COWBOYS ACQUIRE COOKS FROM TEXANS
The Dallas Cowboys acquired receiver Brandin Cooks in a trade with the Houston Texans on Sunday, adding a speedy veteran to play alongside CeeDee Lamb.
Houston gets a fifthround pick this year and a 2024 sixth-rounder in a deal reminiscent of a year ago when Dallas sent No. 1 receiver Amari Cooper to Cleveland for two late-round picks.
The difference in the trades is the Texans will pay $6 million of Cooks’ $18 million salary. The Browns absorbed the entire $20 million owed to Cooper.
It’s the fifth time Cooks has been traded, including a swap the day after he was taken 20th overall by Arizona in 2014. New Orleans acquired him for the 27th overall pick and a third-rounder that year.
Cooks later went to New England, the Rams and the Texans in trades.
The 29-year-old Cooks has six 1,000-yard seasons in nine years, with career highs of 1,204 yards with the Rams in 2018 and nine touchdowns with the Saints in 2015. He has 8,616 yards and 49 TDs.
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Texans left tackle Laremy Tunsil, 28, agreed to a three-year, $75 million contact extension, according to reports. The new deal makes Tunsil the highestpaid offensive lineman in the NFL.
The deal includes a $30 million signing bonus with $50 million fully guaranteed and $60 million in total guarantees, according to ESPN.
Locally
Captain Kraig Chiles had a goal and three assists to lead the San Diego Sockers to a 7-3 MASL victory over the Empire Stykers at Pechanga Arena.
• The San Diego Gulls held a one-goal lead in the second period and proceeded to watch the Coachella Valley Firebirds score five straight goals en route to an 8-4 AHL loss on the road.
• The San Diego State softball team lost 3-2 at Colorado State in the series finale. The Aztecs fell to 16-9 overall and 1-2 in Mountain West play, while the Rams improved to 16-8 and 2-1.
• The University of San Diego women’s basketball program (18-13) is set to continue its 2023 Women’s NIT run at 6 p.m. tonight, hosting UC Irvine (25-6) in the second round.
Soccer
It was all set up for a famous FA Cup upset as Fulham led treble-chasing
Manchester United at Old Trafford. But in the space of seven chaotic second-half minutes, the visitors were reduced to nine players, had their manager sent off and conceded twice. It was a meltdown of epic proportions and United capitalized on it in ruthless fashion to advance to the semifinals with a 3-1 win that keeps its three-pronged trophy pursuit on track.
Thoughts of an all-Manchester showdown at Wembley on June 3, however, looked in serious doubt after
Aleksandar Mitrovic fired Fulham ahead in the 50th minute of the quarterfinal match. That was before the game was turned upside down as Fulham’s players and manager Marco Silva lost control. Emotions boiled over after Willian blocked Jadon Sancho’s goal-bound shot in the 70th and VAR instructed referee
Chris Kavanagh to review the incident on the touchline monitor. Before the official could even make a decision, he had shown a red card to Silva for remonstrating furiously in the dugout. Replays showed Willian had clearly used his hand and was sent off as a result. That sparked outrage from Mitrovic, who barged into Kavanagh and was also shown red. All three dismissals came over a period of 40 seconds.
Tim Weah will miss the United States’ CONCACAF Nations League matches against Grenada and El Salvador after getting hurt while playing for Lille.
Skiing
Norway’s Lucas Braathen fought back tears after wrapping up the men’s slalom season title, finishing runner-up in the last race at the World Cup Finals at Soldeu, Andorra.
Ramon Zenhaeusern held on to his first-run lead to beat Braathen by 0.06 seconds and win the race, but the result was not enough for the Swiss skier to overtake the Norwegian in the standings as he remained in third position.
Running
Jemal Yimer of Ethiopia won the men’s division of the Los Angeles Marathon, while Stacy Ndiwa of Kenya took the women’s division. Yimer completed the 26.2mile course through city streets in 2 hours, 13 minutes, 13.58 seconds.
Ndiwa crossed the finish line in 2:31:00.24. The 30year-old pulled away from countrywoman Martha Akeno at mile 18. Akeno finished second in 2:34:25.68.