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CINCINNATI, Ohio -- The Reds agreed to a $3.05 million, two-year deal with reliever Sam LeCure on Friday and one-year contracts with starter Mike Leake and reliever Alfredo Simon, leaving them with two players in salary arbitration. LeCure gets base salaries of $1.2 million this year and $1.85 million in 2015. The deal includes escalators and bonuses. Leake agreed to a $5,925,000 deal after exchanging arbitration figures on Friday. Leake was asking for $6.2 million in arbitration, the club offered $5,650,000, and they met at roughly the midpoint. Leake is coming off his best season, going 14-7 with a 3.77 ERA in 31 starts. The Reds remain far apart with starter Homer Bailey, who asked for $11.6 million and was offered $8.7 million. Bailey went 11-12 last season with a 3.49 ERA and a club-high 199 strikeouts in 32 starts. He also pitched his second no-hitter in two years. Bailey made $5.35 million last season. Closer Aroldis Chapman asked for $5.4 million while the club offered $4.6 million. The hard-throwing left-hander went 4-5 with 38 saves and a 2.54 ERA in 68 appearances with 112 strikeouts in 63 2-3 innings. First-year manager Bryan Price is considering using him for more than one inning at a time this season. If they cant reach an agreement, arbitration hearings would be held in February. All of Major League Baseballs arbitration cases were settled without hearings last year. The Reds settled with their other arbitration-eligible player on Thursday when outfielder Chris Heisey agreed to a $1.76 million, one-year contract. Jim Rice Red Sox Jersey . The Leafs were back on the ice Wednesday following an 10-day break. It apparently wasnt long enough, as Team Canadas 2-1 win over Latvia didnt conclude before the Leafs began practice. "I was thinking we might get a little delay, but it was nice to get out there," said Tyler Bozak of watching Wednesdays game. Gorkys Hernandez Jersey . The Senators return from a lengthy layoff caused by Wednesdays attack on Parliament Hill to host the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night. https://www.cheapredsox.com/2411z-ian-ki...ey-red-sox.html. Louis Blues, having added Ryan Miller and Steve Ott from Buffalo, remain the No. Mike Shawaryn Red Sox Jersey . - Regan Smith had the checkered flag in sight at Daytona a year ago and a freight train of cars in his rearview mirror. Hanley Ramirez Jersey . The native of Mont-Tremblant, Que., captured a World Cup downhill event Saturday, his second this year and fifth career victory on the circuit.Lake Forest, IL (SportsNetwork.com) - John Fox is never out of work long. Just days after leaving his post as head coach of the Denver Broncos in a mutual parting, Fox has landed with the Chicago Bears. It was the same story four years ago when Fox was last on the market. He took over as Broncos coach less than two weeks after his contract was not renewed by the Carolina Panthers following a mostly successful nine-year run. Fox had a regular-season record of 46-18 with four AFC West titles during his brilliant tenure with Denver, taking the Broncos to the Super Bowl last season. After the Broncos were dispatched by Indianapolis in the divisional round of the playoffs last Sunday, Denver president of football operations John Elway said he and Fox decided to partt ways because they differed on how to progress into the future.dddddddddddd The Bears had a coaching vacancy the day after the 2014 regular season ended when both Marc Trestman and general manager Phil Emery were fired in the wake of a 5-11 campaign. Trestman was 13-19 in his two seasons with Chicago. Ryan Pace took over as general manager last week and interviewed Fox on Wednesday, just two days after the coach left Denver. Fox has a career record of 119-89 with six division titles and seven playoff appearances in 13 seasons. He was 73-71 with Carolina from 2002-10 and led the Panthers to their lone Super Bowl appearance after the 2003 campaign. The Bears had not hired a coach with previous NFL head coaching experience since Paddy Driscoll in 1956. ' ' '