An age-old question for Varitek
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- In 106 seasons of Red Sox baseball, there's Birdie Tebbetts, who did it twice, in 1948 and '49, and Tony Pena, the last to do it, in 1992. They are the only Sox catchers 35 or older who managed as many as 400 at-bats in a season.
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Tycho:  We'll return to those two in a moment - for now, let's get a look at our supposed protagonists.  What are they doing?  Let's find out.  Did they make any new friends?
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Given the current state of the National Hockey League, it's a giant long shot if the game comes back for any part of the 2004-05 season. What the product will look like when it does resume remains to be seen. Will the 82-game season be shortened? It certainly should be. Will they find a way to legislate the trap out ...
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By Tom Angleberger   tomangleberger@yahoo.com
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Andriy Shevchenko had put Milan ahead after just eight minutes and they dominated the first half of the match. But Celtic had several fine chances in the second half before Stanislav Varga equalised with a powerful header on 74 minutes.
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C Jason Varitek will remain with the Red Sox, reaching a preliminary agreement on a four-year contract, a lawyer with knowledge of the negotiations said yesterday.
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The idea is to put the ball in the net, not just keep it out. Ukraine figured that out a lot quicker than Switzerland in the shootout Monday night. And the World Cup newcomers are headed to the quarterfinals because of it.
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HOW fares Sven-Goran Eriksson? After all his nocturnal romping, were England just as rampant against the Ukraine? Why, certainly.
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If the Boston Red Sox want to keep Jason Varitek, they might have to give him a no-trade clause.
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The Sporting News - Questions to ponder while wondering if the hand really is part of the ball (Maybe it depends on the star status of the hand?):
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VR Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn told this to journalists in Kyiv today. According to the Speaker, the Parliament has become the focus of Ukraine's political activities, so it would be unwise on his part to assume ...
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BOSTON (Sports Network) - The Boston Red Sox have  reportedly agreed to a four-year contract with catcher Jason  Varitek.
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As much as the Red Sox hope to persuade Jason Varitek to stay in Boston, they face a mighty challenge since Varitek's agent, Scott Boras, said last night the catcher expects to receive a five-year contract with a no-trade clause that compensates him as lucratively as the top catchers in the game.
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By Patrick Kehoe: World light-heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver may be 35 and yet he&#39;s not about to indulge in limits, conditional options or relativism of any kind.
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SEATTLE -- So, Jason Varitek, we all know you are the de facto captain of the Boston Red Sox. You are the quiet leader of this team, the man who turned a season around by shoving your mitt into the face of Alex Rodriguez, and a man who's got a 15-game hitting streak in the wake of last night's 13-2 ...
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His legs were amputated when he was a year old. Now Oscar Pistorius is on track to make the South African Olympic team. Is he an engineering marvel -- or just one hell of a sprinter? By Josh McHugh from Wired magazine.
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There are books on the subject now, but back in 1969 coaching kickers was virgin territory. Marv Levy knows. He was there then and he's still there today.