The Palm Beach Post

Jaguars’ Fournette ruled out vs. Dallas; Chiefs add LB help

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The Jacksonvil­le Jaguars have ruled out running back Leonard Fournette for their game at Dallas. It will be the fourth game Fournette has missed this season.

Coach Doug Marrone says Fournette (hamstring), left tackle Josh Wells (groin) and cornerback D.J. Hayden (toe) will miss Sunday’s road game. The Jaguars (3-2) signed veteran Jamaal Charles on Tuesday with the expectatio­n that Fournette would be sidelined for an extended period. They also placed third-stringer Corey Grant (foot) on injured reserve.

■ Former Browns linebacker Nate Orchard was signed by the Chiefs to shore up their pass rush besieged by injuries. Justin Houston could miss several weeks after hurting his hamstring in Sunday’s win over Jacksonvil­le while Dee Ford and Tanoh Kpassagnon have been dealing with nagging injuries.

■ Jets defensive coordinato­r Kacy Rodgers briefly returned to the team’s facility, and coach Todd Bowles says there’s a “small chance” he coaches against the Colts on Sunday. Rodgers is dealing with what Bowles characteri­zed last week as a “serious” illness. The 49-yearold assistant wasn’t with the team for its win over Denver.

College football: Embattled University of Wisconsin receiver Quintez Cephus is suing the school because he says a disciplina­ry probe it is conducting while he’s trying to defend himself in a criminal sexual assault case violates his rights because he can’t participat­e in it without potentiall­y harming his criminal defense. Cephus was suspended from the Badgers in August after he was charged with sexually assaulting two drunken women. Cephus says the sex was consensual.

Golf: The PGA Championsh­ip will remain with CBS Sports and pick up a new partner in ESPN for weekday rounds as part of an 11-year agreement in which the networks will combine to deliver 175 hours of coverage across broadcast, cable and digital platforms. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, though it was clear the PGA Championsh­ip is more attractive held in May than in August.

■ Two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen and three-time major champ Jan Stephenson are among five people selected for induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame. A 16-member panel of mostly golf administra­tors also selected retired Augusta National chairman Billy Payne, LPGA charter member and renowned teacher Peggy Kirk Bell and Dennis Walters, who has been inspiring golfers through clinics despite being paralyzed from the chest down since he was 24. The induction is June 10.

Soccer: A massive corruption scandal engulfed Belgian soccer Wednesday as authoritie­s carried out 57 police raids in the country and around Europe in a probe into financial fraud and match-fixing. The federal prosecutor’s statement said a year-long probe shows evidence of “suspect financial operations” by sports agents and indication­s “of possible influencin­g of games” over the last season.

MLB: Right-handed reliever Kyle Barracloug­h was acquired by Washington from Miami in exchange for $1 million in internatio­nal slot allotment. Barracloug­h went 1-6 with 4.20 ERA and 10 saves in 17 chances in 2018.

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