Crisp prefers trade to bench
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Coco Crisp, who lost his center field job to rookie Jacoby Ellsbury in the postseason, said Wednesday he'd probably talk to the Boston Red Sox about trading him if it appears he won't get his starting job back.
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NEW YORK -- Just after he had successful surgery on his broken left hand, right-hander Kevin Brown faced the media before Sunday&#39;s game against Baltimore.
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The trading deadline is 3 p.m. Thursday, and several officials in the Eastern Conference have said that the Nets are seriously considering their options for their face of the franchise Jason Kidd.
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No, his position in the starting lineup isn&#39;t solidified after one preseason game, and there&#39;s a big question mark surrounding his future.
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DETROIT _ Lindsey Hunter wouldn't talk about it. Flip Saunders insisted he hadn't thought about it _ and looked like he wanted to catch the next plane out of the interview session.  Hunter and Saunders are two of the nicest men in the NBA.
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Where to put Wily Mo Pe&#xF1;a ? Right field? Center field? DH? First base? Tight end? Power forward? Bench?
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JERMAIN DEFOE admitted last night that he had clocked on for England duty expecting his reward for his first international goal to be a seat on the bench against Wales.
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Man, is it quiet. With just over two weeks to go before the NHL trade deadline, general managers are moving little more than office furniture (tossing desk chairs in frustration?), further underscoring that the new collective bargaining agreement has turned the building of roster chemistry into strictly a midsummer exercise around free agency.
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New Southampton manager Harry Redknapp hopes to bring his former Portsmouth assistant Jim Smith to St Mary&#39;s before this weekend&#39;s Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur.
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By The Associated Press. Eddy Curry&#39;s agents said yesterday that they are seeking a trade, who is eligible to become a restricted free agent next summer.
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WALES star Robbie Savage last night admitted he was &quot;hardly surprised&quot; by stories linking him with a switch to Mark Hughes&#39; Blackburn.
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Pro basketball Point guard Jason Kidd says he wants to be traded from the slumping New Jersey Nets. "We tried to make this work. We've found out it doesn't," Kidd told ESPN The Magazine. "It's time for us all to move on." Nets president Rod Thorn said he hadn't talked to Kidd yesterday, and declined to discuss which teams have ...
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Mike Dunleavy can empathize with the Orioles and Blue Jays, and perhaps the Devil Rays. His Los Angeles Clippers play in the American League East of the NBA.
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Kevin Brown was picked over Orlando Hernandez to start for the New York Yankees in Friday&#39;s Game 3 of their first-round AL playoff series against Minnesota.
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John McDonald spent his time in Cleveland mostly sitting on the bench, even though he became a fan favorite. On Thursday, McDonald&#39;s eight-year career in the Indians organization ended when he was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named.
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com. Kevin Brown may return to the mound sooner than expected, as Joe Torre said Friday that the right-hander is in the mix to start on Sunday afternoon against Curt Schilling and the Red Sox at Fenway Park.
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As a rule, players with expiring contracts are often the first ones to be shipped out come trade time.