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GREEN BAY, Wis. JK Scott Super Bowl Jersey . – Mike McCarthy didnt want to think or talk about his accomplishments or his potential legacy as the Green Bay Packers coach Monday.He wanted to change the subject to Sunday nights game against Chicago.So shortly after the team announced that hed signed a multiyear contract extension, McCarthy lasted all of six questions before he tried steering the discussion in another direction.Can we talk about the Bears now? McCarthy said, referring to the Packers upcoming game Sunday night against their NFC North rivals.But more questions followed about McCarthys place in one of the NFLs most-storied franchises.It made sense considering hes five victories behind Vince Lombardi in Packers history. With a 93-53-1 record including the playoffs, McCarthy ranks third in team history behind Curly Lambeau (212) and Lombardi (98).Im not going to compare myself to Coach Lombardi. Lets be real here, McCarthy said. I understand my place, my opportunity and Im very thankful for the people that came before me.In McCarthys nine seasons as coach, the Packers have made six playoff appearances, won four division titles, appeared in two NFC championship games and won a Super Bowl.The Packers did not release specifics of McCarthys deal.General manager Ted Thompson signed an extension in July that reportedly runs through the 2019 draft.We are very happy to extend our relationship with Mike, Thompson said in a statement. Over the past nine years, hes provided great stability and consistency to the Packers organization and our community as an excellent coach and leader. Hes a good man and we look forward to the future with Mike as our head coach.A Pittsburgh native, the 50-year-old McCarthy was the Packers quarterbacks coach in 1999 before spending five seasons as the New Orleans Saints offensive co-ordinator (2000-04) and one year as the offensive co-ordinator of the San Francisco 49ers (2005) before being hired to replace Mike Sherman as Packers coach in January 2006.McCarthy began his NFL coaching career with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1993.Coming off a bye, the Packers enter their Sunday night game against the Bears at Lambeau Field with a 5-3 record following a 1-2 start. Only the Packers and the New England Patriots have made the post-season each of the past five seasons.The Packers have won three straight NFC North titles under McCarthy and won at least 10 games in five of his nine seasons.McCarthy, who had previously signed extensions after the 2007 and 2010 seasons, said he was happy with the new deal but admitted that the timing — even though it occurred during the teams bye week — was slightly awkward for him because it happened during the season.This is a great place. Im very blessed, very fortunate to have the opportunity to coach here, McCarthy said. This is something that the organization wanted. I was thrilled about the opportunity to continue, (and) all Im really thinking about is moving forward.Frankly, Im a little uncomfortable talking about it this time of the year. This is something we havent done in-season in the past. Were thrilled as a family to be here, and were focused on the Bears.NOTES: McCarthy said quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who left the teams Oct. 26 loss at New Orleans with a hamstring injury, did everything during the teams modified Monday practice and looked good. … Right guard T.J. Lang (ankle) did injury rehabilitation work during practice, McCarthy said. Cornerback Sam Shields (knee) looked good and did everything at practice while safety Morgan Burnett (calf) pretty much did everything, McCarthy said. … The Packers released often-injured 2011 first-round pick Derek Sherrod Monday to make room on the 53-man roster for centre JC Tretter, who was activated from the injured reserve/designated for return list. Sherrod, who broke his leg in a December 2011 game that required emergency surgery and sidelined him for most of the next two seasons, had been the teams No. 3 offensive tackle behind starters David Bakhtiari and Bryan Bulaga. Sherrod played 20 games with one start — earlier this season in place of an injured Bulaga — in four seasons.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL Billy Turner Super Bowl Jersey . The Pope greeted Klose at his general audience Wednesday and the pair had a long chat. Klose is German like the pope, although he was born in Poland. In Sundays derby, Lazio took the lead in the seventh minute after Maarten Stekelenburg brought down Klose, resulting in the Roma goalkeeper being sent off and a penalty that Hernanes converted. Packers Super Bowl Jerseys . The Heat centre scored 10 of his 30 points early in the first quarter to silence the Toronto fans as Miami defeated the Raptors 113-101 on Friday night.ANAHEIM, Calif. — Although the Anaheim Ducks blew a two-goal lead in the final minutes of their return from the holiday break, Saku Koivu made sure their franchise-record winning streak kept rolling along. Koivu scored two goals, including the game-winner 51 seconds into overtime, to lift the Ducks to their 10th straight victory, 3-2 over the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday night. Anaheim improved its NHL-leading record to 28-7-5 and went to 14-0-2 at Honda Center this season, but only after Martin Hanzal and Keith Yandle scored late goals to earn a point for the Coyotes. „We try to forget what happened,“ said Koivu, who had three points. „We had a 2-0 lead and they got a lucky bounce on the first goal. Its one of those things where you try and regroup as quick as you can. You knew there was a good chance there would be overtime, so you start, so you start thinking about that.“ The Ducks are the only team in the NHL this season not to lose at home in regulation, and theyre seven points ahead of Los Angeles atop the Pacific Division. They also have a 13-game points streak (11-0-2), three shy of the club record. „I think its neat,“ Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said. „Any time you can be a part of something nobody else has done, I think its a special occasion.“ Andrew Cogliano gave the Ducks a 2-0 lead with his 11th goal of the season on a deflected shot in front early in the third period, with Koivu getting an assist. „For 55 minutes we were really good and we felt we werent giving them much,“ Cogliano said. „Then they got the odd goal and we let down a bit, but the bottom line is we got the win.“ The Coyotes have lost all four meetings with Anaheim this season, but they made a furious late run at the Ducks. Aaron Rodgers Super Bowl Jersey. Hanzal cut the lead to 2-1 with 4:34 left after the puck caromed off the boards behind Jonas Hiller. „We got a break off the glass and it was nice to see us capitalize on it,“ Phoenix coach Dave Tippett said. With goalie Thomas Greiss pulled, Yandle scored the game-tying goal with 44 seconds left. „It shows that we dont give up,“ Yandle said. Hiller stopped 23 shots and improved to 17-4-4, matching Viktor Fasths franchise record with his eighth straight victory. Anaheim has held its opponents to two or fewer goals in nine of the 10 victories during the streak. After yielding the first goal in each of their past five games, the Ducks got on the board first on a short-handed goal by Koivu in the first period. The veteran Finnish centre skated into the Coyotes zone and blasted a slap shot from the left faceoff circle past Greiss. Greiss stopped 16 shots in the scoreless second period, including multiple Anaheim shots on two power play opportunities. „We just kept at it, worked really hard and just kept coming and never gave up,“ Greiss said. Phoenix, which fell to San Jose on Friday in an overtime shootout at home, has dropped six of its past seven games. NOTES: The Ducks have travelled more than 28,000 miles in their league-leading 24 road games thus far this season. … Anaheim travels to San Jose to play Sunday, and will have an opportunity to extend its NHL-leading road winning streak to seven games. … Coyotes captain Shane Doan missed his 10th consecutive game with an illness. No timetable has been set for his return. … Entering Saturdays game, Phoenix was 1-5 in its past six games with three of the losses coming in overtime shootouts. ‚ ‚ ‚