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| The Boston Red Sox could be on the verge of another blockbuster free agent signing. Brad Ziegler Jersey . Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reports the team has agreed to a five-year, $100 million deal with San Francisco Giants free agent third baseman Pablo Sandoval. Sandoval, 28, is fresh off of a third World Series in five seasons with the Giants. The 2012 World Series MVP, the Venezuelan had another impressive postseason this past October in the Giants seven-game win over the Kansas City Royals, batting .429 in the Fall Classic. In three World Series, Sandoval has a .426 average. Thought not as impressive as his playoff numbers, Sandoval, a two-time All-Star, hit .279 with 16 homers and 73 RBI over 157 regular season games in 2014. He also possessed the fifth-best range factor of any NL third baseman per nine innings. There is some confusion over whether or not the deal with the Red Sox is complete. Giants vice-president Bobby Evans told KBNR in San Francisco on Monday morning that he had spoken to Sandovals agent, his brother Michael, and hes vehemently denying the [Red Sox] reports. FOX Sports Ken Rosenthal reports that the San Diego Padres, another suitor of Sandovals, indicate that they have yet to be told that they are out on the player. While it does not happen in every case, its common practice for a free agent to inform potential suitors that he has chosen to sign with another club. If the Red Sox do, in fact, capture Sandoval, he will be the second high-profile free agent headed to Boston. Reports on Monday also have Los Angeles Dodgers free agent shortstop Hanley Ramirez returning to the Red Sox, the team that drafted him, on a five-year, $90 million pact. Paul Goldschmidt Jersey . -- Scottie Wilbekin sat on the bench for the final minute, holding a bag of ice against his left knee. Robbie Ray Jersey . - No matter the lineup or location, the San Antonio Spurs are rolling through the NBA again this spring, just the way they have for most of the last two decades. https://www.cheapdiamondbacksjerseys.us/ .ca MLB Power Rankings, the third consecutive week that the As have held top spot and the third straight week that they have been one ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays.MONTREAL -- Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre welcomes the decision by the Nevada Athletic Commission to ban mixed martial arts fighters from using testosterone replacement therapy. He says so-called TRT is only one problem and he wants to go even further than the ban. "Its about time," St-Pierre told reporters at a promotional event in Montreal on Friday. "I think its a good thing." The commission voted unanimously in Las Vegas on Thursday to quit granting therapeutic use exemptions for fighters undergoing TRT. "Its not the UFC (thats) the problem," said St-Pierre. "I believe its the sport, the system." St-Pierre added he thought the ban is a move in the right direction. "I believe theres a lot more things to do. I believe they need to allow testing too -- testing by an organization that doesnt have any interest in the money surrounding the fight." St-Pierre said the decision by Nevada state regulators is "great for a lot of guys -- good, honest guys will be happy." The decision by the commission that regulates boxing and mixed martial arts in Nevada came several weeks after the Association of Ringside Physicians labelled so-called "unmerited testosterone" a health risk for athletes who practise combat sports. UFC president Dana White said he also supported the Nevada ruling and encouraged all athletic commissions to adopt the ban. "We believe our athletes should compete based on their natural abilities and on an even playing field," he said in a statement. White also said the UFC would honour the ruling in international markets, "where due to a lack of governing bodies, the UFC oversees regulatory efforts for our live events." Several UFC fighters have been granted exemptions in recent years to use testosterone before their bouts, ostensibly for medical reasons. The decision is already having effects on UFC. Vitor Belfort, who usedd TRT, dropped out of his upcoming middleweight title shot against Chris Weidman. Diamondbacks Jerseys 2020. As for his own future in the UFC, St-Pierre wasnt telling reporters much, except to say that hes in the best condition hes ever been in his life. The 32-year-old suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder and did not sleep much for about a decade. "Whats changed is that Im sleeping better," he said. "Before I slept around five hours a night because of stress, but now Im around seven hours and thats made a big difference in my life." St-Pierre said hes living a more healthy lifestyle, the stress is gone and hes happier. He took a break from UFC last December for personal reasons and still hasnt decided whether he will return to the octagon. "I dont know if Im going to stop," St-Pierre said. "I dont know what Im going to do. I need a bit of time to decide what Im going to do." But he hasnt completely ruled out a career in the movies, after getting a small part as the villain Batroc the Leaper in the upcoming "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." "I dont know if Im ready to do that full-time," he said. "I dont know if Im a good actor." St-Pierre said he may have to come on as a bad guy in the ring, but thats whats necessary in his sport. "I dont believe in bad persons," he said. "I believe people are shaped by their genetic environment. "Some people say they look at a serial killer and say hes a bad person. Hes not a worse person than you are because he had been shaped by his genetic and social environment and that makes him what he is -- thats what I believe." The former champ may have hinted at his future Friday as he spent almost an hour coaching a group of 18 enthusiastic amateurs in the finer arts of ultimate fighting. The group included a number of winners of a cross-Canada contest by Bacardi Canada, one of St-Pierres main sponsors. ' ' ' |
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