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Later picks holding up signing of Jones, Jenkins

Fort-Worth Star Telegram — By MAC ENGEL OXNARD, Calif. — The last real holdup in signing first-round picks Felix Jones and Mike Jenkins isn’t wild contract demands or the Dallas Cowboys holding firm on an offer. The problem is the players who were drafted before and after Jones and Jenkins have not signed their deals.Both sides have been waiting for the draftees sandwiched around Jones and Jenkins to sign their contracts and in a sense set the pay scale. The Cowboys have offered five-year contracts to both players.Neither Jones nor Jenkins was with the team on the charter plane to California, but if...
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Cowboys arrive in camp with no doubts about their goal

Fort-Worth Star Telegram — BY CLARENCE E. HILL JR. POINT MUGU, Calif. — The Dallas Cowboys arrived for training camp Thursday, openly embracing enormous expectations of reaching their first Super Bowl since the 1995 season.Never mind that the Cowboys haven’t won a playoff game since the 1996 season and might not have veteran Terry Glenn as an option at wide receiver. This team looks and acts the part of a Super Bowl favorite in 2008.However, the team appears to be on the verge of parting ways with Glenn, who missed 15 games last season after two surgeries on his right knee.The Cowboys barred Glenn f...
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Feel sorry for Wood ... and concerned for Cubs

Chicago Sun-Times — You have no heart, no human touch, if you don't feel sorry for Kerry Wood. He was reinventing himself as a reliable closer, crafting a redemptive story that seemed unfathomable last year when he was one day from calling Jim Hendry and announcing his retirement.
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Goose bumps, indeed

Chicago Sun-Times — Kerry Wood is back on the Cubs' disabled list. Bobby Jenks is just back from the White Sox' DL. Nothing scares a manager more than an ailing closer.
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Samardzija gets the call, may get start this weekend

Chicago Sun-Times — A Cubs team fiercely trying to focus on the present could get its first glimpse of a big part of its future today with the arrival of top pitching prospect Jeff Samardzija.
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Fickle finger of fate

Chicago Sun-Times — As many times as Kerry Wood has been on the disabled list in his career, it might be tempting to see this long-enduring blister problem as his battle-scarred body's way of giving the finger to the Cubs' promising season. But team honchos insist the move that has looked inevitable for several days isn't a big deal and remain hopeful the All-Star closer will return from the disabled list on his first eligible day, Tuesday at Milwaukee -- even though nobody seems to be able to explain why a blister expected to heal last week is taking this long in the first place.
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Strength from the start

Chicago Sun-Times — The Kerry Wood move, of course, was no surprise. And, no, that's not a cheap shot at how many times he has been on the disabled list.
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Cuban, Cubs and Cubdom

Chicago Sun-Times — At last, Tribune leverage king Sam Zell is starting to whittle down the gang of would-be Cubs purchasers.
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Is LeBron's guarantee good as gold?

Akron Beacon Journal — LAS VEGAS: LeBron James' teammates have their own guarantee: They'll help the U.S. star try to back up his boast. And none seemed to have much trouble with James' promise of an Olympic gold medal, which appeared in a Time magazine story that hit newsstands today.
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Hester has backer in Mitchell

Chicago Sun-Times — BOURBONNAIS, Ill. -- First, Brian Mitchell joked that if Devin Hester holds out for a while, Mitchell's place in the NFL record book will be secure for a little while longer.
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Bears' season on the line

Chicago Sun-Times — The spotlight in Bears training camp is on the quarterback derby, but two days in, coach Lovie Smith was begging to talk about anything else. How about the offensive line, where some other position battles are being waged? The Bears will be only as good as their running game this season, and it all starts up front.
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Hester, not agent, calling the shots

Chicago Sun-Times — A desperate tactic by a desperate man. That's the way some regard Devin Hester's contract holdout, which reached Day 2 on Thursday -- or $30,000 in fines for two missed practices.
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