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ST. LOUIS -- The Red Sox were the bold-faced headline on the 2004 season, the town crier in Kenmore Square. The long-suffering franchise fought its way through a cursed history to deliver a World Series triumph
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Sabres forward Jason Pominville agreed to a three-year, $3.1 million contract Thursday to re-sign with Buffalo and avoid arbitration.
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Javier Vazquez says the New York Yankees would be making a mistake if they trade him. A proposed three-team deal that would have sent the right-hander to Los Angeles, Randy Johnson from Arizona to the Yankees
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After so many missed tries, the New York Yankees really might have a trade for Randy Johnson. The Arizona ace was on the verge of joining the Yankees in a three-team megadeal
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Now if only the NFL can let players at the other 20 positions on the football field get involved. The league trading deadline was yesterday, and for the first time in five years, there actually were deals made. All three trades were for wide receivers.
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A combination of National, Alamo, Thrifty and Dollar in a deal valued at more than $3 billion is being discussed.
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Chris Taylor is behind the NHL Players Association&#39;s latest proposal. Based on the union&#39;s offer to roll back salaries, Taylor will lose the least of any player under contract for next season.
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Carlos Delgado wanted to play for a contender, and the Florida Marlins look like one now. Delgado agreed Tuesday to a &#36;52 million, four-year contract. The deal, which includes an option year making it potentially worth &#36;64 million over five seasons, is contingent on the Delgado passing a physical Wednesday.
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Amare Stoudemire, who will make 2.32 million dollars this season, had his fourth-year option picked up on his contract, the Phoenix Suns announced.
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The Nationals first move in the week leading up to the non-waiver trade deadline is to keep veteran infielder Ronnie Belliard by signing him to a two-year, $3.5 million extension.
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Brad Wilkerson and the Mariners agree to a $3 million, one-year contract, a move that could signal Seattle is close to finally acquiring pitcher Erik Bedard from the Orioles.
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Mike Arrington is doing a great job of laying out the options for Yahoo wrt Microsoft's offer to buy them out. He's written two pieces that helped put it together for me. Mike clearly has great sources in the investment banking community and among potential buyers of Yahoo, and is actively talking with them. He's got a business lawyer's mind and, as you know I'm sure, he's spent the last few years immersed in web applications.  Bottom-line: Yahoo's three choices are: 1. Tough it out alone. 2. Sell advertising rights to Google. 3. Accept Microsoft's offer.  Mike argues that option 1 would result in shareholder lawsuits and in the end would get Yahoo nowhere because they'd end up selling to Microsoft eventually. Option 2 would enable them to pay a major cash dividend to their shareholders, making up for the lost windfall coming from Microsoft's offer. Options 2 and 3 have the risk of being rejected by government regulators.  Now, as a member of Yahoo's developer community, and generally a respector of Yahoo (is that a word) -- I say take the deal. I don't think Yahoo has ever had leadership that has been up to navigating the treacherous waters of tech industry economics and politics. At least with the Microsoft acquisition they would get one -- Ray Ozzie. He's a guy you can sit across the table from and plot something out and he can deliver. I've had many good meetings with Yahoo people, but rarely have they resulted in action. From my own selfish point of view, Microsoft owning Yahoo might mean that Ray makes more trips to the Bay Area (figuratively) and when he sits down, we can talk about new open interfaces and developer programs for Yahoo properties. I've read most of the commentary on the Yahoo deal, and the other piece that made an impression was Mark Cuban's. He says that Yahoo should accept the Microsoft deal because it would give them the breathing room they need re Wall Street. He argues that the market has always allowed Microsoft to sink resources into developing markets, and that's exactly what Yahoo needs to become the organization that it has been trying to be. Instead, the market treats Yahoo as a comp to Google, but Yahoo doesn't have the economics of Google, so that's, long-term, a losing battle.  There's one more reason I think Yahoo should sell to Microsoft -- the fatigue of the people. The company has been wobbly too long. If they don't take the Microsoft offer it's going to be a long wobbly decline and the shareholders will be right to be angry. Here's their chance to get out, it's time, so just do it.
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By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer. either pick up his option or not, it&#39;s up to them. Jon wants to remain a. on first baseman Travis Lee and their 2006 option on reliever Paul Quantrill.
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The Detroit Tigers snared the last remaining premier free agent of the offseason, agreeing to a $75 million, five-year contract with outfielder Magglio Ordonez , a baseball source told the Associated Press yesterday. Ordonez's deal could be worth up to $105 million over seven seasons, the source said. Under the complicated deal, Detroit would have the right to void the ...
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Right-hander Ugueth Urbina's &#36;4 million option was exercised Friday by the Detroit Tigers.
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The Houston Astros are picking up Craig Biggio&#39;s $3 million option for 2005 but not the $9 million for Jeff Kent. Oct. 28 HOUSTON - Craig Biggio will be back with the Houston Astros next season.
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A deal is never a deal until it&#39;s a deal. That may sound like something from the lips of Yogi Berra, but it&#39;s true. While everyone was waiting over the last few days to hear that the three-team trade between