Bears Hand Lovie Smith 2-Year Extension

Filed under: Chicago Bears, NFL Coaching

CHICAGO (AP) -- Out of patience after three straight playoff misses, many Chicago fans were calling for coach Lovie Smith to be fired a year ago.

The Bears stuck with him. Now, they plan to keep him around a little longer.

The Bears gave Smith a two-year contract extension Friday, keeping him through the 2013 season after a year in which his team won the NFC North at 11-5 and reached the conference championship game.

Smith, who led the Bears to the Super Bowl after the 2006 season, is 63-49 over seven regular seasons and is 3-3 in the playoffs.

"Every day I've been on the job, the goal has been to do the best possible job that I could, and I could live with the results," Smith said. "With three years on my contract, I feel pretty good about that."

 

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Source: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2011/02/25/bears-hand-lovie-smith-2-year-extension/

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UFC 127 Weigh-In Video

Filed under: UFC

All 24 fighters who will step into the Octagon at UFC 127 will step on the scale for the UFC 127 weigh-ins, and we'll have the live video right here at MMAFighting.com.

In the main event, B.J. Penn and Jon Fitch will both need to make the welterweight limit of 170 pounds, with a one-pound buffer for a non-title fight.

The weigh-in begins at 10PM ET on Friday and the video is below.

Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/02/25/ufc-127-weigh-in-video/

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Brian Ebersole Looks Back on Long, Strange Journey to UFC

by Ariel Helwani

Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, Videos, Sports Business and Media

SYDNEY -- MMA Fighting spoke to newcomer Brian Ebersole at the UFC 127 open workouts about his long road to the UFC, what took him so long to fight for the organization, fighting Chris Lytle on short notice and much more.

 

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Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/02/21/brian-ebersole-looks-back-on-long-strange-journey-to-ufc/

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Labor Cloud Hovers Over NFL's Combine

Filed under: NFL Draft, NFL Analysis, NFL Labor Negotiations

INDIANAPOLIS -- They can all pretend it's business as usual, but those who do are in trouble. Coaches, GMs and draft prospects gathering here for the annual NFL Scouting Combine have largely been shrugging off the potential impact of the league's labor unrest on their individual situations at their own peril. The likelihood remains strong that the NFL is a week away from a lockout, and unless these brave faces are disguising the real plans of teams and players, a lot of people aren't going to know what to do if that happens.

To that end, there was this meeting about which you likely heard. It's an annual meeting, held each February at this very same Westin hotel, in which the league assembles all coaches and GMs for a briefing on league business. It does not, usually, take place with dozens of members of the NFL media assembled just outside the doors. But such in the state of the current NFL. A meeting in which the labor situation is discussed is going to get some attention -- even if it turns out to be real short on details.

"The message, basically, was that everybody's still hoping a deal will get done, but in case it doesn't, these are some of the scenarios that could play out," Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio said after leaving the one-hour meeting Thursday night. "So, more of an information session, really."

 

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Source: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2011/02/24/labor-cloud-hovers-over-nfls-combine/

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Tiger Woods Falls Short With 3-Over Final Round in Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Tiger Woods stumbled in a bid for his first victory in 15 months Sunday, leaving Alvaro Quiros to win the Dubai Desert Classic with a wild round that included a hole-in-one and triple bogey.

The 70th-ranked Quiros shot a 68 to finish at 11-under 277, one stroke ahead of Anders Hansen of Denmark (70) and James Kingston of South Africa (67).

Woods had a 75 to end tied for 20th at 4-under 284.

"There were quite a few positives this week but a couple of glaring examples of what I need to work on," Woods said.

 

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Source: http://golf.fanhouse.com/2011/02/13/tiger-woods-falls-short-with-3-over-final-round-in-dubai/

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Bobcats Send Gerald Wallace to Blazers, Nazr Mohammed to Thunder

Filed under: Bobcats, Trail Blazers, NBA Rumors, Thunder, NBA Transactions

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- The Charlotte Bobcats have agreed to trade forward Gerald Wallace to the Portland Trail Blazers for a package that includes two first-round picks as owner Michael Jordan cuts payroll and eyes the future.

Coach Paul Silas confirmed Thursday the deal made just before the deadline would also give the Bobcats little-used center Joel Przybilla and reserve forward Dante Cunningham.

The Bobcats also sent backup center Nazr Mohammed to Oklahoma City for reserve forward D.J. White and the expiring contract of guard Morris Peterson.

Wallace, averaging 15.6 points and 8.2 rebounds, was the last original member of the expansion team and the franchise's only All-Star.

Portland gets another athletic scorer and rebounder just as Brandon Roy returned from knee surgery.

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Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2011/02/24/bobcats-send-gerald-wallace-to-blazers-nazr-mohammed-to-thunder/

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Bahrain F1 Race Canceled Due to Unrest

Filed under: Formula One

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- The crown prince of Bahrain called off Formula One's season-opening race Monday, handing another victory to protesters aiming to break the ruling dynasty's stranglehold on power in the Gulf kingdom.

Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa owns the rights to grand prix and serves as commander of the armed forces in an island country were at least eight protesters have been killed in a week of unrest. Angry protesters, who see the Bahrain GP as particularly meaningful to him, wanted the March 13 race dropped.

Facing more demonstrations around an event that draws a worldwide TV audience of around 100 million in 187 countries, the crown prince told F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone by telephone that the race would not go ahead.

"We felt it was important for the country to focus on immediate issues of national interest and leave the hosting of Bahrain's Formula One race to a later date," Bahrain's crown prince said in a statement.

After launching deadly attacks on protesters at a landmark in the capital city of Manama, the nation's security forces pulled back Saturday under international pressure and allowed demonstrators to occupy Pearl Square. The protesters have now established a tent city there.

 

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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2011/02/21/bahrain-formula-one-gp-called-off-due-to-unrest/

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