NBA: LA Clippers Get Chris Paul

Richard Hamilton and Chicago Bulls put the finishing touches on a contract Derrick Rose could not stop beaming into the night Wednesday.

"With him, I'll have more help this year," said the keeper, the stars.

Bulls made ​​official Wednesday night and announced that they have signed Hamilton to increase the backcourt that already includes Rose, MVP of the league.

Terms were not released, but a person familiar with the situation said earlier in the day's three-year, $ 15 million dollarov.Chelovek spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract was not completed.

Chicago Tribune, citing sources, said the team has an option for a third year. If the Bulls do not exercise it, he gets some partial guarantees.

Anyway, Hamilton officially a member of the Bulls, "We are pleased to welcome the players, and the man with the credentials of Richard Hamilton for our organization," general manager Gar Forman said in a statement. "Rip was a winner at all levels. His resume speaks for itself, and we are confident that it will be perfect with the whole team, both on and off the floor."

Three-time All-Star clears waivers as expected after it bought in Detroit this week, ending a nine-year run in which the Pistons won the championship and regularly made the Eastern Conference finals.

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Dwight Howard’s Relationship With Orlando

If Dwight Howard is not traded on the web by the end of the week, networks will move to their contingency plans and to seek alternative ways to fill their roster, who has been briefed on the thinking of the team said.

The person asked not to be named because of the sensitive nature of the negotiation team.

"She will not go past this week," the man said, adding that while Dwight Howard number 1 target, the network "has a plan A, B, C and D."

Plan B seemingly free-agent center Nene, who has the same agent as Howard, Dan Fegan, Free agent Kris Humphries, who averaged a double-double on the web last season, would have been one of the other options the team.

The man said, however, that if the Nets trade away from Howard this week, it does not mean that they could not make another attempt to trade for him during the season, Trade deadline on March 15.

Relations with Dwight Howard in Orlando, it seems, global warming. Magic CEO Alex Martins said that he sat down with All-Star center this morning, the day after Howard said he had not spoken to general manager Otis Smith, asking the team to be traded.

Martins said he remains confident things can still be done to convince Howard that Orlando can build a team competition.

Although the networks are now about $ 16 million under the salary cap ($ 23 million if they use the amnesty provision to refuse to Travis Outlaw), if they sign Nene is now four years old, $ 64 million deal they offered him already reported, as well as add small forward, they are also looking for that would put them under the salary cap and make it difficult to get Dwight Howard and later he and Nene on the roster.

If they wanted to invite Nene to magic as part of a package to return to Howard, they could not do this until at least March 1.

At the same time, networks have completed their fourth day of training camp today, and they have their first preseason game Saturday afternoon against the Knicks. Their first regular season game is now less than two weeks away, December 26 in Washington, and the list is not complete. There are only two power forwards on the roster: Jordan Williams, a second round of the team to choose this summer, and Dennis Horner, 6-9 South Jersey native, who came from the snares of "D-League affiliate in Springfield and has signed a training camp contract. There three small forwards - the second year player Damion James, journeyman Stephen Graham, and Outlaw.

Coach Avery Johnson was asked today if he thinks his team is ready to play a preseason game. He paused for several moments before answering.

"You know, I think we're going to be as ready as we can," Johnson said. "This is not an ideal situation, but ... our guys are in good shape. I do not know if we'll know exactly what we do, but then, fortunately for us, we Brook (Lopez) and Deron (Williams) and (Johan) and Peter (Jordan) Farmar and (Sundiata) Gaines and Damion James - guys who, if we had to put all of those guys on the floor, they will have an idea of ​​what we do, because they have some continuity with the previous year. "

23-year-old Lopez is a central network "commercial offer for Dwight Howard, along with draft picks and a willingness to deal Hedo Turkoglu is the Magic with hands, and any additional parts of Orlando might ask for their five-time All-Star center.
In addition to the start of preseason, there is another reason why the networks have to make some progress this week; they have until Friday to implement the amnesty clause on rejection of Outlaw, who for four years and $ 28 million left on his deal.

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No Helmet-To-Helmet Collision ‘James Harrison’

Among those surveyed readers of today, 46% of you said Harrison should be fined and suspended for a punch, while 26% say he does not deserve punishment.

Harrison was fined $ 100,000 over last season for illegal hits. 33-year-old had threatened to resign last year, admitting that he did not know how to play football under evolving rules.

Browns WR Josh Cribbs, winner of one of the most publicized KO Harrison in 2010, said Monday he felt a blow McCoy is not necessary.

"I feel that he did not have to hit it," said Cribbs, a former teammate of Harrison Kent State. "At the same time, I'm not the Commissioner, or I do not have to make that call. We must heed the rules of the game. I'm sure they will find some type of way to punish him."

Steelers LB James member Farrior claimed on Monday that Harrison does not deserve the suspension.

"I just think it's an act of football", Farrior said, "I knew it was illegal hit, but in the game. It is no accident. Sometimes things like this happening. We understand that fine, we understand the rules but it is part of the game. "

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Fantasy Football Early Games

A series of fantasy football for us so, it is important for managers to make the most of their queues in week 14. Check the status of injured players is not required. Let's see how everyone feels this week.

