Bruins give D Ference contract extension

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03/24/2010 - Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Bruins signed veteran defenseman Andrew Ference to a three-year contract extension, which will run through the 2013-14 season, on Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.

The 31-year-old blueliner has compiled eight assists and a minus-seven rating in 50 games this season.

Ference came to Boston in a trade with Calgary in February 2007 and has registered three goals and 42 points in 182 contests in three-plus seasons with the Bruins.

He was originally selected in the eighth round of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by Pittsburgh and has tallied 24 goals, 117 assists and 504 penalty minutes in 569 career regular-season games with the Penguins, Flames and Boston.

Ference has also appeared in 61 playoff contests and has three goals and 18 assists.

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Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

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LAS VEGAS , Sept. 28 - Two big match-ups of undefeated teams have fans salivating at the Week Four schedule in the NFL. The Chicago Bears stifling defense looks to provide a less than hospitable welcome to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday night in a battle of two 3-0 teams in the NFC conference. In the AFC, the San Diego Chargers (2-0) head to Maryland to face the surprising Baltimore Ravens (3-0) as both try to keep pace atop the conference standings. Betting Lines makers at MySportsbook.com, online sportsbook and casino, have set the Bears as 3.5 point favorites while the Chargers are a 2.5 point bet.

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