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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Report scores and results to 425-339-3470 or 1-866-6-SCORES (Call after 4:30 p.m.) E-mail information including items for Tuesday's Communities Sports Roundup and Thursday's Outdoor Calendar, to sports@heraldnet.com Kevin Brown, Sports Editor kbrown@heraldnet.com   Published: Friday, March 21, 2008 Seahawks sign Pro Bowl linebacker Tatupu through 2015 By Gregg Bell Associated Press KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Lofa Tatupu agreed to a $42 million contract with Seattle that will keep the Pro Bowl linebacker with the Seahawks through the 2015 season. "This isn't just Good Friday. It's great Friday," Tatupu told Seahawks president Tim Ruskell upon finalizing the contract Friday. "I'm going to end my career with the Seahawks." The deal includes the final two years on the original contract he signed after being selected in the second round out of Southern California in 2005, plus six more years worth a potential $42 million. Fletcher Smith, Tatupu's agent, said the deal includes about $18 million in guaranteed money from 2008 to 2010. Tatupu was supposedly too slow and too short when he was the sixth linebacker taken in '05. Last season he became the second player in Seahawks' history to be named to the Pro Bowl in each of his first three years. "I think I've exceeded a lot of people's expectations, but not my own," Tatupu said.

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