KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs signed free-agent running back Thomas Jones, who led the New York Jets to the AFC championship game last season and was the NFL’s third-leading rusher.
Jones, 31, had career highs of 1,402 yards and 14 touchdowns last season.
• The Cleveland Browns released one-time Pro Bowl quarterback Derek Anderson one day after they acquired backup Seneca Wallace in a trade from Seattle.
• Free-agent WR Terrell Owens headed to Cincinnati to see if the Bengals are interested in adding him to their stagnant passing game.
• The Steelers re-signed safety Ryan Clark and brought back receiver Antwaan Randle El, who is returning four seasons after leaving Pittsburgh to sign a $31 million, seven-year deal with the Washington Redskins.
• After six years backing up Peyton Manning in Indianapolis, Jim Sorgi will get a chance to do the same for Peyton’s brother Eli, signing a one-year deal with the New York Giants.
• The New England Patriots re-signed cornerback Leigh Bodden to a four-year deal.
• Nose tackle Jason Ferguson has been re-signed by the Miami Dolphins, even though he faces a suspension for the first eight games of the season for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances.
• The Tennessee Titans agreed to terms on a three-year, $11 million deal with former Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Will Witherspoon.
• The Chicago Bears released oft- injured running back Kevin Jones.
Weir to skip world championship
COLORADO SPRINGS — Figure skater Johnny Weir, citing a need for a break after a sixth-place finish at the Vancouver Olympics, announced he will not compete at the world championships this month in Turin, Italy.
Footnotes.
Olympic super-combined gold medalist Bode Miller, citing a sore right ankle, called it a season a week before the World Cup finals in Germany.
• Mike Dunleavy and the Los Angeles Clippers parted company for good, barely a month after he relinquished his head-coaching duties to focus solely on being general manager. Assistant general manager Neil Olshey will take over.
• NASCAR placed Carl Edwards on probation for three races for deliberately wrecking Brad Keselowski‘s car last weekend in Atlanta.
• The first Pinstripe Bowl, which will pit the No. 3 team in the Big East against the No. 6 school in the Big 12, will be played at Yankee Stadium on Dec. 30 and will be televised by ESPN.
• The NCAA has given Texas and Maryland a one-year reprieve from a new rule that limits off-campus football recruiting by a coach designated as the head coach-in- waiting, a decision that allows Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp and Maryland offensive coordinator James Franklin to participate in the critical spring evaluation period.
• Four-time winner Jeff King was the first to leave the Nikolai checkpoint for the 54-mile run to the next checkpoint at McGrath in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska.
The Associated Press
