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BUFFALO, N.Y. - Rex Ryan is switching teams — not divisions — after reaching an agreement to coach the Buffalo Bills.A person familiar with the talks told The Associated Press the former New York Jets coach accepted in principle the Bills contract offer after two days of discussions. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the Bills have not discussed their search to replace Doug Marrone, who stepped down abruptly Dec. 31.The offer came a day after the Bills identified Ryan as a finalist and met with him for a second time in South Florida, where new owners Terry and Kim Pegula live. Ryan was one of 12 candidates to interview for the job since last weekend.Ryan was chosen ahead of other notable candidates, including two-time Super Bowl winner Mike Shanahan, Cincinnati offensive co-ordinator Hue Jackson and former Bills backup quarterback Frank Reich, who completed his first season as San Diegos offensive co-ordinator.At the same time, a second person familiar with the talks told the AP the Bills are negotiating to hire Greg Roman as offensive co-ordinator. Roman, a finalist for the Bills coaching job, spent the past four years as the San Francisco 49ers offensive co-ordinator. Romans future is uncertain in San Francisco after coach Jim Harbaugh left to coach Michigan.Roman is regarded as a good fit under Ryan, because the two share a similar run-first philosophy. The 49ers running attack ranked among the NFLs top 10 in each of the past four seasons under Roman.The Bills are coming off a 9-7 finish, matching their best record in a decade, but missed the playoffs to extend the NFLs longest active drought to 15 years.Marrones departure caught the Bills by surprise, when the second-year coach quit the team by using an opt-out clause in his contract.Marrone, coincidentally, has interviewed with the Jets, where he previously served as the teams offensive line coach.The Bills prepare to become the first of six NFL teams, including Ryans former team, to fill their coaching vacancy this off-season.Bills players were already expressing their support for Ryan in posts made on their Twitter accounts.Love the hire! centre Eric Wood tweeted.Running back Fred Jackson wrote: Excited about the hire of Rex!! Great coach to come in and keep us moving in the right direction!Ryan prepares to make the cross-state trip from the Big Apple to Buffalo, where he raises the profile of a franchise now on its sixth coach in 14 years.Known for his brash personality and loyalty to his players, Ryan immediately becomes the Bills most high-profile coach since Hall of Famer Marv Levy established his reputation in Buffalo by leading the team to four straight Super Bowl appearances in the early 1990s.Though new to the NFL, Pegulas are not unaccustomed to making a splash. The couple, which also owns the NHL Buffalo Sabres, bought the Bills from the estate of late Hall of Fame owner Ralph Wilsons estate for a league-record $1.4 billion in October.Ryan went 50-52, including 4-2 in the playoffs, in six seasons with the Jets before being fired along with general manager John Idzik following a 4-12 finish.He made his biggest impact during his first two seasons in New York, when the Jets reached the AFC Championship game in consecutive years but lost them both.Ryan is familiar with the Bills after coaching their AFC East rival. His father, Buddy, also had ties to Buffalo after spending 1961-65 as the University at Buffalos defensive co-ordinator.Like his father, Rex Ryans strength is defence, which meshes with the Bills. Buffalos defence finished fourth in the NFL in yards allowed last season and produced three Pro Bowl linemen.Its unclear how Ryans arrival would affect the status of Buffalos current defensive co-ordinator Jim Schwartz, who completed his first season with the Bills. Schwartz is the former Detroit Lions coach and was a candidate for the Bills job.Ryans challenge in Buffalo would be similar to the one he had in New York — providing a spark to a sputtering offence. The Jets finished 22nd in yardage last season — four spots ahead of Buffalo.Quarterbacks were concerns for both teams, involving two players drafted in 2013 draft.The Jets faltered behind second-year starter Geno Smith, who was eventually benched and replaced by Michael Vick for three games before finishing out the season. 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"The four guys in that final were the four best 500-metre skaters in the world, so it was tough," said Hamelin, who was coming off a win in the 1,500-metre event on Friday. "I made a little mistake at the beginning. "I got passed by the Russian (Victor An) and was back in fourth place. I had a lot of speed. I went outside. It was my last option. I tried my best and was almost second." The 29-year-old, who has twice been runner-up for the overall title but never won it, leads the standings heading into the final two individual events -- the 1,000 and 3,000 metres -- on Sunday. An, a five-time overall world champion formerly known as Ahn Hyun-Soo, finished fourth. Park Seung-Hi of South Korea won the womens 500-metres ahead of Elise Christie of Britain and Fan Kexin of China. Disaster struck for the Canadian team in the mens relay semifinals when veteran Olivier Jean got caught in traffic and missed an exchange with Hamelin with only eight laps to go. The mishap dropped Canada from second to last place among the four teams and they couldnt catch up. Only the top two, Russia and Britain, earned a spot in Sundays relay final. "We got passed by the Chinese guy on the corner where we exchanged and it got mixed up.," said Michael Gilday of Yellowknife. "We didnt get our exchange in until a lap later and the other teams had already launched away. "Olivier was supposed to exchange with Charles on the corner where he got pushed out. There were a bunch of skaters and they couldnt tag together. It was a mess." At the Sochi Olympics three weeks ago, Canadas favoured relay team was eliminated in the semifinals when Francois Hamelin stepped on a marker disc and fell. "Thats short track," said Gilday. "It sucks. Clearly we havent had the breaks this year." Souuth Korea and the Netherlands will also contest the mens relay final.ddddddddddddCanada will have a team in the womens final. Jean opted not to talk to the media. The Lachanie, Que. skater, who was celebrating his 30th birthday, had been eliminated in the 500-metre quarter-finals along with Charle Cournoyer of Boucherville, Que., the bronze medallist in the event in Sochi. Marianne St-Gelais of St. Felicien, Que., and Marie-Eve Drolet of Laterriere, Que., were both ousted in the womens semifinals. "Im pretty happy, actually, because its not my best distance," said Drolet, who will have a better shot at a medal in the 1,000-metre race. "Im not a great sprinter, so it was super-fun to see that I could be fast and do a good race." St-Gelais said she may have psyched herself out before her semifinal because of an outside starting position. "I think I got scared at the (starting) line," she said. "I was thinking I would be squished behind two girls. Usually I dont think about those kinds of things, but that idea crossed my mind just before the start. I knew my race was done at that point." It was a happier day for Christie, who was shut out of the medals in Sochi after being penalized three times. The Scottish skater shot out to the lead off the start, only to be passed on the next-to-last lap by Park. It looked like the two might collide, but Christie said she backed off of any contact. "I probably could have won, but in the back of my head I was thinking about the fact that I got penalties, so when Park came through I let her go," said Christie. "I didnt try to get past because I just didnt want to get another penalty, to be honest." Christie came to the world championship seeking to redeem the Sochi setback and now is looking forward to her best event, the 1,000-metres. "It is my beat distance, but again, Ill be racing quite withdrawn," she said. "Im trying to stay out of fights and stuff, so that could play to my disadvantage. But maybe now that Ive got a medal, I might just go for it." Park won bronze in the 1,500-metres on Friday. She was a gold medallist in the 1,000-metre and the women