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Garciaparra to retire
Nomar Garciaparra has called it a career, as the infielder signed a minor league contract with Boston in order to retire with the Red Sox.
Garciaparra, 36, and the Red Sox announced the news at a press conference Wednesday morning. He said he came to the decision to retire after realizing he couldn't work out the way he wanted to.

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Mocs Seeded Third In South
Regional At Russellville, Ark.
Re-match with Barry in first game

Coach Linc Darner
has his team in the NCAA Tournament for the third
straight year
As Yogi Berra would say, "It's dea ja vue all
over again." The Moccasins (25-4) won't have to wait long for a
re-match with Barry (19-11),Saturday at
4:30pm,et. Pre-game will start at 2:20pm,et., the team
that eliminated them from the Sunshine State Conference
Tournament Saturday. They'll meet in the first round of the
NCAA South Regional at Russellville, Ark., next Saturday.
The Moccasins are seeded third in the
eight-team regional and Barry is seeded sixth. After FSC had
won both regular season games, the Buccaneers upset the
Moccasins 79-61 in Saturday's semifinals of the SSC Tournament
at Ft. Lauderdale, then lost to Rollins,, 66-59, Sunday in the
SSC Tournament championship game. The Moccasins'
John
Thompson was selected to the all-tournament team.
Arkansas Tech, which is 29-1 and won the Gulf
South Tournament Sunday, is the number one seed and host for the
South Regional. Arkansas Tech will meet eighth-seed Tuskegee in
the first round. Rollins is seeded second and plays
seventh-seeded Alabama-Huntsville. Valdosta State is seeded
fourth and meets fifth-seeded Clark Atlanta.
The four first round games will be played
Saturday at Arkansas Tech's Tucker Coliseum. The semifinals are
next Sunday, with the championship game on Tuesday, Mar. 16.
The winner advances to the Division II Elite Eight in
Springfield, Mass.
Times for the tournament games will be
announced Monday. The Moccasins' games will be broadcast live
on the internet on SportsLine Radio Network (SLRN).
Bears lock up
Peppers among others on first
day of free agency
Lake Forest, IL - The
Chicago Bears officially announced
the signings of defensive end Julius
Peppers, running back Chester Taylor
and tight end Brandon Manumaleuna on
Friday.
"We had to play free agency
very hard because we didn't have a
first and second round pick (in this
year's draft)," said Bears general
manager Jerry Angelo.
Peppers inked a six-year
contract that was reportedly worth
up to $91.5 million, with $42
million guaranteed, according to the
Chicago Tribune. He is due to make
$20 million in the first year and
can take home $40.5 million in the
first three years. The 30-year-old
is coming off a season with Carolina
in which he played under the
franchise tender, recording 10 1/2
sacks, two interceptions, five
forced fumbles and a touchdown in 16
games.
"I'm excited to be here, and
I'm looking forward to doing big
things," Peppers said. "Getting to
come to a place with the deep rooted
tradition of winning is a great
thing for me. It's one thing to play
football in this league and make a
living, but it's a totally different
thing to come to a team with a rich
tradition like the Bears."
Peppers, who was the second
overall pick of the 2002 NFL Draft
out of North Carolina, has spent his
entire eight-year career with the
Panthers. He missed only six regular
season games during his stint with
Carolina and has reached
double-digits in sacks six times.
Widely viewed as the marquee
free agent of this offseason,
Peppers has totaled 81 sacks, six
interceptions, 30 forced fumbles and
two touchdowns in 122 regular season
games.
"Being able to generate
pressure from the front four is
huge," said Bears head coach Lovie
Smith. "Julius will help all of our
players...He'll just make it better
for our coverage."
Taylor, also 30, signed a
four-year deal that is reportedly
worth $12.5 million, with $7 million
guaranteed, according to the Chicago
Sun-Times. The Toledo product
recently finished his fourth season
in Minnesota and third straight as
the backup to two-time All-Pro
Adrian Peterson. He ran for 338
yards on 94 carries last season and
caught 44 passes for 389 yards,
totaling two touchdowns.
"I can run outside or in
between the tackles," Taylor said.
"As long as the offensive line gives
me a good crease, I can just hit
it."
His best season came in 2006,
when he was the primary back for the
Vikings. In 15 games, Taylor carried
the ball 303 times for 1,216 yards
-- both career- highs -- and ran for
six scores. Through 123 regular
season games in eight seasons with
Minnesota and Baltimore, the durable
Taylor has totaled 4,396 rushing
yards, 2,094 receiving yards and 28
touchdowns.
