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Urlacher reports to camp with new deal

BOURBONNAIS, Ill. — Brian Urlacher checked into the Chicago Bears' training camp with a new contract, declaring he is healthy and ready to play.

The six-time Pro Bowl linebacker signed a one-year extension earlier Tuesday for a reported $18 million. It includes a $6 million signing bonus, a $1 million raise in base salary from 2008 through 2011 and then $8 million in the final and new year of the deal in 2012.

Urlacher had signed a nine-year, $56.65 million deal in 2003.

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