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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is still urging NFL fans to pull the plug on cable, especially those who want to see next week’s NFC showdown of 10-1 teams on NFL Network. The Cowboys and Green Bay Packers both won Thanksgiving Day, a week before they play for the outright NFC lead. The NFL Network…

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is still urging NFL fans to pull the plug on cable, especially those who want to see next week’s NFC showdown of 10-1 teams on NFL Network. The Cowboys and Green Bay Packers both won Thanksgiving Day, a week before they play for the outright NFC lead. The NFL Network…

Of all the great players and great teams the Dallas Cowboys have had, Tony Romo, Terrell Owens and the 2007 club are the first to start 10-1. And if 10-1 Green Bay wasn’t up next, the Cowboys might be able to savor such an accomplishment. “We’re grateful for it and we made history, but it…

Brett Favre sported a white T-shirt, carpenter’s pants and a scruffy beard. It was the only time he looked like just another guy on Thanksgiving. Favre set a Green Bay record with 20 consecutive completions and finished with a season-high 381 yards and three touchdowns in the Packers’ 37-26 victory over the slumping Detroit Lions.

Mike Singletary is staying with the 49ers for now. Singletary pulled himself from consideration for the Baylor head coaching opening Thursday. He said he wasn’t offered the job at his alma mater. “For me, it never got to that point,” said Singletary, who met with Baylor officials for five hours Tuesday.

What drove Priest Holmes out of the NFL is something most football players try to drive out of their thoughts. They know it’s a dangerous, violent endeavor that can leave them unable to walk. Holmes, after making one of the most improbable comebacks in NFL history, decided that as much as he loves the game,…

Indiana Pacers forward Jermaine O’Neal will sit out Friday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks with swelling in his left knee and lower leg. The six-time All-Star missed Wednesday’s 105-93 victory in New Orleans. The timetable for his return is uncertain. “If it takes shutting him down a couple days to get him right, we’ll do…

The American duo of Boo Weekley and Heath Slocum held on to a one-stroke lead in the World Cup of Golf, shooting a 3-under 69 in Friday’s second round to lead England and Scotland. England’s Justin Rose and Ian Poulter, and Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren both shot 68 to trail by a shot…

Robert Allenby bogeyed his final hole but maintained a one-stroke lead in the Australian Masters with a 4-under 68 in Friday’s second round. Allenby, who led by a stroke after the opening round, has a 36-hole total of 9-under 135. Fellow Australian Aaron Baddeley had the low round of the day — a 66 —…

Rory McIlroy is fast proving he’s no regular rookie. The Northern Ireland teenager, playing only his sixth professional tournament, was among the Australian Masters leaders after two strong opening rounds. McIlroy, who had an impressive opening round at this year’s British Open and finished as low amateur, shot a 2-under 70 on the Huntingdale course…

Along with deciding on a schedule, booking flights and hotel rooms and working on their swings, most LPGA Tour players spent a good chunk of the 2007 season studying up on drugs. The next time they play on tour, some of them will be tested under a new policy that starts next year. And while…

The world’s richest golf tournament, offering $10 million in prize money, will be played in Dubai beginning in 2009. The Dubai World Championship, to be held at the Jumeirah Golf Estates, would run for five years with the option of extending it for another five years, the European Tour said Monday. The winner of the…