Foulke declines salary arbitration
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The closer responsible for the team's run to a World Series title in 2004, Keith Foulke , declined salary arbitration from the Red Sox yesterday, choosing to pursue opportunities closer to his Arizona home.
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Lawyers for the 2006 Tour de France winner say an arbitration panel has ended its deliberations and will issue a ruling on cyclistâs failed doping test by next week.
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Keith Foulke retires Friday just as he was about to begin a two-man competition with Joe Borowski to be Cleveland's closer.
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The NHL rejected last week's proposal by the players' association and then had its own counteroffer turned down Tuesday during a 3 1/2-hour negotiating session.
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Coach Bruce Arena's proposal to push back the deadline in the U.S. Soccer Federation's labor dispute was disavowed by management, which asked the union Wednesday to accept binding arbitration for a new contract.
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According to a memo obtained by TSN in Canada, the NHL will turn down the players' union proposal to end the lockout and respond with a counteroffer on Tuesday.
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Sheffield United have lost their legal challenge against the Premier League after an arbitration panel on Tuesday dismissed their claim over the Carlos Tevez affair.
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Keith Foulke ended his retirement and returned to the Oakland Athletics on Friday, agreeing to a $750,000, one-year contract that allows him to earn $1.25 million more in performance bonuses.
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Baseball Joe Girardi turned down an offer to manage the Baltimore Orioles, a decision yesterday that ended the team's spirited effort to secure its top choice for the job. The Orioles began negotiating with Girardi soon after firing Sam Perlozzo Monday. The sides appeared headed toward an agreement Wednesday, but Girardi ultimately decided against getting back in the game at ...
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Baseball Baseball owners are 2-0 in their first arbitration hearings of the year. The Los Angeles Dodgers won their case against reliever Joe Beimel yesterday, setting his salary at $912,500 this year. Beimel asked for a raise from $425,000 to $1.25 million at Friday's hearing, but the arbitrators decided on the club's offer . . . The Tampa Bay Devil ...
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The Atlanta Braves and reliever Rafael  Soriano avoided arbitration by agreeing to a two-year, $9  million contract, the team said on Thursday.
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Mike Cameron, the former Gold Glove center fielder who lost his position when the Mets signed Carlos Beltran, told team officials that he did not want to be traded.
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NEW YORK -- The union for baseball umpires will not contest the season-ending suspension given to Mike Winters for using a profanity aimed at San Diego's Milton Bradley last weekend.
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Players rejected the U.S. Soccer Federation's offer to send their labor dispute to arbitration and instead proposed on Monday that mediation be used in an effort to get the regulars on the field for next month's World Cup qualifier at Trinidad and Tobago.
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The Astros picked up the $3 million option on Craig Biggio&#39;s 2005 contract Thursday, but declined to exercise the $9 million option on Jeff Kent&#39;s contract and will instead
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com. The Padres offered salary arbitration to David Wells on Tuesday but did not extend similar offers to six other players. The club can now continue negotiating with the free agent left
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Keith Foulke professes to not watch "SportsCenter." He claims he never felt the urge to view highlights of his iconic postseason performances of last October.