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A Super Bowl hangover and injuries were natural places to start when the Bears began the evaluation of their unraveling at this time last year.

Kings SF Francisco Garcia (calf), who left Sunday's game with the injury, was able to start in Tuesday's win over the Clippers. Garcia played 23 minutes and scored three points on 1-of-5 shooting. He added four boards.

By Clarence E. Hill Jr., Mac Engel and Rick Herrin It began with a devastating 21-17 divisional loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion New York Giants at Texas Stadium on Jan. 13, 2008, and ended with a 44-6 wipeout on Dec. 28 at Philadelphia.In between, there was drama on and off the field — including injuries to key players, locker room controversy and team chemistry issues, fresh new faces and the fanfare of the final game and final loss at Texas Stadium.A team that was supposed to make a Super Bowl title run after owner Jerry Jones spent $135 million on off-season signing bonuses and guaranteed money ended up not even making the playoffs and might be remembered as the most underachieving and most disappointing team in franchise history.Seldom has so much been expected of a team that did so little. The Cowboys went from 13-3 to 9-7 and will head into the new $1.1 billion stadium in Arlington next season with little momentum.Grading the CowboysQuarterbacksCThe Cowboys had no

CHICAGO — The Orlando Magic escaped significant injuries last season, but the hits just keep coming this year.

Norway and Aston Villa striker John Carew's back injury will take longer to heal than previously thought, his agent says.