Prescott, Cowboys finally reach an agreement on new contract
The Dallas Cowboys and Dak Prescott finally agreed on the richest contract in club history two years after negotiations first started with the star quarterback.
The team said the agreement was reached Monday. It’s a $160 million, fouryear contract with $126 million guaranteed and an NFL-record $66 million signing bonus, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.
Prescott, 27, played on a $31.4 million franchise tag in 2020 before his season ended with a compound fracture and dislocation of his right ankle in Week 5.
Before the injury, Prescott had started every game since the beginning of his rookie year after replacing an injured Tony Romo during the 2016 preseason.
Prescott was named NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year after leading the Cowboys to the NFC’s No. 1 seed and two years later won his first playoff game and reached his second Pro Bowl.
Kansas, coach Miles agree to part ways
Les Miles is out as Kansas’ head coach just days after he was placed on administrative leave amid sexual misconduct allegations from his tenure at LSU.
Kansas announced Miles’ departure Monday night, describing it as a mutual agreement to part ways.
Last week, LSU released a 148-page review by a law firm about the university’s handling of sexual misconduct complaints. It described how Miles “tried to sexualize the staff of student workers in the football program by, for instance, allegedly demanding that he wanted blondes with big breasts, and ‘pretty girls.’”
Creighton reinstates coach McDermott
Creighton announced it has lifted men’s basketball head coach Greg McDermott’s suspension for making racially insensitive remarks to his players after a game last week.
McDermott created a firestorm for twice using the term “plantation” as part of an analogy urging team unity. The university suspended McDermott indefinitely on Thursday after he had coached in a Wednesday loss at Villanova.
Assistant coach Alan Huss was in charge of the 17thranked Bluejays for their win over Butler on Saturday.
Athletic director Bruce Rasmussen said he and university President the Rev. Daniel Hendrickson had discussions with players and their parents, former players and recruits.
“I also witnessed the courage of our student-athletes when they used their voices to share their true feelings about last week’s remarks,” Rasmussen said, referring to a video shown at CHI Health Center before the Butler game. “Let me be clear: Coach McDermott’s use of the ‘plantation’ analogy was egregious and has absolutely no place in our society.”
Noting McDermott’s public apologies and difficult discussions with his players and others, Rasmussen said the coach has shown a willingness to learn from the mistake.
• Drew Timme scored 18 points and top-ranked Gonzaga beat Saint Mary’s 78-55 in the West Coast Conference Tournament semifinals Monday night.
The Bulldogs (25-0) dominated from a big opening run and led by 18 at halftime to cruise into their nation-best 24th conference tournament title game.
Logan Johnson led the Gaels (14-9) with 15 points.
• Gonzaga received 61 of 63 first-place votes from a media panel in the Associated Press Top 25 poll as it attempts to become the first wire-to-wire No. 1 since Kentucky in 2014-15.
Baylor had two firstplace votes and moved back into the No. 2 slot.
USC returned to the poll at No. 24 following its lastsecond win over UCLA.
• Paige Bueckers scored 23 points to lead the topranked UConn women over Marquette 73-39 for the program’s 19th Big East Tournament title.
Christyn Williams had 16 points for UConn (24-1).
Camryn Taylor had 11 points and 13 rebounds for Marquette (19-6), which lost in the conference final for the fourth straight season after winning in 2017.
• Buoyed by an impressive run in the Pac-12 Tournament, Stanford jumped two spots to No. 2 in The AP women’s poll.
Stanford (25-2), which received five first-place votes, trails only UConn in the poll. The Huskies got 22 first-place votes.
Concussion costs Klinsmann roster spot
Galaxy goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann was dropped from the U.S. training camp roster for Olympic qualifying after suffering a concussion during practice.
The son of former U.S. coach Jürgen Klinsmann was replaced on the roster by Inter Miami goalkeeper Drake Callender.