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Dallas Cowboys finally move on from Jason Garrett as coach

By SCHUYLER DIXON the weekend. before a loss at the Packers
AP Pro Football Writer McCarthy reached the that included the infamous
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The playoffs nine times in 13 catch that wasn't by Dez
Dallas Cowboys made offi- seasons with the Packers, Bryant.
cial Sunday night what they reaching the NFC cham- Jones had high hopes with
had already signaled: Ja- pionship game four times. quarterback Dak Prescott
son Garrett is out as coach. Green Bay won at least 10 going into his fourth sea-
Garrett was informed he games eight times in his first son along with star running
wouldn't be back for a 10th 11 seasons before going back Ezekiel Elliott, who got
full season on the same day 7-9 in 2017. McCarthy was a $90 million extension the
the Cowboys finished an in- fired with the Packers at morning of the first practice
terview with former Green 4-7-1 last season. of the regular season after
Bay coach Mike McCar- The biggest knock on Lewis holding out the entire pre-
thy, who won a Super Bowl was his 0-7 playoff record season.
with the Packers on Dallas' with the Bengals. He had a With Dallas at 3-0, video
home field nine years ago. Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett, center left, walks off 131-122-3 record in the reg- emerged of Jones mingling
Owner/general manager the field after of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia ular season and was fired with fans in the French
Jerry Jones decided not Eagles, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019, in Philadelphia after a third straight losing Quarter the night before a
to renew Garrett's expir- season in 2018. game in New Orleans. Dal-
ing contract because Su- preseason expectations more than 20 years of ser- Dallas hasn't been past the las lost 12-10 to start the first
per Bowl-winning quarter- with a 3-0 start before drop- vice to the Dallas Cow- divisional round of the play- of two three-game losing
back Troy Aikman's former ping eight of 12 and losing boys as a player, assistant offs in 24 straight seasons streaks.
backup couldn't get the control of their playoff fate. coach and head coach," since the club's fifth Super The Cowboys have never
Cowboys back to football's Dallas missed the playoffs Jones said in a statement Bowl title to finish the 1995 made the playoffs when
biggest stage, an absence six times in Garrett's nine full released by the team that season. Garrett got them losing at least three straight
that's approaching a quar- seasons. ended a week of specula- within a victory of the NFC games twice in a sea-
ter-century. The inevitable conclu- tion on the future of Garrett, championship game three son, although they had a
At 9½ seasons, the 53-year- sion was a difficult one for who continued showing up times in five years, losing to chance to qualify with a
old Garrett had the club's Jones, who hired Garrett at team headquarters after Green Bay twice and then win at Philadelphia in Week
second-longest tenure be- as offensive coordinator in the season ended. the Los Angeles Rams last 16. Dallas lost 17-9, then
hind Pro Football Hall of 2007 even before choos- "His level of commitment, season. was eliminated in Week 17
Famer Tom Landry, who ing Wade Phillips as coach. character and dedica- When training camp despite a blowout victory
coached the Cowboys for Garrett got the interim job tion to this organization has opened, Jones didn't want over Washington when the
the franchise's first 29 years when Phillips was fired half- been outstanding at every to talk about what it would Eagles won the NFC East by
before Jones fired him way through the 2010 sea- stage of his career." take for Garrett to get an- beating the New York Gi-
when he bought the team son. With Garrett's status unre- other contract. It had been ants.
in 1989. Garrett's record is 87-70, solved publicly, the Cow- five years since Garrett was Garrett spent seven seasons
Dallas finished 8-8 for the playoffs included. boys interviewed McCar- coaching for his job and as a player with the Cow-
fourth time under Garrett. "We are extremely grate- thy and former Cincinnati the Cowboys went 12-4 boys, starting nine games in
The Cowboys fueled high ful to Jason Garrett for his coach Marvin Lewis over and won a wild-card game place of Aikman.q

Maximum Security invited

to Pegasus World Cup race

was first across the line at Mo Forza is on that list of previous three editions of
last year's Kentucky Derby 17 as well, along with Ark- the event.
before being disqualified low, Channel Cat, Henley's The Stronach Group, which
for interference. Joy, Instilled Regard, Next operates Gulfstream, an-
Past Pegasus runners Seek- Shares, Sadler's Joy, Star- nounced the significant
ing The Soul, War Story and ship Jubilee, United, With- changes to the purse struc-
True Timber were also invit- out Parole, Zulu Alpha, Sa- ture and race rules last
ed, as was 2018 Preakness cred Life, Admission Office, month. Entry fees, which
runner-up Bravazo. A Thread Of Blue, Mr. Mis- had been as much as $1
The other invitees for the $3 understood and Lucullan. million for past runnings
In this May 4, 2019, file photo, Flavien Prat on Country House, million race on Jan. 25 in- Magic Wand was second of the Pegasus, will be
left, racing against Luis Saez on Maximum Security, third from
left, during the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race clude Gift Box, Higher Pow- in the Pegasus turf race waived.
at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. er, Magic Wand, Math Wiz- last year, behind only Bricks The inaugural Pegasus in
Associated Press ard, Mr. Freeze, Roadster, and Mortar — the likely 2017 was then the world's
Spun To Run, Tax, Mucho Horse of the Year when richest race, offering a
By TIM REYNOLDS er this month at Gulfstream Gusto and Diamond Oops. the Eclipse Awards are an- $12 million purse to own-
AP Sports Writer Park. The field is expected to be nounced at Gulfstream on ers who put up $1 million
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. Breeders' Cup Classic cut to 12 by the end of the Jan. 23. for a spot in the field. The
(AP) — Horse of the Year runner-up and McKinzie week. The Pegasus World Cup purse went to $16 million in
finalist Maximum Security also earned an invite, as Magic Wand is also invited races will require horses 2018. And last year, the turf
was one of 17 horses for- did Eclipse Award finalist to run in the $1 million Peg- to be medication-free on race was added, so purses
mally invited on Sunday to Omaha Beach. Maximum asus World Cup Turf Invita- race day for the first time went to $9 million for the
compete in the Pegasus Security is an Eclipse final- tional, also to be held Jan. and will have substantially dirt race and $7 million on
World Cup Invitational lat- ist in two categories and 25. Eclipse Award finalist reduced purses from the the grass.q