Scandrick told Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer that he took something while vacationing in Mexico; something that prompted a positive test on the league’s list of banned performance enhancing drugs, and the six-year pro admits “he messed up.” The substance was later reported to be “Molly,” but ProFootballTalk.com later said that it is Amphetamine that has Scandrick benched. THE REPLACEMENTS: Dallas drafts defense | NFL 2014: Players suspended for substance abuse violations You’ve heard by now how terrible Dallas’ defense was last season (hint: the worst), including its 30th-ranked pass defense....

Mackenzy Bernadeau, who lost his starting job to Waters, will start Sunday when the Cowboys (4-4) play host to the Minnesota Vikings. The team signed cornerback Micah Pellerin to the active roster from its practice squad. Waters injured a triceps in Oct. 27's loss to the Detroit Lions. He will require surgery, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. MORE: NFL Week 9 picks | Fantasy decisions | Odds and more...

The victory by Wyoming (15-9, 6-5 Mountain West Conference) came almost 16 years to the day after the Cowboys last beat a top-5 team at home, a 62-56 win over No. 5 Utah. Fans stormed the court after the final buzzer, mobbing Wyoming players. Dwayne Polee II led San Diego State with 15 points, followed by Xavier Thames with 13. The Aztecs (21-2, 10-1) won 20 in row after losing to Arizona in their second game of the season....

With Rolando McClain limited to just 20 snaps in Sunday’s 24-20 wild-card win over the Lions, Carter came up huge for the second straight game, particularly in what he’s given Dallas in pass coverage short-to-intermediate. In Week 17, Carter hawked underneath routes and came away with two red-zone picks. On Sunday, Dallas’ interception leader dropped the red-zone pick, but again showed game-changing anticipation — and great coaching from defensive coordinator Rob Marinelli — leaving coverage of tight end Eric Ebron underneath to spoil a potential touchdown from Matt Stafford to Calvin Johnson....

Cooper was fined $14,650 by the NFL after he violated the league’s COVID-19 protocols. Since Cooper is unvaccinated, he is not allowed to sit courtside at games, especially without a mask. The rules state that unvaccinated players must sit in a luxury suite and not be around more than 10 people. CeeDee Lamb, the Cowboys’ top receiver this season, accompanied Cooper at the game. But since Lamb is vaccinated, he does not face similar discipline....

Maybe that’s what Majed Moqed was dreaming about late last summer when he wandered into the Adult Lingerie Center, a grim cinder-block building next to an auto-parts store in Beltsville, Md., sometime around midnight. In addition to red thongs and crotchless panties, the Adult Lingerie Center offers pornographic videos and books. But Moqed didn’t seem to be having much fun. He flipped through some magazines, looked at the titles of some videos....

How did last week’s $100 million test fail? Two infrared sensors intended to guide the kill vehicle to its target apparently shut down in the last six seconds of flight, causing it to miss. In a preliminary test last October, the killer rocket did intercept a ballistic missile; but last week’s was the first test of the entire anti-missile system. Only one more test is scheduled, for May, before President Clinton must decide whether to order deployment of the National Missile Defense System by 2005....

Magueijo eventually fled the claustrophobic campus. He won a prestigious Royal Society Fellowship and moved to Imperial College in London, eventually earning tenure. He’s published numerous papers in scientific journals on the cosmic microwave radiation left over from the big bang–a perfectly respectable scientific topic. But what really gets Magueijo going is a pet theory he dreamed up one day while he was hanging out with some of those very same upper-class English twits he knew at–of all places–Cambridge....

All very fair descriptions of the U.S. Under-23 men’s first-half performance against the Dominican Republic in Sunday’s Olympic qualifier. If the first game and a half of its tournament run was any indication, then this U.S. team is one that would struggle in their group stage finale against Mexico and, ultimately, in a potential semifinal with a spot in Tokyo on the line. Pre-tournament concerns around this team all centered around creativity and, through the first 135 minutes of its CONCACAF Olympic qualifying campaign, those concerns seemed justified....

“We have seen a very substantial increase in texts from people,” Ashley Womble, head of communications for Crisis Text Line, told Newsweek on Wednesday. “Last week, we were experiencing about double volume than we typically have,” she said. Typically, Womble said, volunteers with the helpline have about 3,000 text conversations with people seeking support for a number of mental health issues, including depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts. The majority of people who use the helpline, she said, are in school, including middle school, high school and college....

