Cowboys’ Johnston to Sit

Dallas Cowboy fullback Daryl “Moose” Johnston, one of the most durable players in the NFL, will miss the first game of his career Sunday when the Cowboys play host to the Jacksonville Jaguars, the team announced Friday.

Johnston has been bothered by nagging neck and shoulder pain most of this season. One of the league’s best blocking fullbacks and a pass-catching threat, Johnston has only two carries for three yards and 18 catches for 166 yards.

He has never missed a game, playing in 149 in a row (including playoffs) and starting in 90 of the last 91. He was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1993 and 1994.

There were reports Thursday that Johnston would be undergoing season-ending surgery, but Dallas director of public relations Rich Dalrymple would not confirm that.

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To the cheers of more than 1,000 people in Stockton, San Francisco 49er President Carmen Policy announced the 49ers would be moving their summer home to that Bay Area city, holding their training camp on the campus of the University of the Pacific.

Stockton, located in the San Joaquin Valley, beat out Reno, Nev., for the right to be the site of the team’s six-week training camp, starting next July.

The 49ers had trained at Sierra College in Rocklin, outside Sacramento, for the past 17 years but decided to move when their requests for dormitory renovations and other improvements were met with indifference.

Sierra College officials, a public school, said they were accountable to taxpayers and couldn’t divert public dollars to meet the 49ers’ needs.

Pacific, a private school, in cooperation with the city, put together a $3-million offer for the 49ers. The money was raised privately and includes a $1 million pledge from San Diego Charger owner Alex Spanos, who attended Pacific and is one of the school’s main benefactors.