<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - scott-boras</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/scott-boras</link><description>Newsvine - scott-boras</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 04:40:47 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:54:55 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>After agent switch, Cano focuses on field, not rap</title>
<description><![CDATA[Joe Girardi won't be altering his musical tastes for Robinson Cano, even with Jay-Z's new sports company now representing his All-Star second baseman.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17589717-after-agent-switch-cano-focuses-on-field-not-rap</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17589717-after-agent-switch-cano-focuses-on-field-not-rap</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>mlb</category><category>yankees</category><category>joe-girardi</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>jay-z</category><category>cano</category><category>robinson-cano</category><category>scott-boras</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 22:45:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9137bef9-a7b2-4c26-8a61-169bd7fbe344.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9137bef9-a7b2-4c26-8a61-169bd7fbe344.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo combo of file photos, Jay-Z, left, watches an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles on Jan. 27, 2013. New York Yankees' Robinson Cano sits in the dugout during a spring training baseball game in Tampa, Fla., on March 28, 2013. Cano plans to switch agents from Scott Boras to a new company formed by musician Jay-Z's Roc Nation and CAA Sports.  (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, left, and Kathy Willens, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=87313114-e20c-484f-b3fb-ebbea11743c2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=87313114-e20c-484f-b3fb-ebbea11743c2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano warms up before a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cano switches agents to Jay-Z company from Boras</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rapper and recording producer Jay-Z is expanding into sports representation and has signed New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano away from Scott Boras to be a client.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17573863-cano-switches-agents-to-jay-z-company-from-boras</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17573863-cano-switches-agents-to-jay-z-company-from-boras</guid><category>business</category><category>mlb</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>jay-z</category><category>cano</category><category>robinson-cano</category><category>scott-boras</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 22:48:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dfcef73f-4e07-403e-aed1-5a65a2a08435.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dfcef73f-4e07-403e-aed1-5a65a2a08435.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="162" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 22, 2013, file photo, New York Yankees' Robinson Cano laughs before a spring training baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Fort Myers, Fla. Now that Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, Curtis Granderson and Derek Jeter are out of the lineup, Cano is the man on the Yankees.  (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9137bef9-a7b2-4c26-8a61-169bd7fbe344.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9137bef9-a7b2-4c26-8a61-169bd7fbe344.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo combo of file photos, Jay-Z, left, watches an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles on Jan. 27, 2013. New York Yankees' Robinson Cano sits in the dugout during a spring training baseball game in Tampa, Fla., on March 28, 2013. Cano plans to switch agents from Scott Boras to a new company formed by musician Jay-Z's Roc Nation and CAA Sports.  (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, left, and Kathy Willens, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cano switching agents from Boras to Jay-Z company</title>
<description><![CDATA[Robinson Cano plans to switch agents from Scott Boras to a new company formed by musician Jay-Z's Roc Nation and CAA Sports.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17570926-cano-switching-agents-from-boras-to-jay-z-company</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17570926-cano-switching-agents-from-boras-to-jay-z-company</guid><category>business</category><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>yankees</category><category>agent</category><category>cano</category><category>robinson-cano</category><category>scott-boras</category><category>roc-nation</category><category>caa-sports</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 16:47:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dfcef73f-4e07-403e-aed1-5a65a2a08435.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dfcef73f-4e07-403e-aed1-5a65a2a08435.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="162" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 22, 2013, file photo, New York Yankees' Robinson Cano laughs before a spring training baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Fort Myers, Fla. Now that Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, Curtis Granderson and Derek Jeter are out of the lineup, Cano is the man on the Yankees.  (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9137bef9-a7b2-4c26-8a61-169bd7fbe344.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9137bef9-a7b2-4c26-8a61-169bd7fbe344.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo combo of file photos, Jay-Z, left, watches an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles on Jan. 27, 2013. New York Yankees' Robinson Cano sits in the dugout during a spring training baseball game in Tampa, Fla., on March 28, 2013. Cano plans to switch agents from Scott Boras to a new company formed by musician Jay-Z's Roc Nation and CAA Sports.  (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, left, and Kathy Willens, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Free agents reject $13.3M deals as GMs head home</title>
