Free Agency

Lakers paid $129.5 million in salary, luxury taxes for early exit

2013-05-18 18:25:00

The Lakers spent $99.9 million in salary this season for a roster that went 45-37. Additionally, the team will pay $29.6 million in luxury taxes -- a total of $129.5 million to get into the playoffs and suffer a first-round sweep by the San Antonio Spurs....

Ducks start looking ahead after 'unfinished business'

2013-05-14 19:34:00

After the scoreboard bulbs showing a playoff-eliminating loss were turned off at Honda Center on Sunday, more came to light Tuesday as Ducks players were processed through exit interviews. For one, the team was more banged up than advertised down the...

Beyond Chris Paul: Clippers' roster decisions for 2013-14 season

2013-05-04 18:00:00

Though the primary focus for the Clippers will be on re-signing Chris Paul and on whether the team keeps or releases Coach Vinny Del Negro, L.A. has other roster decisions to make as well. The players came in Saturday for their exit interviews with...

There's nothing fishy about the Miami Marlins' implosion

2013-05-10 16:34:00

This weekend's series between the Dodgers and the Miami Marlins matches last-place teams that took wildly divergent routes to the cellar. New Dodgers ownership splurged for a star-studded roster and the highest payroll in baseball — a $230-million...

Dodgers showed some foresight

2013-04-06 15:28:00

By defecting from his superstar agent last week, Robinson Cano made the Dodgers look pretty smart. It's not all about the money, even for the local team that has an apparently endless amount of it. Cano ditched Scott Boras to ally with Jay-Z, the rap...

Sam Farmer's NFL mock draft: Where's USC quarterback Matt Barkley?

2013-04-06 18:13:00

So Manti T'eo goes in the first round, but USC's Matt Barkley doesn't? With less than three weeks to go before the NFL draft, that's a distinct possibility. The Times projects four safeties, two guards and the controversial Notre Dame linebacker to go...

Gary Bettman, Don Fehr to rejoin NHL labor talks

2012-12-06 09:04:00

NEW YORK—NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHL Players’ Assn. Executive Director Donald Fehr were poised to rejoin labor negotiations Thursday after moving aside to let their respective top lieutenants preside over the talks for two days....

Gator bites: UF wins All-Sports Trophy

2013-05-22 04:44:00

Florida capped a record-tying year in athletics by winning the SEC All-Sports Trophy for the 23rd time. The Gators won eight SEC titles - men's basketball, women's cross country, gymnastics, soccer, softball, men's swimming & diving, women's tennis...

Schedule changes could shift 2014 NFL Draft to May

2013-05-20 14:40:13

Commissioner Roger Goodell is supporting widespread change in the NFL offseason calendar, and ongoing discussions with the players association could result in moving next year's draft to May 15. That's the tentative 2014 NFL Draft date around which...

San Jose Mercury News Tim Kawakami column

2013-05-18 04:14:02

The Warriors have earned their optimism fair and fervently this time. So when I asked Stephen Curry on Friday if this franchise has the players to win a championship soon, he didn't need to offer any bit of massaged truth. "I think so -- I mean, we're...

Jacoby Ellsbury struggling

2013-05-18 04:44:02

All along, the assumption was that the anticipation of free agency after this season would inspire Jacoby Ellsbury to once again reach MVP-caliber heights. But take it from two of Ellsbury's Red Sox teammates: It isn't so simple. A year ago, Shane...

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2013-05-17 21:55:17

SATURDAY, MAY 18 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Cincinnati (Arroyo 3-4) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 4-1), 4:05 p.m. Houston (Bedard 0-2) at Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 3-4), 7:05 p.m. MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER: Chicago at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. SENATORS-PENGUINS...

GS: 7 | GP: 13 | Snaps: 694 Season in review: Ellerbe started the season as a reserve, but when Ray Lewis and Jameel McClain suffered major injuries, the former undrafted free agent seized the opportunity.

2013-02-03 00:00:00

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"We think we've got to get better at defensive tackle," Newsome said at the season-ending news conference. "We know that we have one linebacker retiring [in Ray Lewis] and one that's a free agent [in Dannell Ellerbe].

2013-02-03 00:00:00

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That's what the Ravens did the last time they won the Super Bowl, paying to keep popular but overpriced veterans such as Shannon Sharpe, Rod Woodson, Sam Adams, and Tony Siragusa on their roster in 2001 and also splurging on free-agent quarterback Elvis Grbac.

2013-01-25 00:00:00

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