CHICAGO (AP) β The Dallas Cowboys are 9-4 after building a 35-7 lead in a 41-28 blowout win over the Bears in Chicago. DeMarco Murray ran for a season-high 179 yards and a touchdown as the Cowboys bounced back from their Thanksgiving Day loss to Philadelphia. Tony Romo was 21 of 26 for 206 yards and three TDs.
BALTIMORE (AP) β Ravens defensive tackle Haloti Ngata (hah-LOH’-tee NAH’-tah) has been suspended without pay for the team’s final four regular-season games for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances. Ngata said in a statement released by the team that he took Adderall, a drug used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. He will be eligible for the playoffs should Baltimore advance.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) β Mike Riley will be introduced as Nebraska’s new football coach at a news conference today. Riley is the longest-tenured coach in the Pac-12 and has coached at Oregon State for 14 seasons, but the Beavers just completed a 5-7 season in which they won just two conference games. He replaces Bo Pelini, who was dismissed after the Huskers finished the regular season 9-3.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) β Jim McElwain is Florida’s new football coach after going 22-16 in three seasons at Colorado State. He was offensive coordinator at Alabama, where he helped the Tide win two national titles before moving to Fort Collins, Colorado. The Gators announced McElwain agreed to a six-year deal that will average $3.5 million annually.
WINDERMERE, Fla. (AP) β Tiger Woods looked very rusty in his first competition in nearly four months, shooting a 5-over 77 in the first round of the World Challenge in Florida. Woods flubbed four chips, needed two shots to get out of a bunker on the par-5 seventh hole and didn’t have a birdie putt inside 20 feet until the 11th hole. He’s in last place in the 18-man field, 11 shots behind Jordan Spieth (speeth).