"(Taylor's signing) has
nothing to do with any pecking
order," Angelo said, referring to a
possible depth chart battle between
Taylor and current starter Matt
Forte.
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Johnson on the
right track heading to Atlanta
Hampton, GA - Series:
NASCAR Sprint Cup. Date: Sunday,
March 7. Race: Kobalt Tools 500.
Site: Atlanta Motor Speedway. Track:
1.54-mile oval. Start time: 1:00
p.m. (et). Laps: 325. Miles: 500.5.
2009 winner: Kurt Busch. Television:
FOX. Radio: Performance Racing
Network (PRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio.
Since his disappointing
35th-place finish in the
season-opening Daytona 500, Jimmie
Johnson has soared to fifth in the
points standings with consecutive
victories at California and Las
Vegas.
Johnson's win at California
came with a little bit of luck. The
four-time defending Sprint Cup
Series champion benefited from a
late-race caution when he pitted
just before the yellow flag was
displayed. He then held off a hard-
charging Kevin Harvick in the
closing laps.
Last Sunday, Johnson spoiled
Jeff Gordon's dominate day at Las
Vegas. Gordon led a track-record 219
laps, but he took two new tires only
during his final pit stop. After
putting on four tires, Johnson
chased down his Hendrick Motorsports
teammate and then made the winning
pass with 17 laps to go.
It's early in the season, but
Johnson's "drive for five" straight
titles appears to be in full gear.
"We're excited," Johnson said.
"It's early in the year, and it's a
relief to know that we worked in the
right areas over the off-season.
Richmond [fall race] is a long way
away from right now. We need to keep
collecting points, winning races,
make the Chase and then get to work
for what we're really here for."
If Johnson wins this weekend
at Atlanta, it will be his 50th
career victory, which will place him
in a tie with Ned Jarrett and 2010
NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Junior
Johnson for 10th on the series'
all-time race winners list.
Johnson has three victories at
Atlanta, including a season sweep at
the fast 1.54-mile track in 2007.
Heading into Atlanta, Harvick
holds a 47-point lead over his
Richard Childress Racing teammate
Clint Bowyer. The resurgence of RCR
continued at Las Vegas, with Harvick,
Bowyer and Jeff Gordon turning in
impressive performances once again.
All three drivers have finished no
worse than 11th in the first three
races.
Atlanta has been one Harvick's
best tracks. Despite a 19th-place
result in points last season,
Harvick finished fourth at Atlanta
one year ago and then followed up
with a second-place run there last
September.
"We are really looking forward
to Atlanta based upon how we ran
there last time," Harvick said. "It
has become one of those tracks that
has been really good for us in
anything that we have been racing
there over the past three or four
years."
Harvick's first Cup victory
came at Atlanta on March 11, 2001,
just weeks after RCR named him as
replacement driver for Dale
Earnhardt following Earnhardt's
fatal crash in the Daytona 500.
Harvick edged Gordon by 0.006
seconds at Atlanta for his maiden
win in just his third start.
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FC Tampa Bay
Rowdies announce the
signing of five
additional players
to the 2010
inaugural season
roster. FC Tampa
Bay has signed two
goalkeepers, Daryl
Sattler and Phillip
Lamarre, and three
additional players,
Long Tan, Aaron
Wheeler and Gordon
Kljestan.
Daryl Sattler,
American goalkeeper,
previously played
for the Wilmington
Hammerheads in 13
games. Sattler also
captained Wilmington
to the USL-2 Regular
Season Championship,
where they won 12 of
the 20 games
played.
Phillip Lamarre, who
attended the third
FC Tampa Bay combine
in January, played
for Florida Atlantic
University (FAU)
from 2006 to 2008,
starting in 55 games
as goalkeeper.
Lamarre, who
captained the team
in 2007 and 2008,
holds FAU’s record
for the most
shutouts (14) and
goalkeeper minutes
(5,091:50) and is
second for the most
saves (205) and wins
(22).
“We are delighted to
not only have
captured two
outstanding
goalkeepers, but
also two outstanding
characters,” said
Paul Dalglish, head
coach. “Both of them
captained their
respective teams and
will be incredible
assets to our team
and organization.”
