Report: White Sox Signs Encarnacion

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Since we are in the mist of the holidays, I just have a few news items for you today.

MLB

The Chicago White Sox has reportedly signed Edwin Encarnacion to a one-year, $12 million contract.

Edwin Encarnacion

NHL

Chicago Blackhawk's Brent Seabrook and Calvin de Haan are out for the rest of the season with serious shoulder injuries.

NBA

The Denver Nuggets have signed head coach, Michael Malone to a contract extension that runs through until the 2022-23 season.

Lynch Signs With Seahawks

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Transactions continue in baseball, but first, football.

NFL

The Seattle Seahawks have signed Marshawn Lynch.  Terms of the contract were not disclosed.

Marshawn Lynch

Also, Chris Carson is reportedly out for the season with a fractured hip.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have reportedly place Mason Rudolph, ending his season.

MLB

The Arizona Diamondbacks have reportedly signed Kole Cahoun to a two-year, $16 million contract.

The Cleveland Indians have reportedly signed Cesar Hernandez to a one-year, $6.25 million contract.

The Kansas City Royals have acquired Chance Adams from the New York Yankees for Christian Perez.

The Toronto Blue Jays have signed Hyun-Jin Ryu to a four-year, $80 million contract.

Hyun-Jin Ryu

The San Diego Padres have reportedly signed Pierce Johnson to a two-year, $5 million contract.

NBA

The Cleveland Cavaliers have  reportedly traded Jordan Clarkson to the Utah Jazz for Dante Exum and two future second-round draft picks.

Washington Wizard's Isaiah Thomas has been suspended for two games for entering the stands on Saturday in a game against the Philadelphia 76ers.

Blue Jays Sign Shaw

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Today, I just have two baseball headlines.

MLB

The Toronto Blue Jays have signed Travis Shaw to a one-year, $4 million contract.

Travis Shaw

The Chicago White sox has reportedly signed Dallas Keuchel to a three-year, $55.5 million contract.

Eichel Day-To-Day, Backstrom Records 900th Point

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Today, I got quite a bit of sports news to get to.

Here We Go!

NHL

Buffalo Sabre's Jack Eichel is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.

Jack Eichel

Washington Capital's Nicklas Backstrom recorded his 900th career point in a 6-3 win over the New Jersey Devils.

Nicklas Backstrom Joins the 900 point club.

Minnesota Wild's Jason Zucker is out for four to six weeks after having surgery to repair a fractured right fibula.

Jason Zucker

Arizona Coyote's Darcy Kuemper is week-to week with a lower-body injury.

MLB

Ian Kinsler has retired after playing 14 seasons.

Ian Kinsler retires after 14 seasons.

In other baseball news, the Houston Astros have reportedly signed Martin Maldonado to a two-year, $7 million contract.

The Chicago White Sox has signed Gio Gonzalez to a one-year, $5 million contract.

The Detroit Tigers have reportedly signed Jonathan Schoop, C..J. Cron to one-year, $6.1 million contracts.

The Chicago Cubs have reportedly signed Ryan Tepara.

The Los Angeles Angels have reportedly signed Julio Teheran to a one-year, $9 million contract.

NFL

Finally, Darren Sproles has decided to retire after playing for 15 years. 

Terrible News For Raptors As Three Players Are Down With Injuries.

Hello sports fans.

I just have two news items today, however, there is really bad news for the Toronto Raptors.

NBA 

Pascal Siakam, Marc Gasol, and Norman Powell are all out indefinitely.

Siakam has a groin injury, Gasol has a hamstring injury, and Powell injured his left shoulder.

 Pascal Siakam

Marc Gasol

Norman Powell.

NHL

Ottawa Senator's Anders Nilsson has a concussion and is going on injured reserve.

Milwaukee Signs Two Ex Jays

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Today, I have news in all four major sports leagues.

MLB

The Milwaukee Brewers have reportedly signed Justin Smoak to a one-year, $5 million contract.

Justin Smoak

The Brewers also reportedly signed Eric Sogard to a one-year, $4.5 million contract.

The St. Louis Cardinals have signed Kwang Hyun Kim to a two-year, $8 million contract.

NHL

The Winnipeg Jets have claimed Eric Comrie off waivers.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have recalled Martin Marincin and Adam Brooks.

Ottawa Senator's Nikita Zaitsev is out two to four weeks after sustaining an injury by blocking a shot.

