Oswalt gets 5-year, $73m extension
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BASEBALL Righthander Roy Oswalt and the Houston Astros agreed to a $73-million, five-year contract extension on the ace's 29th birthday yesterday, the biggest multiyear deal the team ever has given to a pitcher. Oswalt, the MVP of the 2005 NL championship series, passed up a chance to become a free agent after the 2007 season and is now under Houston's ...
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Kansas basketball coach Bill Self got a five-year contract extension Thursday that bumps up his annual compensation to more than $1.3 million.
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Sidney Crosby signs a five-year extension worth about $45 million that will keep the NHL MVP with the Penguins through 2013.
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Alameda, CA (Sports Network) - The Oakland Raiders and kicker Sebastian Janikowski finalized a five-year contract extension worth $10.5 million on Wednesday.
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A federal courtâs oversight of Microsoft has been extended through January to give a judge time to consider a motion to extend that oversight for another five years.
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Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood, off to a fast start this season, has signed a three-year extension with the team.
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Bud Selig was given a three-year extension as baseball commissioner through the 2012 season.
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Chicago defensive back Nathan Vasher signed a five-year contract extension Monday that will keep the Pro Bowler with the Bears through the 2012 season. Details were not disclosed.
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Alex Ovechkin agreed to a $124 million, 13-year contract extension Thursday with the Washington Capitals, working out the details himself in negotiations with owner Ted Leonsis and general manager George McPhee.
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A federal judge prolongs court oversight of the software maker for a further two years. Microsoft had said an extension was unnecessary, while some states wanted Microsoft watched for another five years.
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GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Isiah Thomas got a multiyear contract extension Monday, nine months after he was warned the Knicks needed to show "evident progress" or he'd be out of a job.
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As expected, the top prosecutors in six states and the District of Columbia asked the judge overseeing the software maker's antitrust case to extend the consent decree until 2012.
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Bob Sanders' big hits have finally paid off in a big way. The two-time Pro Bowler signed a five-year contract extension Friday, a deal that will keep him with the Indianapolis Colts through 2012 and makes him one of the league's highest-paid safeties.
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(InfoWorld) - The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Microsoft filed formal paperwork Wednesday to extend part of an antitrust judgment against the company for at least two years. The extension of U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's November 2002 antitrust settlement would give Microsoft more time to complete work on technical documentation for licensees of its communications protocols. The DOJ and Microsoft filed a joint request Wednesday for Kollar-Kotelly to approve the extension, which the DOJ proposed in May. The antitrust order had been scheduled to expire in November 2007. If the judge approves the two-year extension, the DOJ and 17 state plaintiffs in the antitrust case can ask for an additional three-year extension if they still have complaints about Microsoft documentation. Microsoft has said it will not oppose a second extension. Under the settlement, Microsoft is required to license the communication protocols to other IT vendors interested in developing server software that works with Microsoft's Windows operating system. But as of May, hundreds of bugs in the technical documentation remained. A technical committee working with the antitrust plaintiffs identified 575 bugs in the technical documentation as of Feb. 8. By March 16, Microsoft had whittled the bugs identified by the technical committee down to 307, but the number of high-priority bugs grew from 68 to 71 in that period. By May 8, the number of high-priority bugs with a 60-day deadline grew to 79, and the total number of bugs identified by the technical committee was 414.
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RALEIGH, N. C.  - Houston Astros pitcher Roy  Oswalt has agreed to a two-year, $16.9 contract with the  National League team and avoided arbitration, the Houston  Chronicle reported.
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Nets owner Bruce Ratner announced a five-year contract extension for Thorn, the team&#39;s president, yesterday, with both pledging a commitment to rebuilding a championship contender in New Jersey before moving to Brooklyn.
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A federal judge ruled on Tuesday to extend the U.S. government's antitrust oversight of Microsoft Corp  for two more years, but stopped short of granting a five-year extension sought by states accusing the company of continuing monopolistic behavior.