<description><![CDATA[Josh Hamilton, B.J. Upton and Kyle Lohse were among nine free agents who turned down $13.3 million offers from their former clubs Friday as the annual general managers' meetings ended and team officials headed home for what figures to be a busy month of negotiations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14979655-free-agents-reject-133m-deals-as-gms-head-home</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14979655-free-agents-reject-133m-deals-as-gms-head-home</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>gm</category><category>brian-cashman</category><category>meetings</category><category>gm-meetings</category><category>new-york-yankees'</category><category>kyle-lohse</category><category>scott-boras</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Nov 2012 03:57:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Boras says markets different for Fielder, Pujols</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scott Boras is already making his case for Prince Fielder over Albert Pujols.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Gano]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rick Gano]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/15/8809848-boras-says-markets-different-for-fielder-pujols</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/15/8809848-boras-says-markets-different-for-fielder-pujols</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>gm</category><category>albert-pujols</category><category>meetings</category><category>prince-fielder</category><category>scott-boras</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:37:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/df74dd2a-97e4-42ee-811f-60aa36f5354f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="446" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/df74dd2a-97e4-42ee-811f-60aa36f5354f.jpg" width="120" height="134" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2011 file photo, St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols prepares for Game 4 of baseball's World Series, against the Texas Rangers, in Arlington, Texas. Pujols' first free-agent tour is off to a surprising start: The three-time NL MVP is visiting the Florida Marlins, Friday Nov. 11, 2011.  (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6f3c2568-532e-47f0-af7b-064ca8387b6c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="319" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6f3c2568-532e-47f0-af7b-064ca8387b6c.jpg" width="120" height="193" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Oct. 22, 2011 file photo shows St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols answers questions during a news conference after Game 3 of baseball's World Series against the Texas Rangers, in Arlington, Texas. Pujols' first free-agent tour is off to a surprising start: The three-time NL MVP is visiting the Florida Marlins, Friday Nov. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Teixeira ends relationship with agent Boras</title>
<description><![CDATA[Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira has ended his relationship with longtime agent Scott Boras.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/02/6169765-teixeira-ends-relationship-with-agent-boras</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/02/6169765-teixeira-ends-relationship-with-agent-boras</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>yankees</category><category>mark-teixeira</category><category>teixeira</category><category>scott-boras</category><category>boras</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Mar 2011 13:57:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/57cc67b8-389f-4232-b9d3-5c758844c410.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/57cc67b8-389f-4232-b9d3-5c758844c410.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This is a 2011 file photo showing New York Yankees baseball player  Mark Teixeira. Teixeira has ended his relationship with longtime agent Scott Boras. Teixeira made the announcement before Wednesday's March 2, 2011 spring training game against Houston. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>APNewsBreak: Union finds no rule-breaking by agent</title>
<description><![CDATA[A person familiar with a letter sent from the union to Major League Baseball tells The Associated Press the players' association has found agent Scott Boras did not violate union rules when his company made loans to a Dominican prospect.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/03/5759667-apnewsbreak-union-finds-no-rule-breaking-by-agent</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/03/5759667-apnewsbreak-union-finds-no-rule-breaking-by-agent</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>loans</category><category>associated-press</category><category>major-league-baseball</category><category>scott-boras</category><category>boras</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Jan 2011 00:54:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pena, Cubs agree to $10M, 1-year deal</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scott Boras called Carlos Pena's $10 million, one-year deal with the Chicago Cubs "a pillow contract."