Sports shorts Chip Kelly back, hired by UCLA

Chip Kelly is headed to UCLA with plans to create another Pac-12 powerhouse.

The coach who helped changed college football with his groundbreaking offense at Oregon agreed to a five-year, $23.3 million deal on Saturday to return to the sideline with the Bruins.

Kelly, who turned 54 on Saturday, spent the past year out of coaching after four seasons in the NFL. He entertained serious overtures from Florida this month before deciding to take charge of the sleeping giant of a program at UCLA, which hasn’t won a conference title since 1998.

Kelly replaces Jim Mora, who was fired last Sunday with one game left in his sixth season in Westwood.

Kelly won three conference titles and reached four major bowl games in just four seasons (200912) in charge of the Ducks, who were turned into a marvel of exciting football by his no-huddle spread offense and up-tempo approach to almost everything they did.

Oregon went 46-7 during his tenure, reaching the BCS championship game after the 2010 season and also playing in two Rose Bowls and a Fiesta Bowl.

Washington Wizards guard John Wall is expected to miss about two weeks with inflammation in his left knee, the team announced on Saturday.

Wall, 27, underwent an MRI exam, Coach Scott Brooks revealed Friday following the day’s practice session, which the point guard missed. The four-time All-Star will receive platelet-rich plasma and viscosupplementation injections in the hope of reducing the inflammation that has caused discomfort for the past two weeks.