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Jason Varitek to Exercise Player Option, Will Stay With Red Sox

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:07:45 +0000

The Red Sox declined to exercise their $5 million team option on catcher Jason Varitek on Monday, but that doesn’t mean the longtime captain will be leaving Boston. NESN learned on Monday night that the 37-year-old Varitek will exercise his $3 million player option for 2010 that includes up to ...

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Week Eleven Flex

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:02:45 +0000

It’s that point in the NFL season where NBC can start to flex their muscle and change the NFL schedule. The first game that can be flexed out this year is in Week Eleven. NBC has to make their decision by tomorrow, November 10th. So will they or won’t they boot the Philadelphia ...

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LJ in NE? Belichick says no

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:37:58 +0000

The Patriots worked out a pair of running backs last week, but they did not add either to the roster. It seems the Patriots will not be adding any high-profile help in the backfield, either. Asked during his weekly appearance on WEEI if the Patriots would consider bringing in Larry Johnson, who ...

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Is Marco Scutaro a Fit in Boston?

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:58:32 +0000

MLB Trade Rumors posted its list of the 50 top free agents including where they think each one will end up. They have Holliday going to the Mets, Lackey going to the Yanks and Bay returning to Boston. They also include Marco Scutaro going to the Red Sox: Marco Scutaro - Red Sox. It's ...

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Tek Picks Up Player Option

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:11:20 +0000

NESN is reporting that Jason Varitek has picked up his $3 million option to remain with the team. NESN learned on Monday night that the 37-year-old Varitek will exercise his $3 million player option for 2010 that includes up to another $2 million in incentives. The move is expected to be ...

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Busy Start for the Red Sox

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:09:25 +0000

You can tell when the New York Yankees and/or Boston Red Sox are upset with how their seasons turned out. They come out guns blazing and that’s exactly what the Red Sox have done. They began the off season with a trade, now resigning current players and even leaving one long time veteran ...

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Stephon Marbury Apparently Thinks The NBA Is Fixed & David Stern Should Be Replaced

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:25:00 +0000

Interesting stuff on Twitter from Stephon Marbury

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Cowboys add former Arkansas cornerback to practice squad

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:05:55 +0000

The Cowboys signed former Arkansas cornerback Jamar Love to their practice squad. Love signed with the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent. He spent two weeks with British Colombia of the CFL until his release last Friday. In four seasons at Arkansas he posted 77 tackles and 15 pass ...

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Flash: Garcia Flies to Boston

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 23:51:33 +0000

Our PD eyes in the sky noted one Jeff Garcia on a flight to Boston. When asked why Boston, Garcia said he was visiting some friends. After being asked if said friends resided in Foxboro, Garcia answered in the affirmative. As the Patriots have only one backup QB on the roster (Brian Hoyer) ...

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"I don’t mind the amount of 3’s we’re taking at all," Rivers said. "What I don’t want is at the end ...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:22:45 +0000

"I don’t mind the amount of 3’s we’re taking at all," Rivers said. "What I don’t want is at the end of the game, is settling for them. I think we thought that we needed 3’s to get back in the game and we didn’t. We just needed to play. As far as the amount of 3’s we’re taking I’m fine with ...

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Red Sox Decline Gonzo's Option

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 01:31:48 +0000

It has been reported today that the Red Sox have declined Alex Gonzalez's $6M option for 2010. They say that the Sox may still be interested in bringing Gonzo back, but for a lesser amount. Sighs. Let me tell you how much I don't like this. One, I like Gonzo. I thought he brought so much ...

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Unbeaten Colts headed for true test vs. Patriots

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:54:30 +0000

Next up for one of the NFL's last two unbeaten teams, the Indianapolis Colts, is the litmus test, the gold standard, the team that has cast the longest shadow for the longest time, the New England Patriots.

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Wakefield, Sox Agree on New Two-Year Deal

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:36:28 +0000

The Red Sox have chosen not to pick up Tim Wakefield’s $4 million option for the 2010 season; instead, the team and the pitcher have come to terms on a two-year deal. The new contract will pay the 43-year-old a guaranteed $5 million — $3.5 million in ‘10 and $1.5 million in ...

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Like Christmas Morning for a Hoops Geek

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:13:35 +0000

I logged onto 82games.com over the weekend to look up something about last year’s Celtics, and there it was for the first time: The 82games.com stats for the first two weeks of the 2009-10 season!! I swear I was almost as excited for this as I was when my parents (or, “Santa”) ...

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Sox decline option on Gonzalez

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:45:10 +0000

The Red Sox have declined a $6 million option on shortstop Alex Gonzalez, according to a source, but the club still may have interest in bringing the player back in 2010 on a lesser salary. News of the Sox' decision to forgo the option on Gonzalez comes just two days after the Milwaukee Brewers ...

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Red Sox Decline $5 Million Option on Varitek

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:07:47 +0000

CHICAGO — The Red Sox declined their one-year, $5 million option for the 2010 season on catcher Jason Varitek, according to a major-league source. Now, Varitek has five days to decide whether to exercise his one-year, $3 million player option (with up to $2 million in incentives) for next ...

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Red Sox, Wakefield Renegotiating Contract

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:15:19 +0000

The Red Sox have held (and exercised) a perpetual $4MM option for knuckleballer Tim Wakefield since 2005, but now Tony Massarotti of The Boston Globe reports that the two sides are renegotiating the deal after Wakefield had surgery to remove disc fragments from his back. Massarotti says the ...

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Peter King: Let Pats-Colts hype begin; five best storylines

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:53:04 +0000

NEW YORK -- Much of the past week I've spent researching and writing a Peyton Manning story for Sports Illustrated's NFL midseason report, which you'll see this week. I'll get to the games of the day and issues of the week in a few paragraphs -- particularly the Cowboys growing up before our ...

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Source: Red Sox on Halladay’s list

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:05:00 +0000

CHICAGO — According to a source familiar with the situation, the Red Sox are one of the teams Toronto pitcher Roy Halladay has identified as a club he would accept a trade to. Halladay has a no-trade clause in his current deal, which will pay him $15.75 million in 2010. Indications from ...

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Brady will burn Indy's rookie corners

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:51:38 +0000

The Patriots vs Colts rivalry continues Sunday night when Tom Brady leads New England into Indianapolis to face the undefeated Colts. Like most years when they meet, this could be a preview of the AFC Championship game.

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