Baseball meetings heat up
Orioles snag Millwood; Tigers deal pair of All-Stars
Indianaoplis ? The winter meetings heated up even more Wednesday, with Milwaukee landing pitchers Randy Wolf and LaTroy Hawkins, Baltimore acquiring Kevin Millwood in a trade with Texas and the Yankees completing the three-team, seven-player swap that brought them All-Star center fielder Curtis Granderson.
New York also re-signed postseason star Andy Pettitte, and Houston reeled in hard-throwing reliever Matt Lindstrom from the Florida Marlins on the next-to-last-day of the four-day annual session.
As always, money overshadowed everything, with some teams prepared to pay for top talent and others set to slice payroll.
“We are making some adjustments, and it’s a business decision,” Detroit Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski said after dealing Granderson to the Yankees and All-Star pitcher Edwin Jackson to the Diamondbacks.
NFL
Eagles extend Reid’s pact
Philadelphia — Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid has signed a three-year contact extension through 2013. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Reid reportedly will earn between $5 and $6 million per season.
Cowboy fined $50K
Irving, Texas — The NFL has docked Cowboys left tackle Flozell Adams $50,000 for shoving New York Giants defensive end Justin Tuck in the back. League spokesman Randall Liu said the fine was for unnecessary roughness, Adams’ fifth such infraction this season.
Texans RB out for season
Houston — Houston Texans running back Steve Slaton is done for the season after being placed on injured reserve Wednesday because of a nerve issue in his neck.
College football
NU’s Suh wins Lombardi
Houston — Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has won the Rotary Lombardi Award as the nation’s top lineman.
CB Franks returning to OU
Norman, Okla. — Oklahoma University Cornerback Dominique Franks said after practice Wednesday that he had submitted paperwork to the NFL to evaluate where he would be drafted, but he plans to play for the Sooners next season no matter what projection he gets back.
UT coach inks new deal
Austin, Texas — Texas coach Mack Brown is a $5 million man, not just this season, but for the life of his contract. With the Longhorns playing for their second BCS national championship in five years, school officials on Wednesday agreed to raise Brown’s annual salary from $3 million to at least $5 million. He’ll also get a $450,000 bonus if Texas (13-0) beats Alabama (13-0) on Jan. 7 in Pasadena, Calif.
Louisville taps UF assistant
Louisville, Ky. — Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Strong is headed to Louisville to be the Cardinals’ coach. Louisville signed him to a five-year contract that will pay him a base salary of $1.6 million a year.
TCU’s Hughes honored
Chicago — Jerry Hughes of unbeaten TCU won the Ted Hendricks defensive end of the year award Wednesday. Hughes anchors the nation’s top-rated defense and had 111/2 sacks this season.
House bill challenges BCS
Washington — The commerce and consumer protection subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday backed legislation that would effectively overturn college football’s Bowl Championship Series.
The new legislation would bar the BCS from referring to its big final game as the national championship, require that all conferences be considered equally in the current ranking system and distribute television revenue equally among all conferences.
Olympics
IOC withholds gold medal
Lausanne, Switzerland — It’s time to rewrite the Olympic record books: There was no gold medal winner in the women’s 100 meters at the 2000 Sydney Games.
The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday reallocated two individual medals stripped from Marion Jones for doping, but in an unprecedented move withheld her 100-meter prize from Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou because of her “disgraceful” behavior in evading drug tests at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
The decision means the first two runners across the line in Sydney both have been denied the winner’s medal for doping violations.