Good Monday morning, if the IS such a thing. I hope your New Years weekend was a great one.

Red Sox add Bard for catching depth : The Boston Red Sox signed free-agent catcher Josh Bard to a one-year contract.

The Red Sox ? Well, they're not out $170 million. That might be all that can be said about the developments of recent days, in which the Sox lost out to the Yankees for the first baseman they had been pining ...

A Saturday morning hello from good old me. The Boston Globe ran an article which clearly and point by point highlighted the questions that the Red Sox are facing right now.

The Boston Red Sox and pitcher Brad Penny reached a preliminary agreement on a $5 million, one-year contract, according to several reports Monday.

Dismiss Posted at 6:04 PM PT on December 29, 2008 One of the supposed buyers for the New York Times's stake in the Boston Red Sox-one of the few assets the paper can unload as it tries to bail itself out of a ...

Maybe Brad Penny will turn out to be Matt Clement reincarnate. And maybe that's not such a bad thing.

The New York Times Co. is seeking to sell its stake in the holding company of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, The Wall Street Journal reports.

As we turn the page on 2008, maybe the phrase is only fitting when it comes to the Red Sox: Out with the old, in with the new.

Shoulder - Hoping to be ready for spring training Penny, 6-9 with a 6.27 ERA in 17 starts and two relief appearances, was bothered by shoulder problems for much of last year and went on the DL three times: from ...

The young lefty's considerable talents catch up to his inspirational and remarkable comeback story as a cancer survivor in his nine-strikeout gem against the Kansas City Royals.

Ok, not that Ramirez. The other one. Still don't remember? Jon Heyman and Tom Verducci relay this fun rumor : The Red Sox made a play to re-acquire Marlins superstar Hanley Ramirez after losing out to the rival ...

New York Times Co. , facing a $400 million debt repayment and a 60 percent drop in its stock price this year, is pursuing asset sales almost a year after its biggest investor demanded changes to the business.

Though Jason Varitek's status remains in limbo, the Red Sox have established some forward momentum with regard to their catching situation for 2009, with free agent Josh Bard apparently poised for a return to ...

Mike Puma of the New York Post reports a deal between Derek Lowe and the New York Mets is not as close as had been reported by various sources earlier in the week.

First baseman Kevin Youkilis and the Red Sox will not reach a long-term contract agreement this offseason, said Joe Bick, Youkilis's agent.

Add Kevin Youkilis' name to the list of players reportedly set to play in the World Baseball Classic this March.

The New York Times Co. said advertising revenue has dropped just under 21 percent in November from a year ago, as the financial crisis sparked declines in classified and national ad spending.

Faced with a $400 million revolving credit agreement due in May and falling ad revenues , WSJ.com reports that the New York Times Company is getting serious about selling its 17.5 percent stake in New England ...

As the Major League playing field tilted dramatically toward the Bronx on Tuesday, rivals kowtowed with resignation and admiration to the latest master stroke of the New York Yankees' master plan.