PBR - The Phillies signed first baseman Ryan Howard to a five-year contract extension Monday, the team said in a release.

The deal guarantees Howard $125 million over five years and could reach $138 million in six years, according to the Phillies. The contract could keep Howard with the Phillies through 2017.

The extension will pay Howard $20 million in each of 2012 and 2013 and $25 per season from 2014 through 2016. The club option is worth $23 million with a $10 million buyout.

The extension also has a limited no-trade provision.

Howard, 30, is hitting .275 with three home runs and 16 RBI for the Phillies. He’s won the Rookie of the Year and NL MVP awards during his career. He’s a two-time All-Star.

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PBR - The Phillies signed first baseman Ryan Howard to a five-year contract extension Monday, the team said in a release.

The deal guarantees Howard $125 million over five years and could reach $138 million in six years, according to the Phillies. The contract could keep Howard with the Phillies through 2017.

The extension will pay Howard $20 million in each of 2012 and 2013 and $25 per season from 2014 through 2016. The club option is worth $23 million with a $10 million buyout.

The extension also has a limited no-trade provision.

Howard, 30, is hitting .275 with three home runs and 16 RBI for the Phillies. He’s won the Rookie of the Year and NL MVP awards during his career. He’s a two-time All-Star.

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An emotional Tiger Woods apologised for his “irresponsible and selfish behavior” Friday as the golf superstar broke his silence on the sex scandal that engulfed him last year.
In a brutally honest self-assessment which was broadcast live across every major network in the United States, the 34-year-old confirmed he had been in rehab for 45 days where he was reportedly seeking treatment for sex addiction.
Repeatedly apologizing to family, friends and fans, Woods gave no clue as to when he might return to professional golf, saying only that it would be “one day” and that it might possibly be this year.
“I want to say to each of you simply and directly: I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior I engaged in,” Woods told a hand-picked audience of friends and journalists at the USPGA Tour Headquarters.
“For all that I have done, I am so sorry. I have a lot to atone for.”
Woods squeaky clean image was left in tatters last year after a mysterious late-night car crash outside his home in Florida was followed by a string of lurid revelations about his personal life.
More than a dozen women were linked to the billionaire sports star in the weeks following the car crash. Woods later admitted “transgressions” in his private life and had not been in public until this week.
On Friday he emerged before a spellbound nation to apologize and admit that he had been in a rehabilitation center for 45 days and that he would return to therapy following his statement.
“It’s hard to admit that I need help, but I do,” Woods said. “For 45 days from the end of December to early February I was in inpatient therapy receiving guidance for the issues I’m facing,” Woods said. “I have a long way to go. But I’ve taken my first steps in the right direction.”
Woods said that during a sporting career which had seen him elevated to iconic status, and on course to b! ecome th e most successful golfer in history, he had begun to feel that “the normal rules don’t apply.”
“The issue involved here was my repeated irresponsible behavior. I was unfaithful. I had affairs. I cheated,” Woods said.
“I stopped living by the core values that I was taught to believe in. I knew my actions were wrong, but I convinced myself that normal rules didn’t apply.
“I never thought about who I was hurting. Instead, I thought only about myself. I ran straight through the boundaries that a married couple should live by. I thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to.
“I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled.
“Thanks to money and fame, I didn’t have far — I didn’t have to go far to find them. I was wrong, I was foolish. I don’t get to play by different rules.
“The same boundaries that apply to everyone, apply to me. I brought this shame on myself. I hurt my wife, my kids, my mother, my wife’s family, my friends, my foundation and kids all around the world who admired me.
“I’ve had a lot of time to think about what I’ve done. My failures have made me look at myself in a way i never wanted to before. It’s now up to me to make amends. And that starts by never repeating the mistakes I’ve made.”
Woods used the occasion to scotch reports that his wife Elin physically attacked him during the incident on November 27 which triggered the scandal.
“Some people have speculated that Elin somehow hurt or attacked me on Thanksgiving night,” Woods said. “It angers me that people would fabricate a story like that. Elin never hit me that night or any other night.
“There has never been an episode of domestic violence in our marriage, ever. Elin has shown enormous grace and poise throughout this ordeal. Elin deserves praise, not blame.
Woods also kept fans guessing about when he may return to the sport following his self-imposed exile.
“I do plan to return to golf one day. I just don’t know when that day will be,” Woods said. “I don’t rule out that it will be this year. When I do return, I need to make my behavior more respectful of the game.
“Finally, there are many people in this room and there are many people at home who believed in me. Today I want to ask for your help. I ask you to find room in your heart and to one day believe in me again. Thank you.”
Immediately after the statement, Woods stepped from the podium to embrace his mother Kultilda, sitting in the front row.

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Apparently, the only dude who still thinks so is none other than Shaquille O’Neal himself.

With the 2010 NBA basketball season closing in on its final stretch for the postseason, the last thing you want is a seven-foot, 300-pound monster like Shaquille O’Neal after you. Well, Dwight Howard got Shaq’s attention, all thanks to this stupid little nickname that lets the rest of the league call you Superman.

You read it, Shaquille O’Neal hates the fact that the rest of the league has been calling Dwight Howard ”Superman.” Shaq feels Howard stole the moniker from him and he still feels he should be the only guy who can carry the name even at this point of his career.

Shaq made his displeasure towards Howard and his new nickname public after his Cleveland Cavaliers beat Howard’s Orlando Magic just before the All-Star break. Shaq even remarked, ”Superman my ass,” after the game, clearly trying to instigate something with Orlando’s big man.

Shaq hates Howard so much that the Cleveland Cavaliers haven’t lost a game to the Orlando Magic this season. There’s something about playing against Howard that brings the best out of Shaquille O’Neal. Shaq claims he finds it offensive every time people compare him to Howard. After beating Orlando again a few days ago, Shaq remarked, ”You tell me who the real Superman is.”

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Following days of speculations and rumors surrounding T.J. Cloutier’s 2005 WSOP Bracelet auction on eBay, Cake Poker has announced that they have purchased the item and that they’re now planning to return it its rightful owner.

Players and poker fans have speculated  why Cloutier, who has 6 World Series of Poker titles and almost $10 million in career earnings, pawned off his 2005 $5,000 No Limit Hold ‘em WSOP bracelet, raising questions about gambling debts and possible money problems.

The bracelet was auctioned a few days ago by Plano Pawn Shop for a little over $4000. The auction closed on Sunday on eBay and the item is currently on its way to its new owner. According to a message posted on CakePoker Blog on Wednesday night, Cake Poker Team will hold the bracelet for a couple of days before handing it back to Cloutier.

“As much as we would love to have a WSOP bracelet, or even award it to one of our cherished poker players, we can’t, in good conscience, keep it from the man who rightfully won it; which is why we’ve decided to return it to TJ Cloutier… just as soon as we’re done having some fun with it…there will be no sacrilegious treatment of the artifact.” states the blog post.

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