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Hes a six-time CFL all-star, was the leagues outstanding player in 2006 and has twice hoisted the Grey Cup. And now Geroy Simon is poised to become the most prolific receiver in league history. The B.C. Lions slotback needs just 68 yards to break Milt Stegalls all-time record of 15,153 receiving yards. And unfortunately for rival defences, retirement is the furthest thing from the 36-year-old Simons mind. "People please STOP asking me when Im retiring! Im about to win another GC. Im to young to think about it being over," Simon recently tweeted, with the GC reference being to the Lions Grey Cup win last season. The 13-year CFL veteran was the leagues second-leading receiver last season with 84 catches for 1,350 yards and eight touchdowns. He helped the Lions rally from a miserable 0-5 start to the 2011 campaign to become the first team since the 94 B.C. squad to capture the Grey Cup at home, downing Winnipeg 33-24 at B.C. Place. The six-foot, 190-pound former Maryland star, who strikes his usual Superman pose every time he finds the end zone, has been a model of consistency. He has amassed 10 straight 1,000-yard receiving seasons and missed just two regular-season games over that span. He also finds himself fifth on the all-time receptions list (935) and third in career TD catches (98). But Simon isnt the only CFL player worth watching this season. Here are some others to keep an eye on: Travis Lulay: The Lions quarterback was named the CFL MVP after passing for 4,815 yards and 32 touchdowns and rallying his club to first in the West Division. After guiding B.C. to a 40-23 win over Edmonton in the conference final, Lulay capped his season by being named the Grey Cup MVP after passing for 320 yards and two TDs against Winnipeg. Anthony Calvillo: The Los Angeles native turns 40 in August but threw for a CFL-high 5,251 yards last year to finish behind B.C.s Travis Lulay for the CFLs outstanding player honour, one Calvillo has won three times. The three-time Grey Cup winner is entering his 19th season in Canada and 15th in Montreal and is pro footballs all-time leading passer with 73,412 yards. Ricky Ray: A change of scenery for the nine-year CFL veteran, who was dealt this off-season from Edmonton to the Toronto Argonauts. Ray won two Grey Cup titles with Edmonton and led the Eskimos to an 11-7 record last year and second-place finish in the West Division. He joins an Argos team that has missed the playoffs in three of the last four seasons. Henry Burris: Another veteran quarterback on the move as Burris was dealt from Calgary to Hamilton this off-season. Burris led the Stampeders to a Grey Cup title in 2008 and was the games MVP before claiming the CFLs outstanding player in 2010. But he lost his starting job late last season to youngster Drew Tate. Burris recently turned 37 and is entering his 13th CFL season. Avon Cobourne: He was out of football before being pressed back into action with Hamilton after projected starter Martell Mallett suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon injury. Cobourne was a high-profile free-agent signing by Hamilton last year after helping lead Montreal to consecutive 2009-10 Grey Cup titles. Cobourne was the Ticats rushing leader last year with 961 yards. Paul McCallum: The Lions kicker was almost automatic in 2011, hitting 50-of-53 field goals for a CFL-record 94.3 success ratio. And at one point, the 42-year-old -- who is also the oldest player in the league -- hit 30 straight field goals, another league record. He was named the leagues top special-teams player and capped his season celebrating a Grey Cup title. Chad Owens: The Toronto Argonauts star is the leagues most dynamic kick returner. The five-foot-seven, 180-pound Owens is a threat to score anytime he gets his hands on a punt or kickoff. While Toronto missed the playoffs last year, Owens became the first player in pro football history to surpass 3,000 all-purpose yards two straight seasons. Drew Tate: The former Iowa star begins his fourth season with the Calgary Stampeders but first full campaign as the starter after supplanting veteran Henry Burris late last year. The six-foot, 192-pound Tate completed nearly 64 per cent of his passes in 2011 was a dismal 5-of-10 for 99 yards with an interception in an opening-round 33-19 playoff loss to Edmonton. Odell Willis: There was no more feared pass-rusher the first half of last season than Willis but his production dropped off after Labour Day, so much so that Winnipeg dealt the all-star defensive end to Saskatchewan in the off-season despite Willis finishing tied for the league lead in sacks with 13. However, nine of those came in Winnipegs opening eight games. Andy Fantuz: After six seasons in Saskatchewan, the native of Chatham, Ont., signed with Hamilton as a free agent. The deal was reportedly worth $190,000 annually. Time with the Chicago Bears and a lingering ankle ailment limited Fantuz to just 13 catches for 175 yards and no TDs last year after being named the CFLs top Canadian in 2010 with 87 receptions for 1,380 yards and six TDs. Jon Cornish: The native of New Westminster, B.C., emerged last season to supplant Joffrey Reynolds, Calgarys all-time rushing leader, as the Stampeders starting tailback. And Cornish didnt disappoint, averaging a sparkling 7.3 yards per carry in rushing for 863 total yards. Cornish also displayed a nose for the end zone, running for nine TDs on just 119 carries. Chris Garrett: After being released by Winnipeg prior to last season, the shifty tailback returned following