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.