The Tampa Bay Lightning has assigned Mathieu Joseph to the American Hockey League's Syracuse Crunch.

Calgary Flame's forward, Austin Czarnik, has cleared waivers.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed Andrew Peeke on injured reserve with a broken finger and recalled Gabriel Carlson.

NBA

The Toronto Raptors have recalled Dewan Hernandez from G League.

Minnesota Timberwolve's Karl-Anthony Towns is day-to-day with a left knee injury.

NFL

The Oakland Raiders have placed Trent Brown on injured reserve, ending his season.

Finally, the Chicago Bears have placed Danny Trevathan on injured reserve with a left elbow injury. 

Malkin Scores 400th Goal

Hello sports fans.

A NHLer reached a milestone last night.

NHL

Pittsburgh Penguin's Evgeni Malkin scored his 400th career goal last night in a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames.

Evgeni Malkin scores number 400.

I have some sad news.

Former Hartford Whaler, Scot Kleinendorst has passed away as a result of a industrial accident.  He was 59.

MLB

The Toronto Blue Jays have signed two players.

The Jays have signed Shun Yamaguchi to a two-year contract worth just over $60 million.

Toronto also signed Tanner Roark to a two-year, $24 million contract.

The Miami Marlins have signed Matt Kemp to a minor league contract.

NFL

The Tennessee Titans have placed Ryan Succop on injured reserve and signed Greg Joseph.

The New Orleans Saints have claimed Janoris Jenkins off waivers.

The Miami Dolphins have placed Raekwon McMillan on injured reserve with a hamstring injury.

Hall Goes To The Desert

Hello sports fans.

There was a huge trade in the NHL yesterday.

NHL

The New Jersey Devils have traded Taylor Hall, Blake Spears to the Arizona Coyotes for a 2020 top three protected first-round pick, a 2020 conditional third-round pick, prospects Kevin Bahl, Nick Merkley, and Nate Scharr.

Taylor Hall

Ilya Kovachuk has cleared waivers.

Philadelphia Flyer's Joel Farabee has been suspended for three game for interference against Winnipeg Jet's Mathieu Perrealt.

MLB

The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed Luke Maile to a one-year contract.

The Minnesota Twins have reportedly signed Sergio Romo to a one-year contract.

The Milwaukee Brewers have signed Avisail Garcia to a two-year, $20 million contract.

The Houston Astros have signed Joe smith to a two-year $8 million contract.

The Cincinnati Reds have reportedly signed Wade Miley to a two-year, $15 million contract.

NFL

The New York Giants have placed Evan Engram on injured reserve, ending his season.

Atlanta Falcon's Takk McKinley is out for the rest of the season with a shoulder injury.

Texas Rangers Makes Big Trade

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Today, I have MLB and NHL news for you.

MLB

The Texas Rangers have made a huge trade with the Cleveland Indians.

Texas has acquired Corey Kluba in exchange for Delino DeShields and Emmanuel Chase.

(Above) Corey Kluber, (below), Delino DeShields.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have reportedly signed Madison Bumgarner to a five-year, $85 million contract.

NHL

Vegas Golden Knight's Max Pacioretty, Ottawa Senator's Anthony Duclair, and Buffalo Sabre's Jack Eichel were named the Three Stars Of The Week.

Jack Eichel

The Los Angeles Kings have placed Ilya Kovachuk on unconditional waivers.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have recalled Timothy Lilegren and Martin Maricin.

The Ottawa Senators have recalled J.C. Beaudin and Erik Brannstrom.

The Vancouver Canucks have placed Sven Baeischi on waivers.

Miami Signs Parker To Huge Deal

Hello sports fans.

Here is another edition of Sports News And Notes.

NFL

The Miami Dolphins have signed DeVante Parker to a four-year contract, possibly worth $40 million.

DeVante Parker

The Detroit Lions have placed Jarrad Davis and Joe Dahl on injured reserve.

NHL

The Montreal Canadiens have recalled Charlie Lindgren and assigned Cayden Primeau to the American Hockey League's Laval Rocket.

Montreal also has recalled Ryan Poehling.

The Ottawa Senators have recalled Andreas Englund.

MLB

The Texas Rangers have signed Jordan Lyles to a two-year, $16 million contract.

Sharks Name Interim CoachMLB

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Today, I've got NHL, NFL, MLB news.

