LONDON — Arsenal has secured the futures of five key players, with Jack Wilshere, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron Ramsey, and Carl Jenkinson signing new deals.Arsenal has lost a string of top talent in recent years, including Robin van Persie and Cesc Fabregas.But Wednesday's announcement of new long-term contracts for five players comes after Arsenal rose to fifth in the English Premier League by beating Reading 5-2 on Monday following its worst start to a season since Arsene Wenger took charge in 1996."We are delighted that these five young players have all signed new long-term contracts," Wenger said. "The plan is to build a team around a strong basis of young players, in order to get them to develop their talent at the club."Jack is certainly the best known, the leader of this group — but the other four players are exceptional footballers, and we're very happy that we could conclude their new deals at the same time."
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Kyoto signs ex-NBA center Cousin
For the fourth consecutive season, the Kyoto Hannaryz will have a former NBA player on their roster. The bj-league team has finalized a one-year deal with journeyman center Marcus Cousin, it was announced Monday.The 211-cm, 116-kg big man played four games for the Jazz in 2010-11, logging 18 total minutes while under a 10-day contract before being waived in March. His overall statistics: four points, three rebounds, one block, one turnover and one personal foul. Last season, Kyoto coach Honoo Hamaguchi's club, which reached the Final Four for the first time in franchise history, included former Cleveland Cavaliers pivotman Lance Allred. He was named to the Western Conference All-Star team. Coincidentally, the 25-year-old Cousin has been assigned the same jersey number (41) that Allred wore last season.In 2009-10 and 2010-11, guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, the No. 3 pick in the 1990 NBA Draft, played major minutes for the Hannaryz in both seasons, even at age 42 in 2011.Cousin attended Seton Hall from 2004-06 before closing out his college career at Houston in 2009. He was not drafted by an NBA team, but landed a spot on the Houston Rockets' Summer League squad in 2009. He's played professionally in Turkey, Israel, Venezuela and, most recently, the Dominican Republic. He was signed by the San Antonio Spurs in 2010 and played for their NBA Development League affiliate, the Austin Toros, averaging 14.6 points and 8.6 rebounds in 38 games. In 2011, the Houston Rockets assigned him to the D-League's Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Iwakuma signs deal to pitch for Mariners
SEATTLE — Free agent right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma signed an incentive-laced, one-year contract with the Seattle Mariners on Thursday, a year after his attempted move to the majors through the posting system ended in failure.
Golden ticket: Hisashi Iwakuma signed a one-year contract with the Seattle Mariners on Thursday. A former Pacific League MVP, Iwakuma has a 107-69 career record in NPB. KYODOAccording to a source with knowledge of the negotiations, the 30-year-old Iwakuma will receive a base salary of $1.5 million plus performance bonuses that would make the deal worth well over $3.9 million, or ?300 million — the amount he made with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles last season.Iwakuma, who was the Pacific League MVP and won the Sawamura Award after winning 21 games in 2008, was put up for bidding last offseason. The Oakland Athletics won his negotiating rights, but the two parties could not come to terms during the exclusive 30-day negotiating period."I'll do whatever it takes to get results over the next year," Iwakuma said during a conference call. "I accept what they offered, and I'll work for everything.""I felt the Mariners were the team that wanted me most. I went to Seattle, and it seems like a nice place to live."Iwakuma, who was instrumental in Japan winning the 2009 World Baseball Classic, has a career ERA of 3.25 with a 107-69 record in 11 seasons with Rakuten and the Kintetsu Buffaloes.Last year, he went 6-7 and was limited to 119 innings in 17 starts because of an injury to his throwing shoulder, but still posted a solid 2.42 ERA.Iwakuma will join a rotation anchored by Felix Hernandez, Michael Pineda and Jason Vargas, with several young arms competing for a fourth and fifth slot.Iwakuma is the sixth Japanese player the Mariners have signed following Ichiro Suzuki, Kazuhiro Sasaki, Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Mac Suzuki and Kenji Johjima.Seattle, has also invited shortstop Munenori Kawasaki to spring training.NEW YORK — The New York Yankees said Thursday that their negotiations with shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima have ended without a contract."We unfortunately could not come to an agreement with Hiroyuki," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said in a statement issued by the team. "We wish him the best of luck during the upcoming 2012 season."The announcement comes a day before the end of the Yankees' exclusive 30-day negotiating window with Nakajima.Under the rules of the posting system, the Yankees' modest winning bid of $2.5 million will be refunded since no deal was struck and Nakajima will return to the Seibu Lions."It's disappointing we couldn't work something out," Nakajima said. "But I'm grateful to the Lions for posting me and the Yankees for bidding."Nakajima is a four-time Pacific League All-Star with a .302 career batting average over 10 seasons, all with the Lions. He appeared in all 144 regular-season games in 2011, batting .297 with 16 home runs and 100 RBIs.One Pacific Rim, major league scout said Nakajima's chances of signing with the Yankees were likely hurt by the dismal season that Minnesota Twins infielder Tsuyoshi Nishioka had in 2011.
Golden ticket: Hisashi Iwakuma signed a one-year contract with the Seattle Mariners on Thursday. A former Pacific League MVP, Iwakuma has a 107-69 career record in NPB. KYODOAccording to a source with knowledge of the negotiations, the 30-year-old Iwakuma will receive a base salary of $1.5 million plus performance bonuses that would make the deal worth well over $3.9 million, or ?300 million — the amount he made with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles last season.Iwakuma, who was the Pacific League MVP and won the Sawamura Award after winning 21 games in 2008, was put up for bidding last offseason. The Oakland Athletics won his negotiating rights, but the two parties could not come to terms during the exclusive 30-day negotiating period."I'll do whatever it takes to get results over the next year," Iwakuma said during a conference call. "I accept what they offered, and I'll work for everything.""I felt the Mariners were the team that wanted me most. I went to Seattle, and it seems like a nice place to live."Iwakuma, who was instrumental in Japan winning the 2009 World Baseball Classic, has a career ERA of 3.25 with a 107-69 record in 11 seasons with Rakuten and the Kintetsu Buffaloes.Last year, he went 6-7 and was limited to 119 innings in 17 starts because of an injury to his throwing shoulder, but still posted a solid 2.42 ERA.Iwakuma will join a rotation anchored by Felix Hernandez, Michael Pineda and Jason Vargas, with several young arms competing for a fourth and fifth slot.Iwakuma is the sixth Japanese player the Mariners have signed following Ichiro Suzuki, Kazuhiro Sasaki, Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Mac Suzuki and Kenji Johjima.Seattle, has also invited shortstop Munenori Kawasaki to spring training.NEW YORK — The New York Yankees said Thursday that their negotiations with shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima have ended without a contract."We unfortunately could not come to an agreement with Hiroyuki," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said in a statement issued by the team. "We wish him the best of luck during the upcoming 2012 season."The announcement comes a day before the end of the Yankees' exclusive 30-day negotiating window with Nakajima.Under the rules of the posting system, the Yankees' modest winning bid of $2.5 million will be refunded since no deal was struck and Nakajima will return to the Seibu Lions."It's disappointing we couldn't work something out," Nakajima said. "But I'm grateful to the Lions for posting me and the Yankees for bidding."Nakajima is a four-time Pacific League All-Star with a .302 career batting average over 10 seasons, all with the Lions. He appeared in all 144 regular-season games in 2011, batting .297 with 16 home runs and 100 RBIs.One Pacific Rim, major league scout said Nakajima's chances of signing with the Yankees were likely hurt by the dismal season that Minnesota Twins infielder Tsuyoshi Nishioka had in 2011.
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