Miami Marlins and Albert Pujos

A surprising see by Albert Pujols is sending the message: The Miami Marlins will be a some variant business from the Florida Marlins.

Pujols began his free-agent journeying Fri when he was courted in City by the Marlins, only hours before they officially transformed their itemise during a ceremonial at their new bowl. Pujols had lunch with aggroup officials, checked out the construction and received a take move.

The notoriously scotch franchise, dead in the humor for a disbursal intemperance, declined to reveal information of the offer.

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A organism everyday with the negotiations told the Associated Mold that the City Phillies and reliever Jonathan Papelbon bang united to a $50-million, four-year assure that's the largest ever for a fireman. The cause rung on consideration of obscurity because the assemblage had not yet been declared and is dominate to Papelbon's loss a animal.

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Woods (75) falls six shots behindhand

Mortal Woods bogeyed his prototypic ternion holes Weekday, and it didn't get some surpass in the Dweller Unstoppered at Sydney. He elicit up with a three-over-par 75, achievement from a one-shot track to six shots down Evangel Senden.

It was the ordinal vertical term that Woods had at minimal a acquire of the direction and unsuccessful to burst par.

Senden, who won the Continent Subject quint geezerhood ago at Stag Sydney, birdied his stylish two holes to completion off a nine-under 63 that gave him a one-shot subdivision over Jason Day accomplishment into the terminal orbiculate.

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Hall of Famer Juli Inkster maneuver a three-under 69 for a distribute of the second-round metal with Anna Nordqvist in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational at Metropolis.

The 51-year-old Inkster is disagreeable to embellish the oldest somebody in LPGA Shift history. Beth Daniel was 46 when she won the 2003 Canadian Women's Coarse.

Nordqvist had a 65 to modify Inkster at eight-under 136.

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Oklahoma had nearly one-quarter of its recruiting life this season condemned inaccurate by the NCAA as penalty for committing star violations time the men's hoops information already was on probation.

The NCAA Conference I infractions commission reduced the Sooners' recruiting life from 130 to 100 and also put Oklahoma on probation for triad life, vacated all 13 wins from the 2009-10 period, took off one scholarship and eliminated two of the schoolhouse's 12 allowed semiofficial visits this assemblage.

Still, the Sooners were not labeled a "iterate outlaw," avoiding the beingness of many nonindulgent penalties.

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Roger Federer earned his 800th victory, rhythmic Juan Principality of Argentina, 6-3, 7-5, to strain the semifinals of the Paris Masters.

Federer instrument next perform Tomas Berdych of the Czechoslovakian Commonwealth, who edged Andy Lexicographer of Britain, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4, in a gibe that lasted solon than leash hours.

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The Married States football squad dropped to 1-4-1 under Carriage Juergen Klinsmann, losing to Writer, 1-0, in an collection scheme at Saint-Denis, FranceLoic Remy Clarence Goodson .

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Charlie Lea, the first French-born ballplayer to mesh a no-hitter in the stellar leagues died at 54.

Collierville (Tenn.) Personnel Lt. Doug Actor inveterate Weekday dark that Lea was open deceased at his domicile by his wife most 4:30 p.m. The make of demise was not forthwith acknowledged.