short touchdown pass from Tua Tagovailoa while playing through a wrist injury, and rookie Malik Washington rushed 18 yards for his first NFL touchdown on the opening possession of a much-needed turnaround game for the beleaguered Dolphins.

Matthew Stafford passed for 293 yards and rookie Joshua Karty made five field goals for the Rams, whose three-game winning streak ended with a dramatic offensive regression.

The Rams failed to score a TD for only the eighth time in coach Sean McVays eight seasons.

Ohtani, Lindor and Marte are finalists for NL MVP.

Judge, Witt and Soto contend for AL honor NEW YORK (AP) Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is a finalist for his first National League MVP award after winning the AL honor twice, joined among the top three in NL voting by New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor and Arizona second baseman Ketel Marte.

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge is a finalist for his second AL MVP in three seasons, joined by Kansas City shortstop Bobby Witt Jr.

and Yankees outfielder Juan Soto.

Ohtani was unanimously voted the AL MVP in 2021 and 2023 as a two-way star for the Los Angeles Angels.

He didnt pitch in 2024 following elbow surgery and signed a record $700 million deal with the Dodgers.

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John's, Pitino begin life as a ranked team as part of the week's AP Top 25 national schedule St.

John's enters this week ranked for the first time in nearly six years in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll.

The Red Storm checked in at No.

22 in Monday's latest poll.

That marked the program's first time in the poll since January 2019.

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John's faces Wagner and New Mexico as part of the AP Top 25 national schedule this week.

The slate includes No.

6 Duke facing No.

19 Kentucky in the Champions Classic.

There is also a series of road games for ranked teams on Friday night, including No.

2 Alabama visiting No.

13 Purdue.

Bernhard Langer and his 18 straight years of winning is among golf's untouchable records: Analysis Winning never gets old for Bernhard Langer.

He extended one of the most untouchable records in golf when he won the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

It was his first win of the year in his last event.

And that makes 18 consecutive years with at least one win on the PGA Tour Champions.

The record on the PGA Tour is 17 straight years with a win.

What's different about the 50-and-older circuit is a short shelf life for success.

Skills deteriorate each year and there's always a fresh batch of younger players.

Langer is 67 and just keeps winning.

Rays' Wander Franco, who awaits sex abuse trial, arrested in armed altercation SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) Police say Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been arrested for his involvement in an armed altercation in a parking lot in the Dominican Republic countryside.

A police spokesman told The Associated Press it happened 116 miles west of Santo Domingo in San Juan de la Maguana.

Franco was arrested Sunday.

Another man and a woman were also detained.

Police said two firearms were seized and didn't say whether there were injuries.

The 23-year-old Franco is scheduled to go to trial Dec.

12 in the northern province of Puerto Plata in a sexual abuse case involving a 14-year-old girl.

Gerry Faust, the former head football coach at Notre Dame, has died at 89 AKRON, Ohio (AP) Gerry Faust, the gravel-voiced Cincinnati high school coach who lived a dream by becoming the coach at Notre Dame, has died.

He was 89.

Notre Dame said in an email to The Associated Press on Tuesday that the family confirmed Fausts death.

Faust guided the Fighting Irish from 1981 through 1985, compiling a record of 30-26-1.

Faust succeeded Dan Devine as coach of Notre Dame and preceded Lou Holtz.

John Robinson, successful football coach at USC and with the LA Rams, has died at 89 LOS ANGELES (AP) John Robinson has died at 89.

The veteran football coach enjoyed many years of success at the University of Southern California and with the Los Angeles Rams.

He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame after his two successful tenures with the Trojans.

Robinson also became the winningest coach in Rams history during his nine-year tenure with the NFL club.

Robinson never had a losing record at USC, winning five conference titles and four Rose Bowls.

He moved to the Rams in 1983 and reached the playoffs in six of his first seven seasons, advancing to two NFC championship games.

Joel Embiid is expected to make his season debut for the 76ers after injuries and suspension PHILADELPHIA (AP) Joel Embiid is expected to make his season debut Tuesday night for the Philadelphia 76ers.

Embiid has not played this season because of what the Sixers called left knee management.

Embiid also just finished serving a three-game suspension levied by the NBA for shoving a member of the media.

The 76ers are 2-7 and near the bottom of the Eastern Conference headed into Tuesday's game against the New York Knicks.

Embiid and fellow All-Stars Paul George and Tyrese Maxey have yet to play a game together this season because of injuries and suspension..

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