NHL

The San Jose Sharks have named Bob Boughner as their interim head coach.

Bob Boughner

The Calgary Flames have assigned Matthew Phillips to the American Hockey League's, (AHL), Stockton Heat.

The Vancouver Canucks have recalled Guillaume Brisebois and assigned Jalen Chatfield to the AHL's Utica Comets.

The Pittsburgh Penguins have reassigned Joseph Blandisi to the AHL's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

The St. Louis Blues have assigned Austin Poganski to the AHL's San Antonio Rampage.

The Detroit Red Wings have recalled Madison Bowey.

The Arizona Coyotes have recalled Brayden Burke.

The Minnesota Wild has reassigned Gerold Mayhew to the AHL's Iowa Wild.

NFL

The New York Giants have placed Janoris Jenkins on waivers.

The Arizona Cardinals have released Terrell Suggs.

MLB

The New York Mets have signed Michael Wacha to a one-year, $3 million contract.

The Boston Red Sox has reportedly signed Martin Perez.

Gardner Re-signs With Yankees, Sharks Fire Coach

Hello sports fans.

The transaction frenzy continues in MLB and there was another coach fired in the NHL.

MLB

The New York Yankees have signed Brett Gardner to a one-year, 12.5 million contract.

Brett Gardner

There was another huge signing in baseball.

The Los Angeles Angels have signed Anthony Rendon to a seven-year, $245 million contract.

The Milwaukee Brewers have reportedly signed Josh Lindblom to a three-year, $9.125 million contract.

The New York Mets have reportedly signed Rick Porcello to a one-year contract.

The Toronto Blue Jays have signed Tanner Roark to a one-year, $24 million contract.

The Colorado Rockies have signed Scott Oberg to a three-year, $13 million contract.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have reportedly signed Blake Treinen to a one-year, $10 million contract.

NHL

(Center) Peter DeBoer

The San Jose Sharks have fired their head coach, Peter DeBoer.

The injury bug continues to plaque the Montreal Canadiens.

Michael Peca is out six weeks with a knee injury.

The Detroit Red Wings have recalled Dylan Mcilrath.

The Pittsburgh Penguins have recalled Joseph Blandisi.

The Chicago Blackhawks have placed Calvin de Haan on injured reserve.

The Vancouver Canucks have recalled Michael Dipietro.

NBA

Finally, the Brooklyn Nets have placed Iman Shumpert on waivers. 

Tkachuk Day-To-Day

Hello sports fans.

Today's entry is short.

NHL

Calgary Flame's Matthew Tkachuk is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.

Matthew Tkachuk is day-to-day.

The Montreal Canadiens have placed Jesperi Kotkaniemi on injured reserve with an upper-body injury.

The Detroit Red Wings have reassigned Filip Zadina to the American Hockey League's Grand Rapids Griffins.

The Philadelphia Flyers have recalled David Kase.

MLB

The New York Yankees have reportedly signed Gerrit Cole to a nine-year, $324 million contract.

Report: Gregorius Is A Philie

Hello sports fans.

I have injury news from the NFL, but first, baseball.

MLB

The Philadelphia Phillies have reportedly signed Didi Gregorius.

Did Gregorius

The San Francisco Giants have signed Kevin Gausman to a one-year contract

The Giants also acquired Zack Cozart and Will Wilson from the Los Angeles Angels for a player to be named later or cash.

NFL

The Washington Redskins have placed Derrius Guice on injured reserve.

The Detroit Lions have placed Marvin Jones on injured reserve with an ankle injury.

The Arizona Cardinals have placed Rodney Gunter on injured reserved with a toe injury and re-signed Carun Ried.

Atlanta Falcon's Calvin Ridley's and Desmond Trufant's season are done.

Ridley has a abdominal injury and Trufant has a broken forearm.

Chicago Bear's Roquan Smith is also done for the season.

Smith has a torn pectoral muscle.

NHL

Finally, the Dallas Stars have fired head coach, Jim Montgomery.

Konecny Out Indefinitely With Concussion

Hello sports fans.

Hope you all had a good weekend.

NHL

The Philadelphia Flyers won't have their best player for a while.

Travis Konecny is out indefinitely with a concussion.

Travis Konecny is out indefinitely.

Colorado Avalanche's Cale Makar is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.

Also, Philipp Grubauer is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.