At the beginning of the game

Atlanta Falcons: Julio Jones (hamstring), Michael Turner (groin) and Roddy White (shoulder) all the assets and good to go.

Baltimore Ravens:

Billy Cundiff (calf) is active, but you really want to trust your fantasy football playoffs, football down the butt?

Carolina Panthers: Greg Olsen (knee) is active.

Cincinnati Bengals: Cedric Benson (foot) is active.

Detroit Lions: Kevin Smith (ankle) is inactive. Maurice Morris, Keiland Williams, Aaron Brown, and will serve as the committee ball. Many Vikings have allowed 14 points of fantasy running backs.

Houston Texans: Andre Johnson (hamstring) is absent. Kevin Walter (illness) is active.

Indianapolis Colts: Joseph Addai is active and must divide has Donald Brown. Dallas Clark (foot) returned after months of absence, Jacob Tamme, to return in the second row.

Jacksonville Jaguars: No report of injury.

Kansas City Chiefs: Kyle Orton (finger) is inactive. Tyler Palko will take its owners mesto.Novye York Jets defense should be drooling pleasure.

Miami Dolphins: No report of injury.

Minnesota Vikings Adrian Peterson (ankle) is absent. Toby Gerhart gets another start, this time against a Detroit defense that is number 21 in fantasy points allowed to running backs. Think Christian (hip) is active and will start.

New England Patriots: Wes Welker (knee, wrist) is active. Danny Woodhead (abdomen) is also actively involved in the backfield against the Redskins defense committee, which is number 17 in fantasy points allowed to running backs.

New Orleans: Mark Ingram (turf toe) is absent.

New York Jets: LaDainian Tomlinson (knee) is active. Joe McKnight (elbow) is inactive.

Philadelphia Eagles: Jeremy Macklin (hamstring) is active. Michael Vick (ribs) returned to Vince Young returned to the bench.

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Tim Tebow Isn’t The First Winning Athlete

Tim Tebow of the Denver Broncos is not the first victory of the athlete to give all glory to God. Many athletes make the sign of the cross before stepping to the plate in baseball, or point up on one knee after a football goal.

This is good. Massive, flattery and large distortions of reality money for many athletes is sure. It is easy to forget that you're not the center of the universe, when thousands of hysterical repeat your name after you do something other-worldly in the field, for example, 13/10 Denver win over Chicago in overtime Sunday.

But now came word from one of your teammates Tim Tebow that "counsel of God" may be taking yourself too seriously.

According to the Denver Bronco linebacker Tim Tebow said Wesley Woodyard before the game: "Do not worry about a thing," because God spoke to Tebow.

And what God has said? This Chicago Marion Barber would spoil and fumble in overtime? And its Elvis Dumervil Bronco players and Matt Prater would take it from there?

And if there is no "I" in team, why God spoke to a guy about all this?

Tebow has been quite modest.

"This is not necessarily prophesied," said Tim Tebow Post Denver. "But sometimes you can feel God's great plan."

No word from Tim Tebow on the Big Guy gave him one on one of the giants of its own victory chudo.Mnogo giant fans feel that their team is kind of miraculous, and praying for victory to continue.

All we can say this: From your mouth to the ear of God.

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Giants and Cowboys The Heigest Sunday Night Football

Nail-biting win the New York Giants "over the Dallas Cowboys last night gave the night on NBC's Football its best results in weeks, prompting the network an easy win on the night - although CBS, have increased by almost half an hour NFL overrun the eastern half of the country, came in a strong second place.

Fast Affiliate Ratings show Giants and Cowboys game averaged 8.5 in adults 18-49 during its broadcast, and a general audience of 22.7 million. With a soft lead of the night football on NBC in America, the network averaged 6.9 ratings in key demos during the four-hour block and took in 18.6 million viewers.

CBS started the night with about 42 minutes of football surplus, giving distortion performance of 60 minutes (4.5 rating among 18-49-business), the season finale of Amazing Race (3,4), a new episode of Good Wife (2,7) and CSI: Miami (2,2). The network averaged 3.2 rating for the night, with an audience of 12.2 million.

Fox animation unit has suffered a big draw outside of the NFL overrun she enjoyed the last vestige of football nedele. Myagkie audience at 7:00 pm led to repetition Cleveland Show (1, 8 among adults 18-49), The Simpsons (3.0), another repeat Cleveland (2 and 3), Family Guy (3, 1) and American Dad (2,5). Fox averaged 2.7 per night (with 5.99 million viewers), giving it a beautiful place ahead of the latest ABC.

Great story on ABC is the continuing decline of the freshman drama fantasy Odnazhdy.Zimoy finale brought more of the minima of the series, with 2.9 rating among adults 18-49 (up to 3 / 10 of a low point last week) and an average audience of 8.9 million. In defense of the show, there was little in the way of appointment viewing on the ABC last night, with only bookended by repeating funny videos Home America (1.6 demo) and airing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1,3). However it gave ABC 1,8 rating in the demo version for the night, with 5.92 million viewers.

