AROUND THE HORN: Owners extend Selig&#39;s contract through 2009
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NEW YORK -- Baseball commissioner Bud Selig received a contract extension through 2009 on Thursday as owners praised his 12-year reign, but dissension surfaced among teams to launch a World Cup tournament.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.  -- Major League Baseball owners gave commissioner Bud Selig a three-year contract extension through 2012 on Thursday, a move made two days after some congressmen were critical of his leadership is responding to the sport's drug problem.
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Commissioner Bud Selig's three-year contract extension, the start of a baseball television network and a World Cup tournament are likely to gain overwhelming approval from owners this week, while a decision on the future home of the Montreal Expos is put off once again.
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CLEVELAND (Sports Network) - The Cleveland Indians have  given executive vice president & general manager Mark Shapiro a  contract extension through the 2007 season.
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Rangers general manager Jon Daniels was given a one-year contract extension Tuesday despite a 26-43 start that left Texas with the worst record in the major leagues.
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On Wednesday owners of the 30 major league baseball teams voted unanimously to extend Bud Seligâs contract as commissioner by three years, through 2012.
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CLEVELAND -- Manager Eric Wedge received a three-year contract extension from the Cleveland Indians on Monday, an early reward for having his ballclub near the top in the AL Central.
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ommissioner Bud Selig&#39;s three-year contract extension, the start of a television network and a World Cup tournament are likely to gain overwhelming approval from baseball&#39;s owners this week, while a decision on the future home of ...
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Baseball commissioner Bud Selig received a contract extension through 2009 yesterday as owners praised his 12-year reign, but dissension surfaced among teams in the decision to launch a World Cup tournament.
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Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels has been given a one-year contract extension through the 2009 season, the club announced on Tuesday.
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Great week to be Ichiro Suzuki . The Seattle leadoff man signed a $90 million, five-year contract extension yesterday, three days after he was the unanimous MVP of the All-Star Game.
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Bud Selig will be Major League Baseball's commissioner through 2009 after being unanimously approved for a contract extension by baseball's owners.
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Roy Oswalt and the Houston Astros agreed to a $73 million, five-year contract extension on the ace's 29th birthday Tuesday, the biggest multiyear deal the team has ever given to a pitcher.
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CLEVELAND -- The Indians extended the contract of general manager Mark Shapiro through the 2007 season, team president Paul Dolan announced Wednesday.
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Joe Torreâs refusal to accept a contract offer came 47 years to the day after the Yankees dismissed Casey Stengel, who also spent 12 seasons as the teamâs manager.
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Terry Francona was not oblivious to the news that Ozzie Guillen , who guided the White Sox to the World Series title in 2005, a year after Francona did the same with the Red Sox, had been given a contract extension through 2012.
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The Toronto Blue Jays and manager John Gibbons reached a preliminary agreement on a one-year contract extension for the 2008 season, the team announced on Monday.