The Dallas Cowboys have reached an agreement with quarterback Tony Romo on a six-year, $67.5 million contract extension, $30 million which is guaranteed, sources told ESPN's Ed Werder and ESPN.com's Matt Mosley. The deal is expected to be announced at an 11 a.m. ET press conference on Tuesday. Romo's deal surpasses the six-year, $65 million contract ($27 million guaranteed) that St. Louis Rams quarterback Marc Bulger signed at the start of training camp. Romo and Bulger have the same agents, Ken Kremer and Tom Condon.

After a long court hearing for her custody battle on Friday, Britney Spears hit the town with her longtime friend Alli Sims ? and Dallas Cowboys' quarterback Tony Romo. The pop star, dressed in a masquerade ball mask, and Sims first made a quick stop at the L.A. restaurant Ketchup where Romo was having dinner. "[Spears] walked around the restaurant into the lounge where she met up with some people," an observer tells PEOPLE. "She didn't eat or drink ...[It] seemed like she was rounding up people to go [out]. She was very friendly and smiley, in and out." Another source says, "Alli was meeting up with Tony and his friends at Ketchup, and Britney wanted to come along. Tony and Alli have been good friends. They've known each other for a little over a year. "

In spite of his carefully considered retirement in April, former 'quarterback Drew Bledsoe has received numerous invitations to return to the NFL for a 15th season. Bledsoe most recently declined a feeler from the Jacksonville Jaguars last week, cementing his resolve to remain retired.

Terry Glenn, the Cowboys' receiver who is recovering from two knee surgeries, was at the team's facility Thursday doing weight training while the team practiced. Glenn said he expects to return at some point this season but doesn't know when. "His spirits are good," coach Wade Phillips said. "He's rehabbing his quad; they are building that up. Once you have a knee operation, you need the quad to go down, so they're building that up." It could take one or two weeks for Glenn to get enough strength in the quad before he starts running. Glenn said after his first surgery ? to remove a cyst in August ? he came back too fast. The second surgery Sept. 13 was to clean up loose cartilage.

Circumstances in Dallas have changed so dramatically that Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has gone from being his team?s insurance policy to having a $30 million one. Before the season, without anyone noticing, Romo took out a $30 million, ?loss-of-value? insurance policy, meaning the Cowboys quarterback, now in the last year of his contract, will be cashing in whether he?s healthy or hurt. What?s different and notable about Romo?s loss-of-value policy -- unlike the permanent-disability insurance policies numerous athletes have taken out over the years -- is that he doesn?t have to suffer a career-ending injury to get paid. Romo?s loss-of-value policy spells out that the quarterback would be eligible to be paid if an injury contributed to a downturn in his performance that affected his value on the open market.

At Terence Newman's house in Dallas, Tony Romo played the new Xbox 360 game "Guitar Hero III" with actress Carmen Electra, who was playing the game online in Los Angeles. Romo was joined by what appears to be a new 'friend,' actress Sophia Bush. She has starred in the TV show One Tree Hill and the 2007 movie The Hitcher.

Doctors on Wednesday told the family of former Dallas Cowboys' running back Ron Springs, hospitalized in a coma, there is no hope he will survive, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. Springs, 50, has been unconscious since soon after he entered Dallas Medical City Hospital last week for what friends say he believed was a routine medical procedure to remove a cyst from one of his arms. It remains unclear how or why Springs lapsed into a coma. The hospital has refused comment, and family members have been unavailable.

Former Dallas Cowboys' running back Ron Springs has been hospitalized in a coma, more than seven months after receiving a kidney donated by ex-teammate Everson Walls. The Washington Redskins said Tuesday that cornerback Shawn Springs, son of the 50-year-old Springs, has left the team to be with his father. "[Shawn] has flown down there -- it's a very tough time for them because I think it's very, very serious," Redskins' coach Joe Gibbs said. It wasn't immediately clear what caused Ron Springs, who has diabetes, to lapse into a coma or when he was hospitalized.

Patriots-Cowboys on CBS did an 18.5 rating with a 35 share nationally. The rating/share was the highest for a regular-season NFL game on CBS since the network re-acquired the rights to air NFL games in 1998. Locally, the game registered a whopping average rating of 36.0 with a 60 share .

Former Dallas Cowboys starting quarterback Quincy Carter, whose football career stalled because of drug allegations, was arrested early Friday in Shreveport, La., and charged with a felony count of marijuana possession. Carter was released early Saturday, his 30th birthday, on bond of $5,224, an official in the records department at the Caddo Correctional Facility told ESPN.com. The arrest represents the latest off-field setback for Carter, a former second-round draft pick who has not played in the NFL since 2004. He spent the 2007 season with the Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings of the AF2 league. The AF2 is essentially the minor-league edition of the Arena Football League.