season-ending knee injuries to starter Fred Reid and backup Carl Volny. Garrett ran for 576 yards in six games, then rushed for 190 yards to lead the Bombers past Hamilton in the East final. The Bombers have since released Reid and Garrett enters the season as the clubs starter. Andrew Harris: The 25-year-old Winnipeg native began last season as a backup running back but became the B.C. Lions starter around midseason. Harris finished the regular season with 458 yards and averaged a solid 4.8 yards per carry but capped the 2011 campaign by being named the top Canadian in the clubs Grey Cup victory over Winnipeg, rushing for 65 yards and a TD. Rob Bagg: The Saskatchewan slotback had his 2010 season end with a knee injury, then missed all of last season after re-injuring the knee. Prior to that, Bagg had emerged as a reliable receiver, registering 59 catches for 807 yards and five TDs in 2009 before accumulating 44 receptions for 668 yards and three TDs in 15 games in 2010 with the Riders. nba holdjersey . 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Instead, they were dealing with it. Greivis Vasquez scored 18 points and the balanced Hornets beat the Chicago Bulls 89-82 on Saturday night even though they were missing the No. 1 draft pick. "Thats the big thing about a team game," Lopez said. "Everybody came together and everybody stepped it up." Lopez and Jason Smith scored 16 apiece. Ryan Anderson added 12 points and 13 rebounds, and the Hornets hit 20 of 23 free throws to get the win even though Davis was nursing a mild concussion. Luol Deng had 19 points and eight rebounds for Chicago. Nate Robinson scored 15, and Marco Belinelli added 13 against his former team, but the Bulls shot 33 per cent in this one after hitting just under 64 per cent of their shots the previous night in an easy win over Cleveland. It was a particularly rough night for Richard Hamilton and Carlos Boozer, who shot a combined 3 for 18 and each finished with four points after scoring 19 apiece against the Cavaliers. The Hornets trailed by seven in the second quarter and led by 10 in the third but had to hang on down the stretch, with Robinson making it as tough as he could on them. He scored all but four of his points in the fourth to help keep the Bulls in it, but they ultimately came up short. His jumper with 1:16 left made it 81-77, and Chicago had a chance to make it a one-possession game after Taj Gibson blocked Smith. Instead, Belinelli missed a 3. Smith hit two free throws with 53.5 seconds left. Roger Mason added two more to make it 85-77, and the Hornets prevailed because they didnt back down without their prized rookie. "We dont get a lot of credit or notoriety for being a physical team, but thats something weve prided ourselves on since Ive been here, was to play a physical style of basketball, legally," coach Monty Williams said. "I dont think we out-worked them, I just think the ball came our way a few times and it was just a major battle in that paint. Anytime you play against Chicago, a team that (Tom Thibodeau) is gonna coach, you know youre gonna play a team that is gonna hit you right in the mouth." He had to be feeling better after this one. Before the game, though, he made it cleaar he wasnt thrilled with the NBA.dddddddddddd While Davis was back in New Orleans being examined after taking an inadvertent elbow to the head from teammate Austin Rivers in the first half of Fridays win over Utah, Williams was unloading. He blasted the NBAs protocols for determining when a player can return from a concussion before this game, saying, "Now, they treat everybody like they have white gloves and pink drawers and its getting old. Its just the way the league is now." He had to like the way his team stepped up even though Davis was out. "You see how guys came in with high motors, understood that this is their time to get their minutes," Chicagos Taj Gibson said. "This league is all about guys stepping up. You saw Robin Lopez and Ryan Anderson, guys coming in with a high motor, gaining confidence early and playing well." The Bulls also saw some missed opportunities, particularly near the rim. When they drove, Thibodeau said he saw "a lot of flipping instead of attacking," but it wasnt just that. He saw players not hustling back on defence after a miss, and that really bothered him. "The thing that bothered me was our approach to defensive transition," he said. "When youre not shooting well, you cant allow that to sap your energy in terms of getting back, setting your defence." Notes: When he was an assistant in Boston, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau could tell big things were in store for Doc Rivers son Austin. "In Boston, he was around a lot," Thibodeau said. "He had a lot of confidence and poise, very comfortable being on the floor playing against pros even when he was in high school. Hes been around the pro game his whole life. I think hes going to be a terrific player." Rivers believed Thibodeau would be a successful head coach, and in his first two years, the Bulls captured the top seed in the Eastern Conference. "Its funny, before he became a head coach, my dad was always talking like hes gonna be a great coach. It was almost like my dad and him coached. It wasnt just my dad. Coach Tom was.you look at their (Boston) defence and how it went up once he got there, and look what hes done with Chicago. I know hes gonna have a tough defensive scheme for me and everyone else tonight." ... The Hornets had dropped eight straight to Chicago. ' ' '
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