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Cowboys QB prescott signs $31.4M tender

- Prescott

Dak Prescott plans to be at training camp with the Dallas Cowboys, if and when it starts, on the richest one-year contract in franchise history.

There is also still time to work out a long-term deal for the star quarterbac­k by the July 15 deadline.

Prescott signed his $31.4 million tender under the franchise tag Monday.

More NFL: Cowboys center travis Frederick has won the George Halas Award, presented by the Pro Football Writers of America. Frederick, who retired in March, was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2019 after missing the entire 2018 season with Guillain-barre syndrome, an autoimmune disease that attacks the nervous system.

College basketball: Top recruit Cade Cunningham has chosen to remain at Oklahoma State despite the program being banned from the 2021 postseason . ... Former All-pac 12 guard Dijonai Carrington is joining Baylor’s Lady Bears as a graduate transfer from Stanford.

Figure skating: Two-time U.S. champion Alysa Liu is changing coaches. Liu, who’ll be 15 in August, will work with Lee Barkell, Lori Nichol and Massimo Scali. She’s worked with Nichol and Scali in the past. She was previously coached by Laura Lipetsky. Golf: The PGA of America confirmed that the PGA Championsh­ip will be played without fans in attendance. The first major of the year, originally scheduled for May 14-17 in San Francisco, now is set for Aug. 6-9. This week’s Travelers Championsh­ip in Cromwell, Conn., will also have no fans in attendance. NHL: Forward Chris thorburn announced his retirement at 37, after playing more than 800 NHL games for four organizati­ons — including Buffalo — since 2005 and winning the Stanley Cup with the St. Louis Blues in 2018-19. Soccer: Orlando withdrew from the upcoming National Women’s Soccer League tournament after six players and four staff members tested positive for COVID-19. WNBA: Connecticu­t Sun center Jonquel Jones has decided not to play in the WNBA this season because of concerns about the coronaviru­s pandemic.

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