The Sports Xchange

With Wednesday’s deadline for a long-term contract approaching, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant demanded action from executive vice president Stephen Jones.

According to ESPN’s Ed Werder, Bryant called Jones last week to tell the Cowboys that he will not report to training camp and sit out regular-season games without a new contract by Wednesday, the NFL’s deadline for franchise players to sign long-term deals.

The report said negotiations are not active, with only one meeting between the Cowboys and Bryant’s representatives.

Bryant’s one-year franchise designation pays him $12.8 million for 2015.

Bryant led the NFL with 16 touchdown receptions and is seeking a deal worth more than $100 million over seven or eight years, in line with the contracts of the league’s highest-paid receivers, Detroit Lions’ star Calvin Johnson and Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals.

—Denver Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, who has not signed his franchise tender, is up against Wednesday’s deadline to work out a new deal.

According to a Pro Football Talk source with knowledge of the situation, it is currently “not likely” that the Broncos and Thomas will work out a new contract before the deadline.

The NFL Players Association reportedly is investigating what it considers possible collusion by the Dallas Cowboys and Broncos regarding their franchise wide receivers.

Thomas has three consecutive seasons with at least 92 catches, 1,430 yards receiving and 10 touchdowns. In his five years with the Broncos, he has 351 receptions for 5,317 and 41 touchdowns.

Also on Monday, President Barack Obama announced he was commuting the sentences of 46 drug offenders including Katina Smith, Thomas’ mother.

She will be released from a federal prison on Nov. 10, five days before the Broncos and Chiefs play.

—Emergency crews resumed the search for former wide receiver JaJuan Dawson. Dawson was boating Sunday at a lake near Dallas when he either fell into the lake of dove into the water.

The 37-year-old Dawson was reported missing around 6:30 p.m. at Lake Lavon, north of Dallas. There were three children and two other adults on the boat at the time Dawson went missing.

Local law enforcement officials said divers and searchers in boats scoured the lake until 11 p.m. Sunday. The search resumed about 7:20 a.m. Monday. As of late Monday afternoon, no trace of Dawson had been found.

—Former Green Bay defensive back Jarret Bush has been suspended for four games by the NFL for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing substances, according to multiple reports.

Bush remains unsigned following the 2014 season in which the nine-year veteran played in 15 games for the Packers.

His contract expired after last season. Bush would have to serve the suspension when he is signed by a team.

—Quarterback Andy Dalton, even after four straight years of making the playoffs, has a difficult time getting the support of fans in Cincinnati.

The Bengals starting quarterback was taking part in the Legends and Celebrity Softball Game on Sunday in advance of Tuesday night’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game at the Great American Ball Park.

Dalton, who has made two trips to the Pro Bowl, was booed by fans when introduced and when he took his first at bat.

“I’m not worried about it,” Dalton told the Cincinnati Enquirer. “Everybody has got an opinion. It doesn’t really matter. It comes with it. Everybody has their opinion here. There’s a lot of support and that’s all that matters.”