Schottenheimer gets two-year extension
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San Diego coach Marty Schottenheimer agreed yesterday to a two-year contract extension with the Chargers that runs through the 2007 season. Schottenheimer has one year remaining on his four-year deal, which he signed in January 2002 and paid him $2.5 million a season. Terms of the extension weren't immediately available.
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Marty Schottenheimer has never had a big problem getting his teams to the playoffs.
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Goalie Dan Cloutier has agreed to a two-year extension with the Los Angeles Kings, putting him under contract through the 2008-09 season.
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Patrick Marleau agreed to a two-year, $12.6 million contract extension with the San Jose Sharks yesterday, keeping the longtime captain with the club through 2010.
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Randy Johnson and the Yankees moved closer to agreement Wednesday on a two-year contract extension that would allow New York to complete its tentative trade with Arizona for the Big Unit.
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Right-hander Bronson Arroyo and the Cincinnati Reds agreed Thursday to a $25 million, two-year contract extension through 2010.
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Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher agreed to a contract extension that will keep him with the team though 2011, according to a club official familiar with the negotiations.
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The Los Angeles Philharmonic has granted a two-year extension of music director Esa-Pekka Salonen's contract.
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The San Diego Chargers sacked coach  Marty Schottenheimer on Monday after he led the team to an NFL  best 14-2 record last season but failed to deliver a Super  Bowl.
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The Oakland Athletics have increased their efforts to re-sign Frank Thomas, offering the Big Hurt a two-year deal.
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Hard as they tried, the Red Sox were unable to dissuade Gabe Kapler from bolting to Japan. But they made sure another key bench player will return next season when they enticed Doug Mirabelli to sign a two-year contract worth $3 million, the richest deal of his career.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Bud Selig was given a three-year extension as baseball commissioner through the 2012 season.
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When Brian Roberts' two-year extension is finalized, 10 of the core members of the projected 25-man roster will be locked up through the 2009 season.
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David Beckham has signed a two-year contract extension with Real Madrid.
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In a deal motivated by his recent return to the starting rotation, John Smoltz, shown in this 2004 photo, agreed Thursday Dec. 16, 2004 to a new two-year contract with the Braves that increases the chance he will complete his career in Atlanta.
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Ron Gardenhire was given a two-year contract extension through 2007 by the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday, his reward for leading the team to three AL Central titles in three seasons as manager.
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Randy Johnson and the New York Yankees reach a preliminary agreement on a two-year contract extension worth about $32 million.