NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees have agreed to the outline of a record $275 million, 10-year contract, a deal that potentially would allow him to earn millions more if he sets the career home run record.
The amount of the guaranteed money was revealed by a person familiar with the negotiations who spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because the deal hasn’t been finalized. A-Rod and his wife met Wednesday in Tampa, Fla., with brothers Hal and Hank Steinbrenner, but the parameters of the agreement were set in place last weekend.
The Yankees still must draft the agreement with Rodriguez’s agent, Scott Boras. Asked whether the only remaining details were putting the deal on paper, Steinbrenner responded, “Pretty much so.”
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IOC will consider leaving Jones’ gold-medal spot vacant
Future record books might show there was no winner of the women’s 100 meters at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. IOC officials said they are considering the unprecedented step of leaving the gold-medal spot vacant after Marion Jones’ confession that she used performance-enhancing drugs.
Although the original second- place finisher normally would be upgraded to the gold, the International Olympic Committee is reluctant to give the medal to Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou because she was caught up in a doping scandal at the 2004 Athens Games.
The IOC ruling could come at the Dec. 10-12 executive board meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland. If not, the next IOC board meeting is in April in Beijing.
Ochoa falters near finish
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Lorena Ochoa was in the lead and hitting her stride at the ADT Championship until a shocking finish to her round. She hit two balls into the water on the 17th hole for a quadruple bogey that sent her tumbling down the leaderboard.
“I was worried I was going to run out of balls,” she said with a laugh.
Christina Kim and Mi Hyun Kim will go in the books as co-leaders after both turned in bogey-free rounds of 5-under-par 67, one shot ahead of Juli Inkster and Paula Creamer. Ochoa wound up with a 70 and was in seventh place.
Emilio MVP of MLS
D.C. United forward Luciano Emilio was honored as MVP of Major League Soccer, capping a season in which he became the first 20-goal scorer in five years.
The Brazilian finished ahead of Juan Pablo Angel of the New York Red Bulls and Cuauhtemoc Blanco of the Chicago Fire in voting by coaches, general managers, players and media.
