The Colorado Rockies are about to sign Troy Tulowitski to a monster contract, according to ESPN‘s Buster Olney. The shortstop has agreed to a ten-year deal that will be worth a total of $157.75 million. Wow. “He is already under contract for ’11-13. He gets $16 m. in ’14, $20 m a year from 2015-2019. [...]
Charles Rogers should start working out. Maybe there is a chance for him to get back into the league soon as it seems like the New York Giants are signing former bust WR’s. Yesterday, they added 2004 first-round pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Michael Clayton. And now, they’ve claimed 2008 second-round pick Devin Thomas [...]
Remember Michael Clayton? No, not the former Miami Dolphins WR. His name was Mark anyway. Michael Clayton was a first-round draft pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2004 and was actually really good his rookie year. Since then? Yeah, not so much. But good news for him. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, he’ll be [...]
The Philadelphia Phillies got a pretty decent season out of Jose Contreras this year. He was 6-4 with a 3.34 ERA, even if he didn’t always seem to know where the ball was going. The Phillies have rewarded that nice season by re-signing him to a two-year, $5.5 million contract, with a club option for [...]
It’s not just that the Washington Redskins are a bad team. They are just flat-out bizarre at times. Last week against the Detroit Lions, QB Donovan McNabb was benched in favor of Rex Grossman at the two-minute drill. We were then fed about 14 explanations over the following days about why that happened. All explanations [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers will sign anyone who will listen. A few days ago, they gave Claude Giroux a new three-year deal, and now it’s Jeff Carter’s turn. The Flyers just signed Carter to an 11-year, $58 million contract that will keep him in black and orange for 11 years. Here is the breakdown: Carter will [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers took a big step towards securing their future today when they signed Claude Giroux to a three-year, $11.25 million contract extension. Giroux was in the last year of his entry-level contract. Under the terms of the extension, Girous will earn $2.75 million in the first year, $3.5 million in the second and [...]
The New York Mets have interviewed just about every baseball person on the planet as they search for their next general manager and manager. OTR can confirm that Michael Perry was not one of the candidates that was spoken to, but that had nothing to do with a lack of interest on Perry’s part. Now, [...]
When it came about that Mike Miller had a pretty severely busted thumb, the Miami Heat knew they had to do something in order to field a full basketball team. With their payroll pretty much eaten completely by three players, their options were limited. And that is what Jerry Stackhouse is for. He’s 36-years old, [...]
Apparently content with coming up short in the playoffs year after year, the San Jose Sharks have inked Joe Thornton to a three-year contract extension. According to TSN, the deal is worth $21 million. ”Joe stepped up and made a tremendous commitment to this franchise, his teammates and the fans in San Jose,” general manager [...]
You know that fantasy team in your league that waited until the 10th round to draft a quarterback and now they’re hitting the waiver wire every week in hopes of landing someone who can put up 10 points? Maybe their team name is Jacksonville Jaguars and their quarterbacks are David Garrard and Trent Edwards? Well [...]
Well, we guess that San Diego Chargers tackle Marcus McNeill had had enough of sitting out. According to his agent David Canter, McNeill has signed his one-year, $630,000 tender and will return to the team. McNeill won’t be available to play until Week 6, however, because the team placed him on the roster exempt list. [...]
The looming labor uncertainty hasn’t kept many owners from giving certain players big contracts and extensions. That trend continued today when, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Dallas Cowboys agreed to a six-year, $50+ million extension with WR Miles Austin. The total deal is believed to be worth about $57 million, although we don’t know [...]
The Baltimore Ravens and WR T.J. Housmandzadeh have agreed to a one-year, $855,000 contract, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, who also writes for ESPN and talks about football on the ESPN television network. “Ravens reached agreement with former Seahawks wide receiver TJ Houshmandzadeh on a one-year, $855,000 deal. More at espn.com,” Schefter tweets. Ok, Seattle [...]
This is great. Like, exactly what should have been done from the beginning. We are no attorney, contract expert or salary capologist, but even we knew that the rules on these long NHL contract was stupid. So, sources tell TSN that the NHL will approve Ilya Kovalchuk’s 15-year, $100 million front-loaded, BS contract with the [...]
The Arizona Cardinals and DE/DT Darnell Dockett have agreed to a contract extension. According to Mike Jurecki of Xtra 910, it’s a four-year deal for $47-$50 million with $31 million guaranteed. “Dockett deal is worth 47 to 50 million w/ 31 GTD… he got PD!,” he tweets. Yes he did get paid. And he deserves [...]
Former Chicago Blackhawks goalie and Stanley Cup champion Antti Niemi has decided to accept a contract with the San Jose Sharks, a source tells ESPNChicago. It’s a one-year, $2 million deal. This tells us even more about how much it means for an individual to win a championship. People rag on Dan Marino and Jim [...]
While guarantees have still not been finalized and that essentially means that the deal isn’t done, but someone with knowledge of the situation tells the Newark Star-Ledger that the New York Jets and center Nick Mangold have agreed to a seven-year, $55 million contract. One would have to think that Mangold will get more than [...]
The New York Giants have signed former Philadelphia Eagle and rapper extraordinaire Shawn Andrews to a contract that is expected to be largely incentive-based. The two-time Pro Bowler was once considered to be one of the top guards in the league, but a troublesome back and problems with getting his head on straight has curtailed [...]
The Washington Nationals and first-overall pick Bryce Harper have agreed to terms. The 17-year old signed a five-year deal worth $9.9 million, according to Yahoo! Sports’ Tim Brown. “Final on Harper: $9.9 million over five years, $6.25 million as bonus. Plus $500,000 roster bonuses in ’14 and ’15,” Brown tweets. Rotoworld has the breakdown as [...]
The New Orleans Saints didn’t wait long to replace fallen RB Lynell Hamilton, who was lost for the season last week. The Saints just signed former Washington Redskin Ladell Betts to a one-year $755,000 contract plus a $50,000 signing bonus. Many people might jump to the conclusion (like Pat Yasinskas of ESPN.com did) that Betts [...]
This is just yet another reason why people on ESPN outside of Adam Schefter can’t be trusted. John Clayton said a couple days ago that we should all expect to see former Philadelphia Eagles RB Brian Westbrook sign with the St. Louis Rams. Great point, John! That report was so great that Westbrook actually just [...]
At OTR, we usually congratulate ourselves for doing a great job. It happens a lot. We aren’t in the business of congratulating others unless, 1. we somehow benefit, or 2. they did something like threaten their family with a golf club or shove their girlfriend down a flight of stairs. But today, we are willing [...]
The Denver Broncos have been known in the past to carry 27 backs at a time and rotate them. Usually, this irritates the hell out of fantasy football owners and rightfully so. This year, they are getting a crowded backfield because everyone has been so hurt. And because of these injuries, the team has signed [...]
A source tells Adrian Wojnarowski (we hate when he breaks stories. Have to triple check the spelling of his name every time) that the Detroit Pistons have agreed to a one-year deal with veteran swingman Tracy McGrady. “Tracy McGrady has reach agreement on a one year, $1.3 million contract with the Pistons, league sources tell [...]
