NFL-COWBOYS/REDSKINS
Cowboys stunned in Dallas
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) β The Dallas Cowboys have suffered their first loss since the season opener.
Kai Forbath hit a 40-yard field goal with 5:17 gone in overtime before Washington stopped the Cowboys on downs to complete a 20-17 victory at Dallas. Colt McCoy had another impressive showing since becoming the Redskins’ quarterback, completing 25 of 30 for 299 yards. He’s now 36 of 42 for 427 yards in six quarters since taking over for Kirk Cousins.
McCoy also ran for a seven-yard touchdown to cap an 80-yard drive that put Washington ahead 17-10 in the fourth quarter. But the Cowboys forced overtime with their own 80-yard drive as Branden Weeden hit Jason Witten for a 25-yard score with 9:27 left in regulation.
Weeden was 4 of 6 while filling in for Tony Romo, who was injured during a third-quarter sack and didn’t return until the final drive of regulation.
Romo was 17 of 28 for 209 yards and a touchdown.
Dallas scored just 17 points despite DeMarco Murray, who rolled up 221 total yards. Murray had 141 yards on 19 carries and also caught four passes for 80 yards.
Washington is 3-5 following its second straight win. The Cowboys are 6-2.
NFL-NEWS
New York loses Beason…Ryan tabs Vick over Smith
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) β New York Giants middle linebacker Jon Beason will miss the rest of the season because of a foot injury that will require surgery.
Beason tore a ligament and fractured a bone during a team workout on June 12. He spent training camp on the Physically Unable to Perform list before being added to the active roster prior to the season-opener.
In other NFL news:
β New York Jets coach Rex Ryan has announced that quarterback Michael Vick will start over Geno Smith in Sunday’s game against the Chiefs in Kansas City. Smith threw interceptions on the Jets’ first three possessions on Sunday before Vick fumbled twice and was picked off once in a 43-23 loss to Buffalo. The Jets have lost seven straight since a season-opening victory against the winless Oakland Raiders.
β St. Louis Rams offensive lineman Jake Long and wide receiver Brian Quick both will miss the rest of the season because of injuries suffered in Sunday’s loss to Kansas City. Long tore the ACL in his knee during the third quarter, and Quick “suffered significant damage” to his shoulder in the second period.
β The Jacksonville Jaguars are down another defender. Defensive back Will Blackmon, who plays the slot in nickel and dime situations, is out indefinitely because of a broken index finger on his left hand.
β And Lamarr Houston’s sack celebration will cost the Chicago Bears defensive end the remainder of the season. Houston ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee while celebrating a late sack with the Bears, trailing by 25 late in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s loss to the Patriots. General manager Phil Emery says Houston will have surgery once the swelling goes down.
WORLD SERIES
Series shifts to KC
UNDATED (AP) β The Royals and Giants spent the final scheduled off-day of the major league season flying from San Francisco to Kansas City, where they worked out Monday in preparation for Game 6 tonight.
The Giants are one victory away from their third World Series title in five years following another gem thrown by Madison Bumgarner. He tossed the first complete-game shutout in a World Series game since 2003, scattering four hits in a 5-0 win over the Royals. Bumgarner is 4-0 with a 0.29 ERA lifetime in World Series play.
Bumgarner isn’t the only Giant enjoying a memorable series. Hunter Pence leads all players with a .474 average, going 9-for-19 with one homer, five RBIs and six runs scored. He’s had a hand in 10 of the Giants’ 27 runs scored in the series. Pablo Sandoval is hitting .364 with four RBIs in 22 at-bats, and Brandon Crawford is batting .333 after going 2-for-4 with three RBIs in Sunday’s victory.
Salvador Perez and Alcides (al-SEE’-dehs) Escobar are the only Royals to hit over .263 and play all five games. Perez has a .353 average with one homer and four RBIs, while Escobar is hitting .286.
The Royals will start 23-year old rookie Yordano Ventura against Jake Peavy (PEE’-vee) in a rematch of Game 2 starters. The Royals won that game 7-2.
MLB-TAVERAS DEATH
Matheny, Molina to attend Taveras’s funeral
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) β Funeral services are being planned for Oscar Taveras in his hometown in the Dominican Republic following his death in a weekend car crash
The young St. Louis Cardinals prospect is to be buried Tuesday in Sosua. Among those expected are Cardinals manager Mike Matheny and teammates Yadier Molina (YAH’-dee-eer moh-LEE’-nah) and Carlos Martinez.
The 22-year-old Taveras was killed along with 18-year-old girlfriend Edilia Arvelo when his 2014 Chevy Camaro ran off the road between Sosua and Caberete.
A highway police spokesman says the road was wet from a recent rain but the cause of the crash is under investigation. An autopsy was done Monday but results weren’t available.