Philipp Grubauer.

The Ottawa Senators have placed Craig Anderson on injured reserve and is going to miss a minimum of a week.

Washington Capital's John Carlson, Pittsburgh Penguin's Tristan Jarry, and Buffalo Sabre's Jack Eichel were named the Three Stars Of The Week.

MLB

There was another big signing in baseball if the reports are true.

The Washington Nationals have reportedly signed Stephen Strasburg to a seven-year $245 million contract.

Stephen Strasburg.

NFL

The Dallas Cowboys have placed Brett Maher on waivers.

Indianapolis Colt's Adam Vinatieri is reportedly undergoing season-ending knee surgery and is being placed on injured reserve.

More Transactions In Baseball

Hello sports fans.

I'm back today with a load of baseball news.

MLB

Tommy Pham is now a Padre.

The San Diego Padres have acquired Tommy Pham, Jake Cronenworth from the Tampa Bay Rays for minor leaguer, Xavier Edwards, and a player to be named later.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have reportedly signed Junior Guerra to a one-year, $2.65 million contract.

The Kansas City Royals have reportedly signed Trevor Rosenthal to a $2 million contract.

The Chicago White Sox has claimed Tayron Guerrero off waivers.

The Chicago Cubs have signed Dan Winkle to a one-year, $750,000 contract.

The New York Mets have re-signed Brad Brach to a one-year, $850,000 contract.

The Minnesota Twins have reportedly signed Alex Avila to as one-year, $4.25 million contract.

The Twins also reportedly signed Michael Pineda to a two-year, $20 million contract.

The Texas Rangers have signed Kyle Gibson to a three-year $28 million contract.

NHL

Anaheim Duck's Nick Ritchie is out for six-10 weeks with a MCL. sprain.

The Montreal Canadiens have assigned Charles Hudon to the American Hockey League's, (AHL), Laval Rocket.

The Habs. also have placed David Sklenicka on unconditional waivers.

The Chicago Blackhawks have placed Duncan Keith and Andrew Shaw on injured reserve.

Keith has a groin injury and Shaw is out with a concussion.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have placed Andreas Johnsson on injured reserve with a leg injury.

The Vancouver Canucks have assigned Nikolay Goldobin to the AHL's Utica Comets.

The Detroit Red Wings have recalled Filip Zadina.

The Ottawa Senators have recalled Jonathan Davidsson.

The Florida Panthers have recalled Aleksi Saarela.

The New York Rangers have assigned Boo Nieves to the AHL's Hartford Wolfpack.

NFL

The Atlanta Falcons have placed Matt Bosher on injured reserve with a groin injury.

Finally, the Carolina Panthers have signed Shaq Thompson to a four-year contract extension. 

More Transactions In Baseball

Hello sports fans.

Transactions continue to take place in baseball, but first, the NHL.

NHL

The Ottawa Senators have sent Erik Brannstrom and Marcus Hogberg to the American Hockey League's (AHL.), Belleville Senators.

The Tampa Bay Lightning has recalled Cory Conacher.

The Minnesota Wild has recalled Brennan Menell.

The Colorado Avalanche has assigned Logan O'Connor to the AHL's Colorado Eagles.

The Winnipeg Jets have claimed Nick Shore off waivers.

MLB

The Milwaukee Brewers have acquired Omar Narvaez from the Seattle Mariners for minor league pitcher, Adam Hills and a compensation round pick for the 2020 draft.

The New York Mets have reportedly acquired Jake Marisnick from the Houston Astros for Blake Taylor and Kenedy Corona.

NFL

The Jacksonville Jaguars have placed Myles Jack on injured reserve with a knee injury ending his season.

Report: Phillies Sign Wheeler

Hello sports fans.

I have quite a bit of NHL news today.

First, I've got a huge signing in baseball.

MLB

It has been reported that the Philadelphia Phillies have signed Zack Wheeler to a huge five-year, $118 million contract.

Zack Wheeler

The Baltimore Orioles have reportedly traded Dylan Bundy to the Los Angeles Angels for Triple-A reliever, Isaac Mattson.

The Atlanta Braves have signed Cole Hamels to a one-year, $18 million contract.

The Boston Red Sox has signed Marco Hernandez and Josh Osich to one-year contracts.

The San Francisco Giants have signed Tyler Anderson to a one-year contract.

