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DETROIT -- Jim Leyland insisted throughout the latter part of the season that there would be a time and a place to discuss his managing future. That moment came Tuesday -- when the Detroit Tigers announced Leyland would be back in 2013 with a one-year contract extension. "I really dont know why this is such a shock to everybody, because we told everybody that we werent going to talk about this until after the season," Leyland said. "Its not even 48 hours and its done.

NEWARK, N. Cheap Jerseys .J. -- Scott Stevens, a longtime New Jersey captain and defenceman, was named an assistant coach by the Devils on Tuesday. Stevens, who was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2007, was the first player to have his jersey retired by the Devils. His No. 4 hangs from the rafters at the Prudential Center, next to Scott Niedermayer (No. 27) and Ken Daneyko (No.

The Yankees and Mariners made a trade involving a couple of the most promising young players in baseball. Cheap Jerseys . Numbers Game looks at the Michael Pineda and Jesus Montero deal. The Yankees Get: RHP Michael Pineda. Pineda, who turns 23 next week, is coming off a sensational rookie season with the Mariners during which he was 9-10 with a 3.74 ERA and 1.10 WHIP with 173 strikeouts in 171 innings.

MOSCOW, Ohio -- The Russian city of Yaroslavl paid its respects today to the 44 people who were killed in a plane crash that wiped out a hockey team a year ago today. Wholesale Jerseys . Lokomotiv Yaroslavl was en route to its first game of the KHL season in Belarus when its jet crashed on take-off on Sept. 7, 2011. The 44 victims included Canadian head coach Brad McCrimmon and a host of former NHL stars, including Pavol Demitra, and future prospects.