MLB-BLUE JAYS/COACHES
Jays make coaching picks
TORONTO (AP) β The Toronto Blue Jays are bringing back much of manager John Gibbons’ coaching staff for next season. The main departure is hitting coach Kevin Seitzer, who accepted the same job with the Atlanta Braves after failing to come to terms on a new contract with Toronto. Bullpen coach Bob Stanley has accepted another position within the organization.
MLB-ROBINSON/OBIT
Former Tiger Jeff Robinson dies
DETROIT (AP) β Former major league pitcher Jeff Robinson died Sunday at age 52. Robinson went 9-6 as a rookie for the AL East-winning Detroit Tigers in 1987 and was 13-6 with a 2.98 ERA the following season. He went 47-40 and made 117 starts for Detroit, Baltimore, Texas and Pittsburgh.
NHL-SCHEDULE
Rangers rally to beat Wild…Oilers blank Habs
UNDATED (AP) β One good period of hockey was enough for the New York Rangers on Monday.
The Blueshirts scored five goals in the third period to earn a 5-4 win over the Minnesota Wild. Anthony Duclair (doo-KLEHR’) tied the game with his first NHL goal, 37 seconds before Mats Zuccarello (zoo-kah-REH’-loh) put the Rangers ahead with 3:11 remaining.
The Wild entered the final period with a 3-0 lead after outshooting the Rangers 24-8. Rick Nash scored his team-high ninth goal and had an assist during the comeback.
Also on Monday, the Edmonton Oilers continued their recent hot streak by cooling off the visiting Montreal Canadiens 3-0. Ben Scrivens made 12 of his 29 saves in the final period to secure the Oilers’ fourth straight victory and his seventh career shutout.
Benoit Pouliot (POO’-lee-aht) scored the game-winner and had an assist as the Oilers dropped the Canadiens to 7-2-0.
NHL-PENGUINS
Surgery slated for Pens’ defender
PITTSBURGH (AP) β Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Olli Maatta (OH’-lee MAH’-tah) will have thyroid surgery next week to remove a potentially cancerous tumor that was discovered during a preseason physical. Maatta underwent further tests before team doctors came to a diagnosis. He is scheduled to miss four weeks but is cleared to play until the surgery.
NHL-BLUE JACKETS
Jackets place Calvert on IR
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) β The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed left wing Matt Calvert on injured reserve retroactive to Oct. 24. He has a goal and an assist in seven games this season and is expected to miss one week with an upper-body injury.
NHL-SHARKS/SUSPENSION
Sharks enforcer punished
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) β The NHL has announced that San Jose Sharks forward John Scott has been suspended two games for his role in a fight with Anaheim’s Tim Jackman. Scott came off the bench on a legal line change and immediately engaged Jackman in a fight. Scott made no effort to play the puck after coming on the ice and league rules say a player can be disciplined if his purpose for coming onto the ice is to start a fight.
NBA-TIMBERWOLVES
‘Wolves buy out veteran
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) β The Minnesota Timberwolves have reached a buyout agreement with veteran guard J.J. Barea to get down to the 15-man roster limit. Coach Flip Saunders announced the decision as Barea had one year and $4.5 million remaining on his contract.
NCAA-NORTH CAROLINA
NCAA president irked at Tar Heels infractions
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) β NCAA President Mark Emmert says findings from a recent investigation into academic fraud at the University of North Carolina are troubling, disturbing and shocking.
While Emmert said he would withhold final judgment until the NCAA completes its own investigation, the usually cautious former university president was downright blunt during a 20-minute interview with The Associated Press at its Indianapolis headquarters.
Emmert says “this is a case that potentially strikes at the heart of what higher education is about.”
LPGA TOUR
Rain-shortened event ends
HAINAN ISLAND, China (AP) β The final round of the LPGA event in China has been completed with Lee-Anne Pace the winner. Play had been suspended Sunday after a nearly four-hour rain delay. The South African finished play with a 5-under-67 and a three-shot lead over Germany’s Caroline Masson.
Michelle Wie (wee) and Jessica Korda of the U.S. finished tied for third.
JURISPRUDENCE-O.J.
Still looking to get out
LAS VEGAS (AP) β O.J. Simpson’s appeal for release from a Nevada prison is now up to the state’s Supreme Court.
Simpson lawyers argue in a final brief to the Nevada high court that a lower court judge was wrong to deny the former football star a new trial in his 2008 kidnapping and armed robbery conviction for a hotel room heist in Las Vegas. Simpson argues that his trial lawyer botched the case and had conflicted interests.
The filing was submitted Friday and came after prosecutors last month submitted documents saying there’s no need for another trial.
The 67-year-old Simpson and isn’t eligible for parole until 2017.
NBA-BLAYLOCK/PRISON
Blaylock gets three-year sentence
ATLANTA (AP) β Former NBA All-Star Mookie Blaylock has been sentenced to three years in jail after pleading guilty in a 2013 car crash that killed a woman in Georgia. His attorney tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Blaylock agreed Monday to a plea deal on a vehicular homicide charge that included seven years in prison, with four suspended. He will then be on probation for eight years.
