Arizona Cardinals fire assistant coach
The Arizona Cardinals fired offensive line coach and rungame coordinator Sean Kugler.
The Cardinals haven’t confirmed Kugler’s dismissal but the coach was no longer listed on the team’s website on Tuesday. Head coach Kliff Kingsbury told the Arizona Republic that Kugler was fired for an incident that happened Sunday night in Mexico City, one day before the team’s 38-10 loss to the 49ers at Estadio Azteca.
Kingsbury said Kugler was sent home Monday morning before the game. The coach didn’t elaborate on what caused the dismissal.
• The Carolina Panthers (3-8) said quarterback Sam Darnold will make his season debut Sunday against the Denver Broncos after interim head coach Steve Wilks decided to bench Baker Mayfield following yet another rocky performance in a 13-3 loss to the Baltimore Ravens last Sunday.
• The Rams waived running back Darrell Henderson and linebacker Justin Hollins, abruptly cutting ties with two regular starters . ... The Chargers signed kicker Cameron Dicker to the active roster and placed Dustin Hopkins on injured reserve . ... The Giants will be without top cornerback Adoree Jackson (knee) on Thursday at Dallas. College football: LSU moved up to fifth and USC was sixth Tuesday night in the College Football Playoff rankings behind Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan and TCU.
The top four remained the same for the third straight week, but the teams chasing changed order after Tennessee lost to South Carolina. There are two more rankings. The final ones on Dec. 4 set the field for the fourteam playoff.
Golf: Tiger Woods was rewarded with a $15 million bonus from the PGA Tour’s Player Impact Program. Woods won the award for the second straight year. Although playing only nine times, Woods still ranked No. 1 in four of the five PIP categories. The exception was “TV Sponsor Exposure,” which is the length of time a player’s sponsor logos appear on the screen during weekend rounds. He played only three of those.
Rory McIlroy finished second and received a $12 million bonus. Jordan Spieth narrowly beat out Justin Thomas for third place — Spieth got $9 million, Thomas $7.5 million.
NHL: Jeff Skinner had two goals and three assists as the Buffalo Sabres snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 7-2 win over the host Montreal Canadiens.