the buzzer to give Chicago a 47-35 halftime lead.

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Flowery Branch, GA (SportsNetwork. .com) - The Atlanta Falcons signed former Carolina Panthers safety Charles Godfrey on Tuesday. Godfrey was released by the Panthers last week. He had mostly been limited to sub-packages this season, recording 19 tackles over seven games (one start). A third-round pick of the Panthers in 2008, Godfrey started 72 games over his first five seasons with the team, then started the initial two contests of the 2013 campaign before tearing his right Achilles and missing the remainder of the season. Over 82 games with the Panthers, Godfrey produced 11 interceptions, 33 passes defensed, seven forced fumbles and 372 total tackles. To make room for Godfrey, the Falcons waived safety Sean Baker. . A steal of two in the ninth sealed the win over Swedish skip Margaretha Sigfridsson, who throws lead stones but calls the shots as skip. Jones has now added Olympic gold to the world championship she won in 2008 as well as four Canadian crowns. . Louis Blues. The Capitals did themselves no favors with a recent 0-3-2 skid that was finally snapped with Saturdays 4-3 shootout victory over the New York Islanders. . On Sunday afternoon, they sparked the Capitals to a much-needed victory. On a day when Alex Ovechkin was held to one shot on goal, the Capitals third line scored twice in a three-goal first period and the Capitals held on for 4-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.INDIANAPOLIS - Jimmy Butler is finding ways to show what kind of threat he can be for the Chicago Bulls.And hes finding ways to cause problems for the Indiana Pacers.Butler had 27 points and nine rebounds to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 92-90 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night.It was Butlers 3-pointer with 1:07 remaining that put the Bulls ahead for good.Derrick (Rose) is always on me to shoot and to shoot 3s and be aggressive, he said. Im confident in my game, so I feel like I have to step up and take and make shots late.Pau Gasol had 20 points and Rose added 17 for the Bulls (22-9), who extended the teams season-best winning streak to seven straight.Chris Copeland scored 13 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter, and George Hill and C.J. Miles each added 11 points for the Pacers (11-21), who trailed by 21 points in the second half.The Bulls seemed to have put the game away when Mike Dunleavy converted a 3-point play to put the Bulls ahead 75-54 with 2:33 left in the third quarter. But the Pacers went on a 23-2 run and regained the lead on Lavoy Allens basket to make it 84-83 with 6:15 left in the fourth quarter.Its a different thing, executing in the final four minutes of a game than the first 44 minutes of the game, Pacers coach Frank Vogel said. We had some poor possession on the offensive end. We were getting some stops, we just fell short.Chicago tied the four-game season series with the Pacers at 1-1 and won for the first time at Indiana after losing the previous four games.Butler, who scored 32 points in a 99-90 loss to Indiana back on Nov. 15, gave Chicago all the momentum it needed.He had two put-back dunks midway through the third quarter in a 6-2 run, including one with 7:24 remaining in the third to give the Bulls a 59-41 lead.Butler aalso scored on a one-handed dunk at the buzzer to give Chicago a 47-35 halftime lead. . The lesson we learned is you have to keep playing, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said. No lead is safe in this league.The two teams play the remaining two games of the series in March with each team hosting a game.The Bulls, who lead the Central Division, have put up big offensive numbers lately and scored under 100 points for just the second time in the last seven games.___TIP-INSBulls: Guard Kirk Hinrich has missed four straight games with a left hamstring strain. Thibodeau said Hinrich participated in the morning shoot-around at Indiana and could return to the line-up as early as Tuesday against Brooklyn.Pacers: Indiana shot under 50 per cent for the first time after shooting above that mark in the previous four games. The Pacers didnt reach that mark in the first 27 games of the regular season.SMASH-MOUTH DefenceVogel said he wants Indiana to play defence the way the team has been known too in recent years. The Pacers, who are No. 2 in the NBA in scoring defence, held the Bulls to 34.5 per cent shooting. Chicagos 11 points in the fourth quarter was the fewest scored by the Bulls this season and the fewest allowed by the Pacers.TOUGH CROWDMondays game was a sellout and Chicago fans made up much of the crowd. During line-up introductions cheers for the Bulls drowned out boos from Pacers fans. Allen missed a shot early in the second quarter that didnt even reach the rim and many Bulls fans responded with the air-ball, air-ball chant, taking away the home court feel for the Pacers. Chicagos United Center is a little more than a three-hour drive from Indianas Bankers Life Fieldhouse.UP NEXTBulls: Host Brooklyn on Tuesday.Pacers: Host Miami on Wednesday. ' ' '