NHL: Hossa gets 12-year deal from Hawks
flyersfancentral.com 7/2/2009 — The Chicago Blackhawks stunned the NHL on the first day of free agency yesterday by signing star winger Marian Hossa away from the Detroit Red Wings with a 12-year contract. View original article here: Philly.com Sports Flyers

Report: Marian Hossa signs with Blackhawks | detnews.com | The Detroit News
detnews.com 7/1/2009 — The Breast Monologues Jodie Wilson: Maybe for some people the idea of their skin stretching wouldn't be that exciting, but mine is and to me that is amazing news. Although it is still too early to rule out Continued Detroit City Hall Insider David ...

The Curse of Marian Hossa?
thedsq.com 7/2/2009 — The Blackhawks have it now. The "Curse of Marian Hossa" for all who don't know is a team making it all the way to the Cup finals, then losing. This curse was in Pittsburgh and Detroit, now it's in Chicago. Good luck Blackhawks, you can have Hossa. Can you say Billy Goat Part II? What do you ...

What are the Red Wings really offering Marian Hossa?
examiner.com 6/30/2009 — Don't be fooled by the salary cap figure, check the details of a contract to see the real deal.

Marian Hossa sign with the Blackhawks video
blitzcorner.com 7/2/2009 — Marian Hossa landed a 12-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks. What does that mean for the rest of the free agents? Wes Goldstein and Lauren Shehadi are here to examine.

Blackhawks sign Marian Hossa
chicagotribune.com 7/2/2009 — Winger signs 12-year, $62.8 million deal; club lets Martin Havlat and Nikolai Khabibulin go > The Blackhawks saw their breakthrough 2008-09 season end ...

For second year in a row, Hossa chooses to sleep with the enemy
examiner.com 7/2/2009 — Marian Hossa leaves the Red Wings and signs with Central Division rival Chicago.

Hossa For 12 Years
linkedonsports.com 7/2/2009 — Marian Hossa signed with the Blackhawks yesterday for 12 years. The first thing that came to my mind was, “isn’t he like 30?” Well, he isn’t “like” 30, he is 30. This means that he is under contract until he is 42. That’s interesting that Chicago thinks ...

Will Oilers go after Hossa again?
theglobeandmail.com 7/1/2009 — Signing coveted free-agent forward would cost money, but not players

2009 NHL Offseason News: Red Wings: No room under cap for Hossa, others - 07/03/2009
nhl.com 7/3/2009 — If anyone is surprised that the Detroit Red Wings parted company with forwards Marian Hossa and Tomas Kopecky and goalie Ty Conklin , they weren't listening to General Manager Ken Holland in the weeks leading up to free agency. The Wings had little ...

Cust, Giambi lead A's past Tigers 5-1 (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 7/1/2009
Jason Giambi and Jack Cust broke out of funks with two-run homers, Dallas Braden ended a four-start winless stretch and the Oakland Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers 5-1 Wednesday. Giambi's drive in the sixth off Justin Verlander (8-4) was home ...

The Detroit Tigers Need a Bat: Five Options at the Deadline — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/1/2009
As the 2009, Non-waiver trade deadline quickly approaches many teams scurry around to find that extra player or two that can put their team over the edge and on pace to play in October. That July 31st deadline has brought in Kyle Farnsworth and Sean ...

Power surge backs Braden in finale — Major League Baseball News 7/1/2009
Slumping sluggers Jason Giambi and Jack Cust each tagged a two-run homer on Wednesday to help the A's to a 5-1 victory over the visiting Tigers

White Sox 6, Indians 2: Chicago Completes Series Sweep — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/2/2009
Kudos for the lovely art work go to KVB, who was so pumped about the White Sox actually completing a sweep (only their second series sweep of the season) that he immediately jumped on Photoshop in the throes of unbridled White Sox optimism and ...

Tigers' Second Base in 2010 — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/2/2009
Placido Polanco has been a tremendous bargain. First, the Tigers gave up Ugueth Urbina to get the guy and Urbina has basically been in prison since then.  So, that worked out well.  He’s also been healthy most of the time, has been a ...