Foulke Calls It a Career; Mussina, Pavano Make Peace
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Keith Foulke retires Friday just as he was about to begin a two-man competition with Joe Borowski to be Cleveland's closer.
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Harvard officials yesterday took their first public stance on the stormiest season of football coach Tim Murphy's 13-year career. They rewarded him with a five-year contract extension.
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Pavano, who was 18-8 with a 3.00 ERA, is expected to meet with several teams. He has already visited Boston. Texas Rangers: The Rangers met with Todd Walker and plan to meet with Jermaine Day, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports.
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Anthony Mundine&#39;s hopes of another shot at the WBA world super middleweight title have been boosted after he won his first bout since losing the title.
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Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbonâs Irish jig has garnered as much notice as his fastball, which helped him save 37 games with a 1.85 earned run average this season.
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The free agent right-hander Carl Pavano, who will meet with the Yankees soon, spent two hours at Curt Schilling's home in Medfield, Mass., on Thursday.
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Mike Mussina is the resident graybeard in the Yankees locker room. As pitchers and catchers reported to camp Thursday, Mussina, 39, was the first to be asked how Andy Pettitte will deal with the ramifications of telling Congress Roger Clemens used HGH. Pettitte plans to report to camp Monday.
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The closer responsible for the team's run to a World Series title in 2004, Keith Foulke , declined salary arbitration from the Red Sox yesterday, choosing to pursue opportunities closer to his Arizona home.
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The New York Yankees and pitcher Mike Mussina have agreed a two-year contract worth a reported $23 million, the team announced on Monday.
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While the Yankees were quietly celebrating their free agency victory over the Red Sox, snaring New Englander Carl Pavano with a four-year deal in excess of $38 million, no one gloated too long.
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Roberto Maroni, Roberto Castelli and Roberto Calderoli of Italian Northern League Padania leave the Quirinale palace after consulting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano in Rome.Comment
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Tom Glavine is inching closer to 300 wins &#151; and retirement. Needing 10 victories to reach the milestone, the New York Mets' ace sounds as though he plans to call it quits after this season.
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Baseball Righthander Carl Pavano underwent surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow yesterday, likely bringing his unproductive stint with the New York Yankees to an end. Pavano will be sidelined for most -- if not all -- of what remains on the $39.95 million, four-year deal he signed before the 2005 season. He is 5-6 in ...
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ANAHEIM, Calif., (Sports Network) - Free agent starting  pitcher Carl Pavano has chosen to join the New York Yankees and  the two sides were working on finalizing a contract before the  end of the winter meetings.
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The Yankees will have Mike MussinaÂs services for two more seasons, at $23 million, but the Mets are still unsure if Tom Glavine will continue his pursuit of 300 victories in New York or Atlanta.
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Kansas City manager Buddy Bell and his Los Angeles counterpart Mike Scioscia were both eager to turn the page after the Royals swept the Angels in three games. For different reasons, though.
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Mike Mussina pitched seven scoreless innings on Tuesday night. (John Dunn for The New York Times) âI canât say that, because we havenât allowed ourselves the luxury of thinking that,â Joe Torre said. âNot only for him, but for anybody.â Maybe I should have known better than to ask that question before the Yankees have clinched. But [...].