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sports Diahuebs 5 November 2020

Cowboys will have 4th starting QB of season against Steelers

(AP) — The Dallas Cow- ago, when Tony Romo broke
boys will have their fourth his collarbone twice and
different starting quarter- the Cowboys finished 4-12.
back of the season against Brandon Weeden, midseason
undefeated Pittsburgh pickup Matt Cassel and Kel-
with Andy Dalton un- len Moore, now the Dallas
available because of CO- offensive coordinator, were
VID-19 protocols. the others.
Coach Mike McCarthy said The Cowboys had to start
Wednesday he was benching DiNucci, a seventh-round
rookie Ben DiNucci in fa- pick, because Dalton sus-
vor of either Garrett Gilbert tained a concussion the pre-
or Cooper Rush. Gilbert and vious week in Washington.
Rush will compete for the It was Dalton's second start
job in practice, and one will in place of star Dak Prescott,
start Sunday at home against who is out for the season
the Steelers (7-0). with a broken ankle.

DiNucci looked over- McCarthy said the club is
matched in his first start at hopeful Dalton will come off
Philadelphia last weekend, a the COVID-19 list late next
23-9 win by the Eagles. The week, when Dallas has its
Cowboys (2-6) rarely threw bye. If so, Dalton would be
down the field, and DiNucci in line to start at Minnesota
lost two fumbles. on Nov. 22.
in 2014 and has bounced tract to be Prescott's backup. their practice squad in De-
"The decision was made to While Gilbert and Rush have round the league ever since. Dalton started for nine years cember.
go with the two experienced fewer combined career pass- The Cowboys signed him off in Cincinnati before the
quarterbacks," McCarthy ing attempts (nine) than Di- Cleveland's practice squad af- Bengals drafted Joe Burrow NOTES: Punter Chris Jones
said. "I just felt with the op- Nucci's 43 from the past two ter Prescott's injury in Week No. 1 overall and turned the had surgery for a core muscle
ponent that we're playing, we games, both have been in the 5. 33-year-old loose. injury and was expected to
need some more experience league significantly longer. miss several weeks. Hunter
at that position." Rush was Prescott's backup After Dalton was injured, the Niswander is expected to
Gilbert, the former Texas for three seasons but rarely Cowboys added Rush to the take over punting duties. He
Dallas last had four differ- quarterback who finished his saw the field. The Cowboys practice squad. The Giants was signed to the practice
ent starting quarterbacks in college career at SMU, was a waived him after signing claimed Rush off waivers in squad last week.
the same season five years sixth-round pick by the Rams Dalton to a one-year con- May, but released him from

World Cup ski races in Austria postponed due to lack of snow

(AP) — A lack of snow next day. It added that snow her comeback at those events
and mild temperatures control by the International in Finnish Lapland.
have forced organizers to Ski Federation was set for
postpone the upcoming Nov. 18. Shiffrin, who hasn't raced
Alpine skiing World Cup since Jan. 26, skipped the Oct.
races in Lech/Zuers for al- The postponement of the 17 season-opener in Soelden
most two weeks. races means two slaloms in after hurting her back.
Levi on Nov. 21-22 will be
The Austrian ski federation the next races on the wom- The men have no races
said Wednesday that the par- en's calendar. Double Olym- scheduled ahead of the Lech/
allel event for women had pic champion and three-time Zuers event.
been rescheduled for Nov. overall World Cup winner
26, followed by the men's the Mikaela Shiffrin is planning

UEFA suspends soccer official for anti-Armenia online abuse

(AP) — An Azerbaijani Qarabag's Europa League game in Poland. ordered by its disciplinary an investigator to gather evi-
soccer club official was game on Thursday at Siv- committee, which had asked dence on Monday.
suspended by UEFA on asspor. The Armenian soccer federa-
Wednesday while under tion had called on UEFA to
investigation for posting It's the second UEFA disci- remove Qarabag from the
offensive comments about plinary case involving Qa- competition for Ibrahimov's
Armenia on social media. rabag since conflict between comments "calling to kill
Azerbaijan and Armenia over all the Armenians, old and
UEFA said Qarabag media the disputed enclave of Na- young, without distinction."
officer Nurlan Ibrahimov gorno-Karabakh reignited in
faces potential charges of September. The posts were later deleted.
"racist and other discrimina-
tory conduct" and "violating UEFA reprimanded more "Hate speech, calls for vio-
the basic rules of decent con- than 20 players and officials lence (and) xenophobia must
duct." from the club, which has its be eradicated from football,"
roots in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian federation said.
An interim ban will prevent for making military salutes
Ibrahimov from working at at a Europa League playoff The UEFA suspension was