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FOREMAN HEADING TO NFL Texas running back D’Onta

Foreman said Wednesday that he will leave the Longhorns to enter the NFL draft after rushing for 2,028 yards this season as a junior. His rushing total in 11 games was the second best in school history, behind Ricky

Williams in 1998, when he won the Heisman Trophy. Foreman is a finalist for the Doak Walker Award, given to the nation’s top running back. He set a school record with 13 consecutiv­e 100- yard games dating to the 2015 season. His career best was a 341- yard effort against Texas Tech. Foreman scored 15 touchdowns this season as Texas went 5- 7. ZIMMER HAS EYE SURGERY Minnesota Vikings coach Mike

Zimmer, 60, had emergency eye surgery Wednesday night, the team announced. The Vikings are scheduled to play the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday, and his status is uncertain, according to a statement released by general manager Rick Spielman. Zimmer had two eye surgeries in early November to repair a torn retina. DOLPHINS TACKLE ARRESTED Miami Dolphins defensive tackle

Leon Orr was arrested Tuesday and faces charges for possession of marijuana and a controlled substance, according to the Collier County ( Fla.) Sheriff’s Office. Orr, 24, was booked into the Naples Jail Center and posted the $ 7,000 bond. Deputies stopped Orr on Tuesday afternoon on eastbound Interstate 75 near the toll plaza, not far from Collier Boulevard, because his car appeared to have illegally tinted windows, according to an arrest report. When deputies approached the car, they “could immediatel­y smell the odor of the marijuana,” the report stated. Orr, who played at the University of Florida, was recently promoted from the Dolphins practice squad, but The Miami Herald reported he was cut after the team learned of the arrest. $ 5 MILLION FOR MCQUEARY A former Penn State assistant football coach is getting an additional $ 5 million over his treatment by the school after Jerry

Sandusky’s arrest on child molestatio­n charges five years ago. Judge Thomas Gavin ruled in favor of Mike McQueary’s whistle- blower claim Wednesday, adding to a jury’s $ 7.3 million verdict issued last month for defamation and misreprese­ntation. McQueary told investigat­ors he saw Sandusky sexually abuse a boy in a team shower in 2001. After Sandusky’s arrest, McQueary was put on leave with pay and hasn’t returned to coaching. INDIANA UPENDS UNC OG Anunoby scored 16 points, James Blackmon Jr. had 14 and Robert Johnson added 11 Wednesday night, leading host No. 10 Indiana past No. 3 North Carolina 76- 67 in the ACC- Big Ten Challenge. The Hoosiers ( 5- 1) have won two in a row since last week’s stunning loss to littleknow­n IPFW. North Carolina ( 7- 1), which trailed for a total of 16 seconds during its four- game trip to Hawaii, never led and trailed by double digits for most of the game. ZAIRE PLANS TO TRANSFER

Malik Zaire, the quarterbac­k who won the starting job at Notre Dame last year before a broken ankle ended his season, plans to graduate in December and use his final year of eligibilit­y elsewhere. University spokesman Michael

Bertsch said Wednesday that Zaire has been given his release. Zaire told the South Bend Tribune among the schools he is considerin­g are Florida, Wisconsin, Pittsburgh and Michigan State. TORONTO MAKES MLS FINAL

Benoit Cheyrou and Tosaint Ricketts scored two minutes apart in extra time and Toronto FC advanced to the MLS Cup final, outlasting the Montreal Impact 5- 2 in the rain Wednesday in Toronto for a 7- 5 aggregate victory. It took extra time and 12 goals to decide the two- leg Eastern Conference final. Toronto will host the Seattle Sounders on Dec. 10 in the championsh­ip game, becoming the first Canadian team to play for the title. KINGS- 76ERS POSTPONED Wednesday’s scheduled NBA game between the Sacramento Kings and Philadelph­ia 76ers was postponed because of condensati­on on the court at Wells Fargo Arena in Philadelph­ia. It appeared warm temperatur­es outside caused the condensati­on. No makeup date was set.

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