NHL

The Edmonton Oilers have recalled Colby Cave and Mikko Koskinen.

The Montreal Canadiens have assigned Gustav Olofsson to the American Hockey League's, (AHL.), Laval Rocket and recalled Otto Leskinen.

The Calgary Flames have assigned Austin Czarnik to the AHL's Stockton Heat.

The Winnipeg Jets have assigned Michael Spacek to the AHL's Manitoba Moose.

Philadelphia Flyer's Michael Raffi is going to miss two weeks with a broken finger.

As a result, the Flyers have recalled Mikhail Vorobyev.

The Buffalo Sabres have assigned Jean-Sebastian Dea to the AHL's Rochester Americans.

The San Jose Sharks have recalled Lean Bergmann and placed Antti Suomela on injured reserve with an upper-body injury.

Minnesota Wild's Jarred Spurgeon is probably going to miss two weeks with an upper-body injury.

Also Mikko Koivu is listed day-to-day with a lower-body injury.

NFL

Finally, the Denver Broncos have placed Derek Wolfe on injured reserve with a dislocated shoulder.

Stajan Retires, Rivera Gets Fired

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I've got quite a bit to get to today.

Here we go.

NHL

Former Toronto Maple Leaf's player, Matt Stajan announced his retirement today.

In the 14 seasons he'd played in the NHL, Stajan had 413 points.

Matt Stajan

Sticking with Toronto, the team has placed Nick Shore on waivers.

The Leafs also recalled Martin Marincin.

Winnipeg Jet's Dmitry Kulikov is out until the All-Star break with an upper-body injury.

Keith Kinkaid has cleared waivers.

Keith Kinkaid

The Anaheim Ducks have recalled Maxime Comtois, Josh Mahura, and sent Max Jones to the American Hockey League's San Diego Gulls.

The Vegas Golden Knights have acquired Chandler Stephenson from the Washington Capitals for a 2021 fifth-round draft pick.

MLB

The Oakland Athletics have signed Jake Diekman to a two-year, $7.5 million contract.

The Cincinnati Reds have reportedly signed Mike Moustakas to a four-year, $64 million contract.

The Toronto Blue Jays have signed Anthony Bass to a one-year $1.5 million contract.

The Kansas City Royals have signed Martin Maldonado to a $3.1 million contract.

The Baltimore Orioles have traded Jonathan Villa to the Miami Marlins for minor league pitcher, Easton Lucas.

Also, Miami has claimed Jesus Aguilar off waivers.

The Chicago White Sox has signed James McCann to a one-year, $5.4 million contract.

The San Francisco Giants have signed Alex Dickerson, Wandy Peralta, and Donovan Solano to one-year contracts.

NFL

The Carolina Panthers have fired head coach, Ron Rivera.

Ron Rivera gets fired.

Miami Dolphins have placed Kalen Ballage on injured reserve with a left leg injury.

The Los Angeles Rams have placed Jo Jo Natson on injured reserve with a hamstring injury.

The Tennessee Titans have claimed Tramaine Brock off waivers.

NBA

Finally, Memphis Grizzlie's Brandon Clarke is week-to-week with a left oblique injury. 

Struggling Canadiens Place Kinkaid On Waivers

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Today, I have NHL news and MLB news.

NHL

The struggling Montreal Canadiens have placed Keith Kinkaid on waivers.

Keith Kinkaid placed on waivers.

There's more bad news for Montreal.

Victor Mete is going to miss a minimum of two weeks with an ankle injury.

 MLB

The San Diego Padres have reportedly acquired Jurickson Profar from the Oakland Athletics.

The Boston Red Sox has traded Sandy Leon to the Cleveland Indians for minor league pitcher Adenys Bautista.

Oiler's Smith Day-To-Day, Eakin Week-To-Week

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I just have NHL news today.

NHL

Edmonton Oiler's goaltender, Mike Smith, is day-to-day with leg injury.

Mike Smith

Vegas Golden Knight's Cody Eakin is week-to-week with an upper-body injury.

Cody Eakin

Pittsburgh Penguin's Brian Dumoulin is out for approximately eight weeks after undergoing surgery on his left ankle.

The Detroit Red Wings have recalled Jonathan Ericsson and assigned Calvin Pickard to the American Hockey League's, (AHL), Grand Rapids Griffins.

The Calgary Flames have assigned Alexander Yeltsin to the AHL's Stockton Heat.