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Spurs, Bulls get two each as All-Star reserves

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Tim Duncan was selected to his 14th All-Star game, Spurs teammate Tony Parker is joining him, and the Chicago Bulls also had two reserves chosen Thursday for next month's game in Houston.

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

So why did the Cowboys dump the 3-4 defense coordinated by Rob Ryan and adopt in its place a 4-3 scheme featuring multiple former Jon Gruden assistants? Garrett says the turnover comes from a lack of turnovers. “The Bears had 44 takeaways,” Garrett sa…

Scott Merkin, MLB.com

While making sales calls on Thursday, White Sox closer Addison Reed discussed his expectations for the upcoming season.

David Waldstein, nytimes.com

Shaun Marcum, a right-handed pitcher, agreed to a one-year deal with the Mets. But outfielder Scott Hairston agreed to a two-year deal with the Cubs, according to a published report.

Zack Meisel, MLB.com

The White Sox brought right-handed pitcher Zach Stewart back to Chicago on Thursday, claiming the 26-year-old off waivers from the Pirates.

suntimes.com

AFTERNOON SPORTS CLUB: With the Bears eyeing offensive linemen at the Senior Bowl because of real needs for improvement up front, here’s a look at how their offensive linemen fared this season.

ESPN.com

Let's circle back on your request for more coverage of the Senior Bowl and less of the Pro Bowl, while also providing an epilogue for our earlier post on the Chicago Bears' future at middle linebacker. As we've noted a few times this week, our group of …

ESPN.com

Another in a series of important offseason issues facing NFC North teams: If there were ever a time for the Chicago Bears to make a clean and relatively controversy-free break from their history, it's now. Parting ways with one of the best and most popu…

Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com

On Jan. 15, 2008, Joakim Noah probably didn’t want to secure Ben Wallace’s comeuppance. As a rookie, he probably didn’t even want to secure Ben Wallace’s job, or get then-Chicago Bulls coach Jim Boylan fired from his gig. What he wanted was for hi…

Iam Thomsen, CNNSI.com

The trade deadline sits like an inviting target four weeks away for the Trail Blazers, who have remained in playoff contention despite a recent six-game losing streak. Couldn't they make a deal to improve their unproductive bench and enhance their chanc…