Juve’s recent dominance in Italy has been built on their incredible record at the back, with the likes of Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini forming an almost unbeatable partnership to lead the Italians to six straight Scudetti. And there are signs that this season Massimiliano Allegri’s men have taken that form over to Europe as well. Alexis equals Van Persie’s Arsenal mark Gianluigi Buffon has seen just one goal slip past him in six knockout matches so far - Kylian Mbappe beat the veteran goalkeeper when the semi-final tie against Monaco was all but over....

On Wednesday, Democratic Representative Mondaire Jones, a co-sponsor of the bill, tweeted: “Supreme Court expansion is infrastructure.” But critics pushed back on Jones’ remarks, suggesting that Democrats are trying to pass off their bills as infrastructure legislation. “Dictatorship of the proletariat is infrastructure,” conservative political pundit Ramesh Ponnuru replied to Jones’ tweet. “Packing the court is infrastructure. Defund the police is infrastructure. Critical race theory is infrastructure. Open borders is infrastructure....

Increased pollution, displacement, and flooding could trouble Black and Latino residents if the project comes to fruition without improving traffic issues, critics composed of community groups and residents said. The project, which has been planned for almost 20 years, would be enacted over 10 years, reconstructing 24 miles on Interstate 45 and other roadways. Supporters said the construction would decrease traffic, improve driver safety, and fix flood mitigation and disaster evacuation needs....

That accomplishment stood as the consecutive hat-trick record for 18 years, but has been broken by Stjepan Lucijanic, who scored his fifth hat trick in a row for Dakovo League side NK Dracice Dakovo as it defeated NK Zrinski Drenje 10-0. WATCH: Chalobah’s stunning strike While far from a household name, usually playing in front of crowds of 300 or less, Lucijanic’s goalscoring exploits have taken his club side to the top of their regional league table — picking up a maximum 33 points from its first 11 games this season....

Supporters of both Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden hoped they would be transitional presidents able to reform the way Washington, D.C. works. Trump famously promised to “drain the swamp,” while Biden said he could restore decency to one of the country’s least trusted institutions—the federal government. But as we’ve seen with Biden’s first few weeks in office and Trump’s first and quite possibly only term as president, those commitments seem to live and die on the campaign trail....

The crew member, an unnamed Brazilian man, died shortly after the Wonder of the Seas set sail for the Caribbean from Port Canaveral, Florida, on November 13, Crew Center reported. According to the website, a source said the man, who worked as a galley steward, “apparently died of suicide and left a note before his death along with a video on social media.” The crew member’s death came after he had reportedly requested to sign off to return home due to personal issues at home....

Louis van Gaal’s side have also failed to score in any of their last three matches, but despite their poor recent run of form, United go into Saturday’s showdown with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park (12:30 p.m. ET, NBC) knowing that a win could be enough to ensure a top-four finish in the Premier League this season. The visitors are -120 favorites with the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook to cement their place in the Champions League by picking up maximum points from their trip to south London, while Alan Pardew’s Eagles are available at +350 odds to inflict a fourth successive loss upon Van Gaal’s charges....

If the U.S. presidential campaign were about policy instead of personalities, then your resignation, Fidel, might be just the thing to start a serious debate about the future of democracy in Cuba and indeed in much of the rest of the world. What can the United States do to help spread both freedom and stability? What should it do? Are boycotts and isolation the answer? You have withstood them for almost half a century....

Torres was on Mexico’s 40-man provisional roster for the tournament, which will see El Tri bring an alternate side after their top group took part in June’s Confederations Cup, but has been called in as an injury replacement for Alan Pulido. The Chivas forward broke his arm in a 2-1 friendly win against Paraguay and is expected to be out of action for more than four months. Pulido injury a blow for El Tri...

Steven Rebenda was leaving the White Sox-Tigers game last Wednesday — his first time at the White Sox's home field — when three young fans began jeering at him over his choice of jersey. "I had a White Sox shirt on and a Cubs hat," Rebenda said. "I mean, I'm a Cubs fan, but I wasn't going to go all in Cubs gear. I know better than that." But in spite of the shirt, the group's heckling over his outfit intensified, Rebenda said....