The Dallas Cowboys have received permission to talk with Jacksonville Jaguars’ assistant head coach Dave Campo about a job as secondary coach.
Campo is believed to be the front-runner to fill the vacancy created when Todd Bowles departed last week to join the Miami Dolphins’ staff as assistant head coach.
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WASHINGTON — The Washington Redskins seem to have a whole lot of their coaching staff in place for next season — except for the head coach.
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TENNIS hot property Novak Djokovic broke through for his first grand slam triumph with a dramatic four-set victory over unseeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, from France, at the Australian Open.
The 20-year-old No. 3 seed became the first Serb to win a tennis grand slam event, coming from behind to register a 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6 (7/2) victory over the tournament bolter in three hours six minutes.
Stanford’s 7-foot Lopez twins showed that they are arguably the Pac-10’s top tandem in the post.
Brook Lopez had 23 points, four rebounds and two blocks, all in the second half after sitting 15 minutes of the first in foul trouble, and the 20th-ranked Cardinal held on to beat California 82-77 on Saturday for their third straight victory.
Robin Lopez added nine points, 14 rebounds and four blocked shots.
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ROME, Italy – Amantino Mancini scored for AS Roma to beat 10-man Palermo 1-0 in the Serie A on Saturday.
Mancini leapt over Siena goalkeeper Alberto Fontana to score with a header in the box from a corner in the 59th minute, two minutes after Palermo defender Leandro Rinaudo received a red card for a foul.
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PARIS – Djibril Cisse scored three goals to help Marseille rally to beat Caen 6-1 Saturday and move up to eighth place in the French league.
Cisse scored in the 28th, 56th and 58th minutes to tally eight goals in the league this season.
For the inaugural Breakaway Challenge at this year’s NHL All-Star Game skills competition, the league had high hopes for its dipsy-doodling superstars.
A best-case scenario last night in Atlanta would have seen Alexander Ovechkin, Ryan Getzlaf, or Pavel Datsyuk deliver a moment of individual brilliance that would have topped Vince Carter leaping over that French guy at the 2000 Olympic basketball tournament. It would have blown away Doug Flutie’s 1984 Hail Mary pass that lifted Boston College to a 47-45 victory over Miami in the Orange Bowl. It would have topped sportscasts across North America, even eclipsing Sidney Crosby’s game-winning shootout goal versus Buffalo at the outdoor Winter Classic on New Year’s Day.
But it didn’t happen. The best we got was Ovechkin gamely juggling the puck on his stick and then demonstrating he hadn’t played much baseball during his misspent youth in Russia.
