Word On the Street: Peppers fined 10k

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Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011
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Peppers fined 10K

Bears defensive end Julius Peppers was fined 10,000 by the NFL for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in Sunday's NFC Championship Game at Soldier Field. The hit (pictured right) resulted in a 15-yard penalty. (ChicagoBreakingSports)
James Johnson to D-League
Despite an impressive pre-season showing, Bulls forward James Johnson received minimal playing time in the first half of the season. Johnson has been rumored to be on the trading block, but because he has only played in 12 games with limited success this season, teams seem hesitant to pull the trigger on a deal. As a result, Johnson is expected to be assigned to the Iowa Energy of the D-League, by his own request, where he can receive more playing time and showcase his talents.

When the Bulls do make the move official, it will be the first time that the Bulls have made use of the D-League since assigning Shannon Brown, Cedric Simmons, Demetris Nichols and JamesOn Curry to the Energy during the 2007-08 season. (CSNChicago.com)

IHSA suspends 7 area high schools

The Illinois High School Association suspended seven chicago-area high schools from state competition on Thursday for failing to attend town hallprincipal rules meetings for two consecutive years. The suspended schools are Chicago's Orr, Academy of Scholastic Achievement, Best Practice, Henry Ford Power House Charter and Las Casas, Plainfield's Christ Lutheran Academy and Rockford's Our Lady of the Sacred Heart.

These schools were put on probation after failing to appear last year, and after missing this school year's meetings in November, they were given the chance to attend a pair of make up meetings this month. (Chicago Tribune)

NASCAR changing scoring system

NASCAR chairman Brian France announced on Wednesday that the racing league will be scraping the scoring system they have used since 1975 for a simpler format. The system will still be point-based, but the values of wins and finishing positions have been changed.

"Now everyone will know, when a driver is down by 10 points, that he needs to pass 11 more cars to take the lead in the point standings," France said. "We (had) a point system that's hard to describe for ourselves. We just thought this was the perfect time ... (to) simplify it so people can follow." (ChicagoBreakingSports)

Noah getting closer to return

Noah and his Bulls teammates are beginning to get excited at the prospect of an early return. Noah is approaching the six-week mark after a surgery that was expected to keep him out of action for 8-12 weeks and though he is not yet ready to return, head coach Tom Thibodeau says he is ahead of schedule.

"The next step will be getting him on the court to do non-contact stuff," Thibodeau said. "He's probably a week or two away from that. Once he can get through the non-contact part of practice, then the next step will be contact in practice. When he gets through that, then he plays. He's still two steps away." (Chicago Tribune)

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