City for the second time in December

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ASHBURN, Va. . -- The Washington Redskins have re-signed defensive lineman Chris Baker to a three-year contract with $12 million. The deal announced Thursday includes $4 million of guaranteed money. Baker has spent two seasons with the Redskins, playing in 29 games. He started the final three games last season after Stephen Bowen was sidelined with a knee injury. Baker has played both tackle and end on the defensive line, and hell be a possible contender for a regular starting job at end in the teams 3-4 alignment under new coach Jay Gruden, especially with both Bowen and Adam Carriker recovering from major injuries. The 26-year-old Baker was undrafted out of Hampton. He played with Denver and Miami before joining the Redskins in 2012. . Damian Lillard added 21 points and 11 assists and hit a pair of clinching free throws with 2.1 seconds left for Portland, which beat Oklahoma City for the second time in December. Portland (25-7) snapped a two-game losing streak but still trails Oklahoma City (25-6) by a half-game in the Northwest Division standings. . Kansas centre Joel Embiid worked out Wednesday for the Cavs, who are trying to decide what to do with the No. . Trumbo said he felt pain while jogging to his position Monday against the Chicago Cubs and an MRI revealed the stress fracture. He goes on the DL retroactive to Tuesday. Trumbo, who was part of a three-way trade with the White Sox and Angels during the off-season, was tied for the NL lead with seven homers and second with 19 RBIs.SZKLARSKA POREBA, Poland - Canadas Alex Harvey is tearing through the cross-country World Cup ahead of the Winter Games. The St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que., native won gold Saturday in a skate-sprint race for his fourth World Cup medal in the last month. "The conditions were getting icy and a little dangerous so I knew I had to get out in front. I wasnt afraid of being tired because I knew I was in great shape so my tactic was to stay out in front today. I had no choice," said Harvey. "TThe final was filled with pure sprinters, but I wasnt afraid of them or getting tired today because I knew the shape is there. . " The World Cup victory is Harveys third of his career in addition to his world championship. "I know the Scandinavian countries werent here today but the Russians have been the ones to beat in sprinting and I was able to do that today," said Harvey. "The skis were great today, and Im confident with the Olympics coming up." ' ' '