Sports transactions

Sports transactions

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  NHL labor talks wrap up with still no progress

  Two days of talks between the NHL, the players' association, and federal mediators still haven't provided any answers how to end the lockout. 

• Liverpool goalkeeper Jones sign contract extension

  Australian goalkeeper Brad Jones has signed a contract extension of an undisclosed length with Liverpool. Jones joined the club on a three-year deal ... 

• Barca prospect Tello extends contract until 2016

  Barcelona says it has reached an agreement with young forward Cristian Tello to extend his contract until June 2016. The new deal will set Tello's ... 

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  Saints player suspensions lifted in bounties case

  Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue has overturned the suspensions of four current and former New Orleans Saints players in the league's bounty ... 

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  Cowboy charged after player dies in auto accident

  Police charged Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent with intoxication manslaughter after he flipped his car in a pre-dawn accident that killed ... 

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  No contact between sides in hockey fight

  NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Friday that he is out of ideas how to get negotiations back on track to save the hockey season. Talks fell ... 

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  Amid dispute, Sneijder misses training with injury

  Still in the middle of a contract dispute with Inter Milan, playmaker Wesley Sneijder is injured again. Inter says on its website that the Netherlands ... 

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  Hamilton, Greinke remain on market after meetings

  A quiet winter meetings figures to lead to a busy rest of December, given how few moves actually got finished at sprawling Opryland hotel. As teams ... 

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  Optimism turns to despair as NHL talks break off

  Donald Fehr thought he and the hockey players he leads were close to a deal to save the season. The NHL said not so fast, and then took away ... 

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  NHL rejects players' offer to break labor impasse

  Instead of closing in on a deal, the NHL and the players' association are further apart than ever before. Union executive director Donald Fehr began ... 

• UEFA urges ban on 3rd-party player transfer rights

  UEFA stepped up opposition to investors owning stakes in players' transfer rights on Thursday, warning it would take action if FIFA failed to act. 

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  Red Sox rev up with Victorino; Giants keep Scutaro

  Shane Victorino bolted for Boston, Marco Scutaro stayed with San Francisco, and the Miami Marlins shed more payroll in a late-night trade. It was ... 

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  Napoli to Red Sox, Loney to Rays, A-Rod out

  The Boston Red Sox began to play catch-up by getting All-Star catcher Mike Napoli, Tampa Bay took a chance on James Loney and the New York Yankees ... 

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  Sneijder's future at Inter remains uncertain

  The future of Netherlands playmaker Wesley Sneijder at Inter Milan remains uncertain following a meeting with the club Monday in a failed attempt to ... 

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  AP source: Wright, Mets strike $138M, 8-year deal

  Third baseman David Wright and the New York Mets agreed to a $138 million, eight-year contract on Friday, a person familiar with the negotiations told ... 

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  AP source: Rivera, Yanks agree to $10 million deal

  Pitcher Mariano Rivera and the New York Yankees have agreed to a $10 million, one-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The ... 

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  Upton headed to Braves; Pettitte returns to Yanks

  B.J. Upton is on his way to the Atlanta Braves and Andy Pettitte is staying with the New York Yankees in decisions which began to heat up Major League ... 

• Inter president denies blackmailing Sneijder

  Inter Milan President Massimo Moratti denies the club is blackmailing Wesley Sneijder into signing a new contract, saying the Netherlands midfielder ... 

• NHL, union get back to bargaining with mediators

  Whether federal mediators will provide enough help to end the NHL lockout in time to save the hockey season is still unknown. At least they had a good ... 

• Global union says clubs are blackmailing players

  The global footballers' union wants talks with FIFA, UEFA and the European Union about clubs using "blackmail behavior" players into signing new ... 

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  Why isn't Marvin Miller in Cooperstown?

  There are times when baseball is so grand, so worthy of awe. Then there are times when it is so small, so petty. Like the way it treated the legacy ... 

• AP source: Yankees, Pettitte close in on deal

  Pitcher Andy Pettitte and the New York Yankees are nearing agreement on a one-year contract in the range of $10 million to $12 million, a person ...