College Football
Carey, Mosley and Sutton repeat as All-Americans
NEW YORK – A tackle-machine linebacker, a tackle-busting running back and one of the most disruptive defensive tackles in the country made return appearances on The Associated Press All-America team.
Alabama linebacker C.J. Mosley, Arizona running back Ka’Deem Carey and Arizona State defensive tackle Will Sutton were selected to the first team for the second consecutive season.
The All-America teams were released Tuesday and selected by a panel of AP college football poll voters.
Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston from Florida State added All-American to his résumé after a spectacular redshirt freshman season. Heisman finalists Andre Williams from Boston College and Northern Illinois’ Jordan Lynch also made the first team. Williams joins Carey in the backfield, and Lynch, the dual-threat quarterback, was chosen as an all-purpose player.
Florida State had six players on the three teams, the most of any school.
MLB
Yankees add $28M to their $250M luxury tax total
NEW YORK – The New York Yankees were hit with a $28-million luxury tax bill, pushing their total past the $250-million mark since the penalty began in 2003.
According to Major League Baseball calculations Thursday, the Los Angeles Dodgers are the only team that exceeded the tax threshold this year and must pay $11.4 million. Boston finished just under the tax threshold for the second consecutive year, coming in $225,666 shy of the $178-million mark.
Figures include average annual values of contracts for players on 40-man rosters, earned bonuses and escalators, adjustments for cash in trades and $10.8 million per team in benefits.
The Yankees finished with the highest regular payroll for the 15th consecutive year, winding up at a record $237,018,889. The Dodgers were just $146,647 behind.
Japanese baseball and MLB reach a new posting deal
NEW YORK – Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball have finalized a new posting system that caps the fee for players at $20 million, a deal that may lead to star pitcher Masahiro Tanaka going on the market.
Under the rules of the three-year agreement announced Monday, a Japanese club may make players available between Nov. 1 and Feb. 1 and may set a price of up to $20 million.
Starting with the day after a player is posted and continuing for 30 days, any big league team willing to pay the fee may attempt to sign the player. A major league team will pay the posting fee only if it signs the player, and the fee then is payable in installments, with the timing dependent on the amount.
A player who is not signed may not be posted again until the following Nov. 1.
Tanaka, a 25-year-old right-hander, went 24-0 with a 1.27 earned-run average during the regular season for the Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan’s Pacific League. Eagles President Yozo Tachibana said at the winter meetings last week that no decision had been made whether to post the player.
World Cup Ski Racing
Marlies Schild beats sister, Bernadette, to win slalom
COURCHEVEL, France – Marlies Schild of Austria joked that her younger sister wouldn’t have received any Christmas presents if she had prevented her from tying the record for World Cup slalom wins Tuesday.
Marlies overcame Bernadette Schild’s leading time from the first run to win her 34th slalom and match the record of Switzerland’s Vreni Schneider from 1986 to 1995.
The 2011 slalom world champion was third after the first run in the morning, but she posted a second run of 53.26 seconds to clinch victory ahead of Frida Hansdotter of Sweden. Bernadette Schild was third overall, and Kathrin Zettel of Austria was fourth.
Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States finished 12th, her worst slalom finish since March, 2012.
Associated Press
