The Anaheim Ducks announced on Wednesday that they signed veteran center Saku Koivu to a one-year contract. The deal is believed to be $3 million and does include incentives. Koivu gets this contract despite the fact that he’s 37-years old and his production has steadily declined the last few years. He had 38 points last [...]
The San Francisco Giants are full of great young pitching, which is all well and good. It’s one of the best situations you can be in, until it’s time to pay them. They just recently doled out a huge contract to Matt Cain, and now it’s Madison Bumgarner’s turn. According to SFX, they extended Bumgarner [...]
When we last saw do-it-all big man Rasheed Wallace, it was Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals. He retired after that game and agreed on a buyout with the Boston Celtics on the final two years of his contract. Now, CSNNE.com has learned from league sources that Wallace is set to return to the [...]
As we know from recent movies that try to make their GM look like some sort of genius even though he’s never won jack, the Oakland A’s are always looking for creative ways to get better. Whether it’s finding sub par hitters who get on base a lot or finding suspended juiceheads who can’t play [...]
We admit that we were pretty shocked when the Oakland Raiders cut CB Stanford Routt after giving him way too much money in the previous offseason, but apparently he’s not going to lose all that much dough. He met with several teams, but ultimately decided to sign with the Chiefs, who gave him starter money. [...]
The Philadelphia Eagles have made tons and tons of moves this offseason, so why should now be any different? As the team prepares for the St. Louis Rams in Week 1, they’ve done some roster shuffling. First and foremost, they’ve sent first-round draft pick Danny Watkins to the bench. He was a mess at right [...]
The Philadelphia Eagles continued their buying bonanza today when they signed former New York Giant WR Steve Smith. It’s a one-year deal as Smith is coming off of microfracture surgery, but it’s clearly an upside move for the Birds. With the signing, however, many have speculated that this is a sign that Jeremy Maclin is [...]
Much of the ballyhoo over the last 12 or so hours has been about the Philadelphia Phillies inexplicably landing stud left-hander Cliff Lee. The New York Yankees had offered him more years and more money, but apparently Cliff was still upset about his wife getting spat upon in the Bronx. Well, the Yankees have struck [...]
And now every single 2010 first-round pick is signed and should be in camp practicing soon. According to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, the Seattle Seahawks have agreed to terms with No. 6-overall pick Russell Okung. “Filed to ESPN: The last one’s basically in – Russell Okung agrees to a 6-yr deal w $30 mill guaranteed, $58 [...]
This makes perfect sense to us. Last year’s top-overall pick in the NFL, Matthew Stafford of the Detroit Lions, got $41.7 million guaranteed when he signed. Well, that mark just got shattered. The St. Louis Rams have agreed to a six-year, $78 million contract with QB Sam Bradford. With – get this – $50 million [...]
This was certainly unexpected. Most people figured that defenseman Sergei Gonchar would be headed to Washington or Pittsburgh. But nope, Gonchar has actually signed a three-year, $16.5 million contract with the Ottawa Senators. The 36-year old Russian was the best offensive defenseman on the market, and now he’ll help out Ottawa on the blue line [...]
After all this waiting and visits with teams, nothing has changed. A league source tells PFT that S Darren Sharper has agreed to stay with the New Orleans Saints on a one-year deal. Sharper had been visiting with the Jacksonville Jaguars and we thought for a while that that is where he would eventually end [...]
The Philadelphia Eagles will have a 2 PM press conference on Monday to announce the signing of restricted free agent WR Jason Avant to a new five-year contract. Avant had a career-high 41 catches for three TD’s in 2009 and has quickly become one of the team’s favorite third-down targets. Avant was a fourth-round pick [...]
The Miami Dolphins have agreed to a five-year deal with former Arizona Cardinal (we’ve been saying that a lot today. Christ, who do they have left on the team?) LB Karlos Dansby, according to Steve Wyche of NFL.com. “Dansby agrees with Dolphins: 5 years, $43 million, $22 gauranteed,” he tweets. Photo Caption: Hopefully, Dansby and [...]
A source tells Steve Wyche of NFL.com that the majority of the deal is in place between former Houston Texan Dunta Robinson and the Atlanta Falcons. He expects a deal to be finalized by the end of the weekend. This would be a good move for the Falcons, who desperately need help in the secondary. [...]
The Chicago Bears have hired former St. Louis Rams head coach Mike Martz to be their offensive coordinator, according to Brad Bigg’s Twitter page. While Martz was low on the list of candidates, the Bears had little choice when even Emanuel Lewis, Rich Kotite, and three different members of Menudo said they weren’t interested. QB [...]
The Oakland A’s have signed free-agent pitcher Ben Sheets to a one-year deal, according to CBSports.com (if you can even trust a random, no-name website like that). The one year is worth $10 million, which isn’t bad for a guy who was out of baseball all last year with an injury. Still, Sheets has a [...]
We aren’t so sure we love this deal. Yes, Matt Holliday is a tremendous hitter, but….seven years and $120 million with a full no-trade clause? That’s right, that’s the deal that the St. Louis Cardinals and Holliday just agreed to. Holliday hit .353 with 13 HR’s and 55 RBI’s in 63 games with the Cardinals [...]
According to Adam Schefter, the Dallas Cowboys will sign former Redskins kicker Shaun Suisham this week. “Filed to ESPN: Cowboys will be signing former Redskins K Shaun Suisham to kick against his former Washington team Sunday night,” he tweets. Oooohhh revenge! A dish that’s best served cold!! We don’t really know what that means in [...]
Denver Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels has dipped back into the New England well and agreed to a deal with former Patriot cornerback Ty Law. He doesn’t have much left in the tank (if anything at all), but will help provide depth to a super-thin secondary. He is flying to Denver and will sign if [...]
The Dallas Cowboys and DeMarcus Ware have agreed on a six-year extension that is worth up to $13 million per year with almost $40 guaranteed, according to Jay Glazer of Foxsports.com. Wow.
According to Sports Illustrated‘s Jon Heyman’s Twitter page, the Cleveland Indians are set to hire former Washington Nationals manager Manny Acta as their skipper. They also interviewed Angels bench coach Ron Roenicke, Dodgers hitting coach Don Mattingly and former Mets manager Bobby Valentine. Clearly, they were impressed by Acta’s 158-252 record as a manager.
The drama has finally come to an end (so we are told). The Boston Bruins have traded disgruntled sniper Phil Kessel to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Curtis Joseph, Tie Domi, first- and second-round draft picks in 2010 and a first-round pick in 2011. Within seconds, the Leafs and Kessel agreed on a [...]
Sources tell ESPN that the Eagles and Jeff Garcia have agreed to a deal. With Donovan McNabb ailing with cracked ribs, Garcia adds some insurance even though the Eagles haven’t ruled out McNabb for Sunday’s game against the Saints. Garcia was recently cut by the Oakland Raiders despite the fact that JaMarcus Russell stinks. In [...]
We admit we don’t understand the NHL salary cap and that’s evidenced by the fact that we don’t understand why a 30-year old guy would get a 12-year contract. Well, Roberto Luongo just got one from the Vancouver Canucks and it’s reportedly worth some $64 million. “I’m very excited,” Luongo said during a conference call. [...]
