INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indianapolis Colts QB Peyton Manning has a
new long-term deal in time to report to training camp. Colts owner
Jim Irsay says it's a five-year deal for $90 million with $69
million of that paid in the first three years.
WASHINGTON (AP) - It's on to the next step for the NFL and its
players, who are getting closer to a full-fledged collective
bargaining agreement. A person familiar with the negotiations
confirmed to the AP that the NFL Players Association already
re-established itself as a union, a key step to finishing the new
deal.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) -One day after signing a four-year, $22
million deal with Carolina, Cam Newton smiled to the hundreds of
fans who cheered as the Heisman Trophy winner took the field
Saturday for the first time with the Panthers. Carolina is coming
off a 2-14 season and is hoping Newton is the key to the Panthers'
offensive improvement.
NEW YORK (AP) - Resting several stars in the opener of a
day-night doubleheader, the New York Yankees enjoyed watching all
those fill-ins bring home a win as they swept a twinbill from
Baltimore, 8-3 and 17-3. In the nightcap, the Yankees set a
franchise record for runs in the first inning, scoring 12 times as
Nick Swisher homered and drove in three and Robinson Cano
(kuh-NOH') had a pair of RBI singles in the 12-run inning on 10
hits that lasted 40 minutes.
CLEVELAND (AP) - The Cleveland Indians have acquired pitcher
Ubaldo Jimenez (oo-BAHL'-doh hih-MEHN'-ehz), a 19-game winner a
year ago, from the Colorado Rockies to help them make a push for
the playoffs. The trade for three minor leaguers and a player to be
named is contingent on the 2010 All-Star passing a physical.
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