• Bulls’ Boozer out 2 months with broken hand: Bulls forward Carlos Boozer, one of Chicago’s top offseason acquisitions, broke his right hand after tripping over a bag at his home and could miss two months. Boozer fractured the fifth metacarpal bone in his hand Saturday and will have surgery Tuesday. He was evaluated by team physician Dr. Brian Cole and hand specialist Dr. Marc Cohen of Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, one of the nation’s top sports medicine centers. “It was just dark. My doorbell had rang and I tripped over a bag, tried to brace myself and it popped. I jumped back up, opened the door and my hand was still a little bit numb,” Boozer told reporters at a Bulls practice Sunday evening.

• AP Source: Bulls, Noah agree to extension: Center Joakim Noah and the Chicago Bulls agreed Sunday on a five-year contract extension, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the deal has not been finalized. The Chicago Tribune reported the deal is worth about $11 million annually with incentives that could take it higher.

• U.S. women win basketball world championship: The United States won the women’s basketball world championship Sunday in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, getting 18 points from Angel McCoughtry in an 89-69 win over the Czech Republic. Diana Taurasi added 16 and Sue Bird had 11 points for the Americans, who now have won the world championship eight times. The victory provided redemption for the only blemish on Bird, Taurasi and Tamika Catchings’ U.S. Basketball careers. They were on the team that finished a disappointing third in the 2006 worlds.

• FIBA considers lowering rim for women’s basketball: Lower baskets, new uniforms and a new start date for the world championship were just a few ideas discussed at the first women’s basketball summit. More than 50 countries attended the conference, ranging from basketball powerhouses Australia and the United States to newer federations like Iran. “There were a lot of topics covered,” said USA Basketball past president Val Ackerman, who helped spearhead the conference. “There was talk about lowering the rims. The notion is that no one in women’s basketball has experimented in a serious way. It’s something that might enhance the game, leading to dunking, fewer missed shots.” While lowering the baskets a few inches would be considered a radical idea, it’s something that the members were willing to discuss. Such a monumental change in the game is still many years away from potentially being implemented.