Sports Dispatches, Jan. 23
Salesianum will sell tickets for its Friday night home basketball game against St. Mark's in the school bookstore dur...
Sports Dispatches, Jan. 23 Salesianum will sell tickets for its Friday night home basketball game against St. Mark's in the school bookstore dur... Check out this story on delawareonline.com: http://delonline.us/1jCcRRU
WIL Published 11:38 p.m. ET Jan. 22, 2014
St. Mark's-Sals tickets
on sale today, Friday
Salesianum will sell tickets for its Friday night home basketball game against St. Mark's in the school bookstore during school hours on Thursday and Friday. All tickets are $5.
Coetzee leads Qatar Masters by one
DOHA, Qatar – George Coetzee of South Africa needed just 21 putts to shoot an 8-under-par 64 for a one-shot lead on the opening day of the Qatar Masters on Wednesday.
Coetzee eagled the par-5 10th hole and birdied his closing three holes in a round that was just two shots more than his best on the European Tour.
At 7 under were Dawie Van Der Walt, among five South Africans in the top 13, and Steve Webster of England, who began in spectacular manner by holing a 254-yard, 5-wood second shot for an albatross at the 548-yard, par-5 10th.
Yankees, Tanaka agree to $155M, seven-year deal
The New York Yankees and prized Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka agreed Wednesday to a $155 million, seven-year contract.
In addition to the deal with the 25-year-old right-hander, the Yankees must pay a $20 million fee to his Japanese team, the Rakuten Golden Eagles.
After missing the playoffs for just the second time in 19 years, the Yankees went on a free-agent spending spree this offseason, also adding catcher Brian McCann and outfielders Jacoby Ellsbury and Carlos Beltran. The four big deals totaled $438 million.
"We're going to do what we've got to do to win," Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner said. "Anybody that questioned our commitment to winning is going to have to question themselves."
Big league teams had until Friday to reach an agreement with Tanaka, who was 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA last year as the Golden Eagles won the Japan Series title.
His agreement calls for $22 million in each of the first six seasons and $23 million in 2020, and it allows the pitcher to terminate the deal after the 2017 season and become a free agent. He also gets a full no-trade provision.
Former NFL QB Vince Young files for bankruptcy
Former NFL and University of Texas quarterback Vince Young has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
The petition was filed last week in a Houston federal bankruptcy court, listing Young with estimated assets between $500,001 and $1 million and liabilities between $1,001,000 and $10 million. The Houston Chronicle reported no specific details on Young's assets and liabilities were immediately available.
The 30-year-old Young is fighting a pair of lawsuits stemming from a $1.8 million loan obtained in his name during the 2011 NFL lockout.
A court has granted a judgment against Young to Pro Player Funding, a New York company that made the loan.
Pro Player Funding has made several efforts in a Harris County state district court to enforce collection of the judgment, but those efforts remain pending.
WNBA All-Stars
headed to Phoenix
PHOENIX – The WNBA All-Star game will be held in Phoenix this summer for the second time. The game on July 19 will be played at US Airways Center, home of the Phoenix Mercury, and televised by ESPN.
Phoenix also hosted the WNBA All-Star game in 2000.
falls in League Cup
MANCHESTER, England – Manchester United's wretched season has reached a new low after a penalty shootout defeat to Sunderland in a dramatic League Cup semifinal on Wednesday.
Sunderland will play Manchester City in the March 2 final at Wembley Stadium after goalkeeper Vito Mannone saved Rafael da Silva's decisive spot kick to seal a 2-1 victory in the shootout, after the semifinal finished 3-3 on aggregate after 120 minutes.
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