Prior to FC Tampa
Bay, Long Tan, a
former Chinese youth
national team
member, was the top
goal scorer for the
FC Atlanta
Blackhawks in the
USL Premier
Development League (PDL)
in 2009. Tan has
also played for
Shanghai Zobon
(2008-2009),
Shanghai Seven Stars
(2007-2008) and
Shanghai United FC
(2004-2006).
Aaron Wheeler, an
American striker,
played for the USL
PDL team Reading
Rage before joining
FC Tampa Bay.
Wheeler earned the
league’s MVP award
and was the top goal
scorer with 18 goals
in 2008. Wheeler
also played for
Towson University
and Lenoir-Rhyne
University from 2005
to 2008. He was
named a two-time
NSCAA All-South
Atlantic Region
First Team and a
three time All South
Atlantic Conference
First Team member.
“Long Tan and Aaron
are two of the most
outstanding
performers from last
year’s PDL season,”
said Dalglish.
“Both are young
players with vast
potential who will
blossom within our
organization.”
Gordon Kljestan, an
American left back,
was drafted by the
Los Angeles Galaxy
in 2007 and signed
with the New York
Red Bulls in 2008.
Prior to joining FC
Tampa Bay, Kljestan
played for Cleveland
City Stars in 22
games.
“Gordon is an
experienced
offensive left back
who will allow us to
play the attractive,
attacking style of
soccer we hope to be
known for at FC
Tampa Bay,” said
Dalglish. “I’m
delighted with this
signing and the
amount of talent
we’ve managed to
bring on board not
only for this season
but for the future
as well. We’ve
achieved our goal to
sign influential and
exciting players to
our roster and I
know the fans will
be entertained
watching our games
in the coming
seasons.”
FC Tampa Bay will
start its full team
training camp and
preseason on March
1, 2010. The team
will play five to
six preseason games
throughout the Tampa
Bay area. The first
regular season game
for the team will be
played on April 16
against Crystal
Palace Baltimore at
the UMBC Stadium.
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2011 Pro Bowl
to be played before Super Bowl
XLV
New York, NY - The
National Football League announced
on Tuesday that the 2011 Pro Bowl,
which is to return to Honolulu after
a one- year absence, will be once
again played the week before the
Super Bowl.
The decision to hold the game,
which features the NFL's best
players, the week before Super Bowl
XLV in Arlington, Texas was made
easier after ratings for the 2010
game were the best since 2000.
"Playing the Pro Bowl before
the Super Bowl generated more
excitement and interest in the event
and also kicked off Super Bowl week
in an innovative new way," said
league senior vice president of
events Frank Supovitz. "We are
pleased to return to the State of
Hawaii, which has embraced the Pro
Bowl for 30 years.
The contest will return to
Aloha Stadium in Honolulu for both
2011 and 2012. The NFL had announced
major changes to their annual
All-Star event last season, moving
the 2010 Pro Bowl to Miami and
playing it one week prior to the
Super Bowl.
The Pro Bowl had been played
one week after the championship game
and was hosted by Honolulu from 1980
through 2009. Texas last hosted a
Pro Bowl in 1973, at the then-new
Texas Stadium in Irving.
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NFL conducts
coin flips to determine draft
order
New York, NY - The
National Football League set the
order for the first round of the
2010 draft with three tiebreaking
coin flips.
The Jacksonville Jaguars won a
flip with the Denver Broncos for the
10th pick in April's draft. Denver,
which acquired the pick from Chicago
in the Jay Cutler trade, will select
11th.
Tennessee won a flip for the
16th pick. San Francisco, which
obtained the choice from Carolina,
will choose 17th. Also, Atlanta
gained the 19th pick after winning a
flip with Houston, which will select
20th.
The first round of the draft
is scheduled for Thursday, April 22.
St. Louis has the first pick,
followed by Detroit, Tampa Bay,
Washington, Kansas City, Seattle,
Cleveland, Oakland, Buffalo and now
Jacksonville.
Denver will be followed by
Miami, San Francisco, Seattle (from
Denver), the New York Giants,
Tennessee, San Francisco (from
Carolina), Pittsburgh, Atlanta and
Houston.
Cincinnati, one of 12 playoff
teams from 2009, will have the 21st
pick, followed by New England, Green
Bay, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Arizona, Dallas, San Diego, the New
York Jets, Minnesota, Indianapolis
and Super Bowl champion New Orleans.
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