While New York Yankees officials prepared to gather in Florida to determine the fate of manager Joe Torre, Alex Rodriguez was in California to consult with agent Scott Boras on his negotiating strategy. A-Rod and Boras began talks on Sunday, and the agent said the star third baseman will remain in California for several days.
After reviving his career as a starting pitcher, Joel Pineiro briefly considered testing the free-agent market. He ended up staying in the same place, with the team that gave him another opportunity. Pineiro agreed to a $13 million, two-year contract with St. Louis on Monday after thriving with the Cardinals down the stretch.
Watching the winless St. Louis Rams lose two more games while he nursed two broken ribs was long enough on the sidelines for Marc Bulger. It’ll be months before those injuries heal, but his beat-up team needs him. Bulger said Monday he plans to return to the lineup this week, and coach Scott Linehan said the quarterback would be cleared to play at Seattle.
A future Super Bowl champion may someday be crowned overseas in a game witnessed predominantly by a foreign audience, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said. “There’s a great deal of interest in holding a Super Bowl in London,” Goodell told reporters Monday. “So we’ll be looking at that.” The commissioner said London’s new Wembley Stadium would make a great candidate for pro football’s biggest…
Miami Dolphins quarterback Trent Green said he hopes to play again despite concerns about long-term repercussions from his second severe concussion in 13 months. Speaking on his weekly radio show Monday on WQAM-AM, Green said all test results so far have been normal. He said he has more tests scheduled Tuesday.
After beating the Dallas Cowboys in Sunday’s hyped matchup of unbeaten teams, the New England Patriots are shifting their focus to the opposite kind of opponent– the winless Dolphins. But coach Bill Belichick said motivation won’t be an issue. “The last time we went down there, we got shut out,” Belichick said of last season’s 21-0 loss in Miami.
Now what? The Cincinnati Bengals tried everything to get ready for a game they had to win. The coach scorched them for being selfish, the schedule gave them an extra week to prepare, an inspirational speaker reminded them about pulling together. What did they get for all the bye-week work? A 27-20 loss at Kansas City that left them in their worst rut under coach Marvin Lewis, who is starting to catch…
The Tennessee Titans are hoping quarterback Vince Young is a fast healer. Young had an MRI exam Monday to check out his strained right quadriceps muscle. The results of the test weren’t immediately available, and coach Jeff Fisher said Young would be considered day to day. Tight end Bo Scaife saw the quarterback walking around Monday and thought Young looked like he was fine.
No longer undefeated, the Dallas Cowboys are still confident. Sure, they’re disappointed about missing a chance to prove themselves against one of the NFL’s best and losing a rare meeting of 5-0 teams. Still, the Cowboys expect to see the New England Patriots again this season, when the outcome will mean more than remaining perfect in mid-October.
Kobe Bryant sat out practice for the second straight day Monday because of a sore knee, and said he didn’t know if he’d play in the Los Angeles Lakers’ next exhibition game. The Lakers face the Seattle SuperSonics on Thursday night in Bakersfield — the first of six exhibition games in nine days. Los Angeles coach Phil Jackson said Bryant asked to rest his legs, adding that treatment included ice…
