Penguins co-owner Mario Lemieux will get $21 million as part of the team’s settlement of its 1990s bankruptcy, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Friday. Lemieux was owed $32 million in deferred compensation when he retired as a player in 1997. He won’t get additional money on the contract and is believed to be the only unsecured creditor to get less than 100 percent of money owed.
Joe Torre knew they didn’t want him back. Even in those final few moments, as he sat in George Steinbrenner’s office and listened to the New York Yankees’ offer, he hoped there was a way he could stay on as manager. But when the team submitted a one-year contract with a hefty paycut, performance-based bonuses — and no room to negotiate — Torre was insulted and figured he had no choice but to walk…
Suspended defensive tackle Tank Johnson practiced with the Dallas Cowboys for the first time Friday, disappointed commissioner Roger Goodell didn’t shorten his eight-game ban but glad to be back on the field. Johnson was signed by Dallas after getting cut by the Chicago Bears and can’t play in a game until Nov.
Baltimore Ravens middle linebacker Ray Lewis has an injured knee and is one of several key players who could miss Sunday’s game against Buffalo. Lewis will be a game-time decision, coach Brian Billick said Friday. Center Mike Flynn (knee) is listed as questionable. Tight end Todd Heap (hamstring), cornerback Chris McAlister (knee) and tight end Daniel Wilcox (foot) didn’t practice all week and are…
Minnesota Vikings safety Dwight Smith will not play Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys because of a nagging hamstring injury. Smith has been bothered by the sore hamstring for most of the season, but it appears to have worsened this week and he was listed as out on the injury report on Friday. “He has been kind of fighting through it and he and the doctors and the trainers feel like it is just best…
The Thrashers placed goalie Kari Lehtonen on the injured list Friday after he hurt his groin in Atlanta’s first win of the season. The previous night, Lehtonen left a 5-3 victory over the New York Rangers with 8 1/2 minutes left in the first period. The team said he strained his groin, but in a different area than a similar injury that kept him out for more than two months in 2005.
Trey Hillman was hired Friday as manager of the Kansas City Royals, taking over a long-struggling team that hasn’t been to the playoffs since winning the 1985 World Series. Hillman, currently managing the Nippon Ham Fighters in the Japan World Series, spent 13 years managing in the New York Yankees’ minor league system and three times was a manager of the year.
Joe Torre had a hunch it would come to this. And when the New York Yankees offered him a one-year contract with a hefty paycut, performance-based bonuses — and no room to negotiate — he was insulted and figured he had no choice but to walk away. “The fact that somebody is reducing your salary is just telling me they’re not satisfied with what you’re doing,” Torre said Friday at a news conference.
Jhonny Peralta is seeing the ball better when he’s hitting and fielding. All it took was offseason laser eye surgery. While his clear vision has helped his entire game, the Cleveland Indians’ shortstop said it’s really made a difference when he’s trying to pick up breaking balls at the plate. “I didn’t see the breaking ball pitch too well,” Peralta said.
C.C. Sabathia was better, but the Cleveland Indians still didn’t get his best. Sabathia’s second loss in the AL championship series forced the Indians to return to Boston where they’ll have to get a win in front of Fenway Park’s 37,000-plus screaming fans to reach their first World Series in 10 years.
