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AP source: Chiefs, Houston reach 6-year, $101 million deal (Yahoo Sports)
A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that the Chiefs and All-Pro linebacker Justin Houston have agreed to a six-year, $101 million contract that includes $52.5 million in guarantees. The sides had until late afternoon to work out a deal, otherwise Houston would have played the upcoming season under the franchise tag.
Saban: NFL draft evals impacted Alabama chemistry at end (Yahoo Sports)
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Alabama coach Nick Saban thinks something happened to the team’s chemistry from the Southeastern Conference championship game to the Sugar Bowl against Ohio State.
Ryan Kesler gets hefty 6-year contract extension from Ducks (Yahoo Sports)
Center Ryan Kesler has agreed to a six-year, $41.25 million contract extension with the Anaheim Ducks. Anaheim announced the new deal Wednesday. Kesler had 20 goals, 27 assists and 75 penalty minutes last season in his first year with Anaheim after nine seasons with the Vancouver Canucks.
Spieth set to defy weather gods at Open
Jordan Spieth was set Wednesday to carry his storming start to the season into the British Open at St Andrews, while all eyes were looking skywards for further signs of rough weather on the way. Spieth has already won the Masters and the US Open and a first British Open triumph would make him just the second player, after Ben Hogan in 1953, to win the year’s first three majors.
Stenson still chasing major success
Former world number two Henrik Stenson gets another crack at becoming the first Swedish male golfer to win a major when he takes to the Old Course on Thursday in the 144th Open Championship. “I’m trying to make it happen for myself, that would be key.
Greek civil servants, pharmacists strike against bailout reforms
Pharmacists pulled down their shutters across Greece on Wednesday and civil servants walked off their jobs in protest against a new bailout deal that saved Athens from bankruptcy but will impose more reforms on a country already deep in crisis. Protesters marched against austerity in central Athens in the morning, holding banners reading “Cancel the bailout!” and “No to the policies of the EU, the ECB and the IMF” but
Postmenopausal vaginal changes may seem worse for depressed women
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – While up to a third of postmenopausal women experience vaginal changes like dryness, itching and pain during sex, such symptoms may be more disruptive for those who are also suffering from depression or urinary incontinence, a new study suggests. Researchers interviewed 745 postmenopausal women with vaginal symptoms as part of a larger study on the impact of incontinence on reproductive health. For depressed women,