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Iowa Republican Debate

Republican leader Newt Gingrich came under sustained fire throughout the two-hour televised debate in Iowa on Saturday night as part of a larger rival, his views on the Middle East, his work as a lobbyist and his sex life.

With 24 days to Iowa assembly and only one more scheduled debate on the left, time is running out rivals Gingrich bump into his double-digit leads poll.

His main challenger, Mitt Romney, was a bad night. When everything else in this discussion is not forgotten, he will still be kept in mind for extraordinary rate Romney with Texas governor Rick Perry over a point on health care.

Romney, who is worth between $ 190 and $ 250 million, the rate of $ 10,000 to Perry, he was wrong, the problem of Perry refused. Spin Doctors for Romney opponents were quick to point out that the $ 10,000 line will hurt him with voters, consolidating its reputation as the very rich. Few people in Iowa, even if they were sure of the point, would think of such bid amount, one of the doctors of spin Perry said.

Gingrich escaped unscathed from the barbs, and perhaps even strengthened its position with the performance, which was composed and relaxed. Sometimes in the earlier debates Gingrich was grumpy, but a relatively mild version appeared last night.

The closest he came to losing his character was when he came to Romney, his chief rival for the party nomination to take on Barack Obama in the next year, was asked what the main differences between them. Romney returned to his criticism, Gingrich has been a career politician while he held his "life in the private sector."

Gingrich, former speaker of the house, which has a reputation as a vigorous debater, said that Romney would be a career politician for the past 17 years, if he has not lost its proposal to the Senate. "Let's be frank. The only reason you do not have a career politician, you lost Teddy Kennedy in 1994," said Gingrich.

The latest poll in Iowa has Gingrich 33% Romney 20% Ron Paul 17%, Perry 9%, 7% of Bachmann, Santorum 5% and 1% of the Hunter. Hunter was the only one who is not present, saying instead that the town hall meeting in New Hampshire, the next contest after Iowa.

Perry, who fought a disastrous campaign so far had his best debate night. Although low in the polls, he plans to spend almost every day between now and January 3 in Iowa, except for a break at Christmas, and millions of dollars to back its latest push.

In the spin room afterward, Romney spokesman Eric joked Fehrnstromm $ 10,000 bet, saying that as a family member jokily rate of $ 1 million.

Bachmann, Santorum and Paul remained as witnesses for most of the night.

In the previous debate, Gingrich often on the sidelines, carping at the press for trying to create artificial differences between the candidates a line that went down well with the Republicans. But his new rise in the polls makes him a target for most of the discussions.

Bachman was her remark that he was a close friend of the capitalist to take money for lobbying, and Paul supported it, and was his remark that Gingrich was a serial hypocrite.

Gingrich married three times, after the two cases, asking him to divorce his second wife, as she was in hospital recovering from cancer surgery. Perry, without mentioning Gingrich, said that only one wife, and took a vow to God - and that "if you cheat on your wife, you cheat on your business partner ... or anyone on this matter.”

Ex-Speaker said that he had made mistakes in his personal life and had that discussion with God.

Romney raised his remarks Gingrich on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, describing as "incendiary" Gingrich demand that the Palestinians were "invented by the people." Gingrich said that it is historically true, and that they were part of the Ottoman Empire. He said to tell the truth and Romney accused to be timid.

Gingrich said that the Palestinians continue firing rockets at Israel - this is true - and said that they included the wild anti-Semitic smears in their school textbooks paid for America - a charge that was once true, but which Palestinians say is not so.

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Chauncey Billups And Knicks

Chauncey Billups was angry about how unceremoniously dropped the Knicks, who abandoned him in their granting of amnesty on Saturday to make room for Tyson Chandler.

35-year-old point guard told ESPN.com, "From the first day I got [to New York], it was about who would be the next point of not giving me a chance.''

The Knicks could give Chauncey Billups at the end of last season and would be accountable for $ 3.7 million of its $ 14.2 million salary. But the former president Donnie Walsh, the team decided to keep Billups and fully guarantee his salary, which is still to be paid in full (minus games lost due to blocking).

Knicks interim general manager Glen Grunwald said he spoke with Billups and tried to apologize for the removal surprise. "We did not want to get rid of Chauncey Billups,''he said." When I spoke to him today, I told him that it is not, as we refuse you, because we do not want you. Look at what it is you basically traded from the center of the team championship. So he understands. I wished him the best.''

Chauncey Billups, who can be claimed by any team, has told Yahoo! Sports, he wanted control over their destiny. He also said he would consider retirement if he selected a team that no championship contender.

"I know some teams out there are saying," Oh, Chauncey Billups will be great in coaching, "and I'm tired of being,''he said." I have a few good years left to play, and I'm not trying to come and sit on the bench or be a mentor. I'm not going to be that guy. I want to go anywhere and win.''

He could be back in Denver, but there may be assignments that may come back to haunt the Knicks is Miami. "I would like a chance at them, I can tell you that much,''he said ESPN.com." I love it.''

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