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CHICAGO -- Quarterback Sam Bradford probably wishes now hed bought travel insurance for the journey that brought him to Minnesota just in time for the season opener.What seemed like a steal for most of the last two months as the Vikings cruised to a 5-0 start increasingly feels like a bad trip.The Chicago Bears exploited the same weaknesses in a 20-10 victory Monday night the Eagles had a week ago, poring through a slapped-together offensive line and sacking Bradford five times. After being sacked six times in Philadelphia, Bradford wound up 23 of 37 for 228 yards and a touchdown that pulled Minnesota within 10 points with little more than five minutes remaining.The Vikings ineffective rushing game provided Bradford with little breathing room as well, contributing just 57 yards on 18 attempts. Running back Adrian Peterson, who suffered a knee injury against the Packers in Week 2, is eligible to return in late November. Even the Vikings defense, rated No. 1 overall in the NFL, was no help.That unit was expected to keep Minnesota comfortably in the running for the wide-open NFC North. But Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, returning from a right thumb injury that shelved him late in Week 2, had plenty of time to roll up 252 yards on 20-of-31 passing and one touchdown.Where the Vikings find immediate help is anyones guess.General manager Rick Spielman surrendered a first- and conditional fourth-round pick to get Bradford from Philadelphia after starting QB Teddy Bridgewater was injured. During the bye week, the Vikings coaxed veteran tackle Jake Long out of semi-retirement to shore up the offensive line, but that experiment seems doomed. Long was responsible for two of the Eagles six sacks a week earlier -- both led to strips -- and Chicagos rookie edge rusher Leonard Floyd blew by him for the Bears first sack.Air Force 1 Dame Norge . The judges scored it 48-47, 48-47, 49-46 for Jones (19-1). 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Nike Roshe One Norge . - Derek Wolfe says hes finally healthy after suffering a seizure in November that doctors now believe was related to the spinal cord injury he suffered in the preseason.Whether the heavyweight world title fight between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko is finalized hinges solely on whether the WBA will sanction the bout, Klitschkos manager told ESPN on Tuesday.Bernd Boente and Joshuas promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing, have both said the fight terms are agreed to for what would be a Dec. 10 megafight at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. However, it was stipulated by both sides from the outset that they would only make the fight if another major title was at stake besides the IBF version Joshua holds.Klitschko lost the IBF, WBA and WBO titles to Tyson Fury by decision in a massive upset last November. The IBF stripped Fury of the title 10 days later for agreeing to a contractually obligated rematch with Klitschko rather than fight a mandatory challenger. Joshua eventually won that belt.When the troubled Fury pulled out of the Oct. 29 rematch with Klitschko because of a cocaine problem -- he failed two drug tests -- heavy drinking and mental health issues, the Joshua and Klitschko camps began negotiating the fight, figuring the titles would eventually become vacant with Fury unable to defend.Last week, Fury vacated the titles, but neither the WBO nor the WBA has officially ruled on how it will fill the vacancies.The WBO has no plans to approve Joshua-Klitschko for its vacant title. WBO president Francisco Paco Valcarcel told ESPN he wants there to be a four-man box-off among the organizations highest-ranked contenders to fill the title. The matter is scheduled to be decided Thursday during the WBOs annual convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico.The Klitschko and Joshua camps have both asked the WBA to sanction the bout, but WBA president Gilberto Mendoza Jr. has yet to respond. Mendoza also has not responded to repeated requests from ESPN for comment, but the matter is expected to be decided soon.So Joshua and Klitschko are awaiting the WBA ruling. If the WBA declines to sanction the bout, Boente said the fight will not happen this year and that Klitschko would instead fight for the vacant WBA belt on Dec. 10 at the Barclaycard Arena, which is on hold, in Hamburg, Germany.Klitschkos probable opponent for that fight would be Australian contender Lucas Browne (24-0, 21 KOs), who won the WBAs secondary title by comeback 10th-round knockout of Ruslan Chagaev in March. Browne was quickly stripped of the title and suspended because of a positive doping test for clenbuterol in a sample taken a few days before the fight.We will go with the WBA ruling, Boente said. We hope they rule quickly because Dec. 10 is not far away.According to Boente, Klitschkos adviser, Shelly Finkel, and Brownes adviser, Leon Margules, have been negotiating the fight so they can be ready to go should the WBA decline to sanction Joshua-Klitschko.ddddddddddddFor Wladimir it is very important to have the WBA title in a fight with Joshua, Boente said. We made a deal with Eddie easily. We tried to find an agreement and we made a deal. If the fight doesnt happen now and Wladimir and Joshua both win their next fight, we can do the fight under the same deal next year and it would be even bigger. The framework is there.A fight with the 27-year-old Joshua (17-0, 17 KOs), regardless of which belts are stake, would be worth millions of dollars more to Klitschko (64-4, 54 KOs) than one against Browne. Boente said RTL, Klitschkos German television partner, would pay half as much for a fight with Browne, 37, as it would for Joshua.A Joshua-Klitschko bout would also generate a pay-per-view bonanza on Sky Box Office in Joshuas home country of England, where he is a pay-per-view star. But Boente said it is not only about money for Klitschko.For Wladimir, its also about the WBA title. For him, this is important, Boente said. It is his mission. He is serious when he says it is not only about the money.If they cant get everything worked out in time for Dec. 10 Klitschko -- already out of action for a year while waiting on the Fury rematch that was ultimately canceled -- would not fight until March or April. The reason is because that is the earliest RTL could accommodate a Klitschko fight next year, Boente said.As for the WBO, which ranks the 40-year-old Klitschko No. 2, he would be invited into a four-man box-off, but Boente said he is not interested in an elimination fight.The WBO wants a tournament, which is up to them, Boente said. We love the WBO. Wladimir held the WBO title for a long time and it was the first world title he won. He respects the WBO, but if they do a tournament Wladimir would not participate. At this stage of his career it makes no sense.If a Joshua-Klitschko fight is finalized, Boente said one of the major hurdles has been cleared -- the matter of American television. Klitschko has a contract with HBO and Joshua has one with rival Showtime. He said an agreement was made on that front but declined to specify how a U.S. broadcast would be handled, although a source with knowledge of the agreement told ESPN that the camps have made a two-fight deal under which Showtime would get the U.S. broadcast rights to the first fight and HBO would have the rights to a rematch.Showtime Sports general manager Stephen Espinoza and HBO Sports executive vice president Peter Nelson both declined to comment on the resolution. ' ' '