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/08/5611204-pena-cubs-agree-to-10m-1-year-deal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/08/5611204-pena-cubs-agree-to-10m-1-year-deal</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>cubs</category><category>associated-press</category><category>chicago-cubs</category><category>pena</category><category>carlos-pena</category><category>scott-boras</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 Dec 2010 14:20:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0b8f0e59-65d7-4b5a-a713-ca5370b401d5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="360" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0b8f0e59-65d7-4b5a-a713-ca5370b401d5.jpg" width="120" height="171" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This May 24, 2010, file photo shows Tampa Bay Rays' Carlos Pena at bat during a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, in St. Petersburg, Fla. A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that first baseman Carlos Pena and the Chicago Cubs have agreed to a $10 million, one-year contract. The person spoke Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010,  on condition of anonymity because no announcement has been made. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1c15761f-7f1d-4c11-9e85-8ebf13663c3f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="396" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1c15761f-7f1d-4c11-9e85-8ebf13663c3f.jpg" width="120" height="119" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This July 8, 2010, file photo shows Tampa Bay Rays' Carlos Pena getting high-fives from teammates in the dugout after his third inning home run off Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Jake Westbrook during a baseball game, in St. Petersburg, Fla. A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that first baseman Carlos Pena and the Chicago Cubs have agreed to a $10 million, one-year contract. The person spoke Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010,  on condition of anonymity because no announcement has been made. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b358e0cf-b95a-4530-8f74-c5d5fd88f30e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b358e0cf-b95a-4530-8f74-c5d5fd88f30e.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This 2010, file photo shows Tampa Bay Rays baseball player Carlos Pena. A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that first baseman Carlos Pena and the Chicago Cubs have agreed to a $10 million, one-year contract. The person spoke Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010,  on condition of anonymity because no announcement has been made. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/13982c8c-e27c-4830-96c8-2fa1f57674dc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/13982c8c-e27c-4830-96c8-2fa1f57674dc.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chicago Cubs new first baseman Carlos Pena, right, addresses the media as his agent Scott Boras looks on at Major League Baseball's winter meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. Pena and the Cubs agreed to a $10 million, one-year contract on Wednesday.  (AP Photo/Roberto Gonzalez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/43ef0b7f-68c7-44a3-a6c6-e18ede0c61e7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="370" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/43ef0b7f-68c7-44a3-a6c6-e18ede0c61e7.jpg" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chicago Cubs new first baseman Carlos Pena, right, talks with his agent Scott Boras during a news conference at Major League Baseball's winter meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. Pena and the Cubs agreed to a $10 million, one-year contract on Wednesday.  (AP Photo/Roberto Gonzalez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/296bdd46-d810-438c-9dd5-b62ea045067b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/296bdd46-d810-438c-9dd5-b62ea045067b.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;First baseman Carlos Pena, center, is flanked by his agent Scott Boras, left, and Chicago Cubs Vice President and General Manager Jim Hendry during a news conference at the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. Pena and the Chicago Cubs have agreed to a $10 million, one-year contract. Pena spent the last four seasons with Tampa Bay. (AP Photo/Roberto Gonzalez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Boras says loan complied with regulations</title>
<description><![CDATA[Baseball agent Scott Boras says loans by his company totaling about $70,000 to a Dominican prospect complied with players' association rules.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/23/5515201-boras-says-loan-complied-with-regulations</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/23/5515201-boras-says-loan-complied-with-regulations</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>loans</category><category>new-york-times</category><category>scott-boras</category><category>scott-boras'</category><category>boras</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:15:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A-Rod confirms split with agent Scott Boras</title>
<description><![CDATA[Alex Rodriguez and longtime agent Scott Boras have split.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Fitzpatrick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Fitzpatrick]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/03/5040079-a-rod-confirms-split-with-agent-scott-boras</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/03/5040079-a-rod-confirms-split-with-agent-scott-boras</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>yankees</category><category>alex-rodriguez</category><category>rod</category><category>a-rod</category><category>scott-boras</category><category>boras</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Sep 2010 17:12:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c6f0991f-335b-441a-b823-7327172d1259.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="387" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c6f0991f-335b-441a-b823-7327172d1259.jpg" width="120" height="159" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez loosens up before the Yankees' baseball game against the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010 at Yankee Stadium in New York. Rodriquez did not play in the game. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cafecfc3-f625-4fba-8dbb-0801882360f1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cafecfc3-f625-4fba-8dbb-0801882360f1.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez  talks with Derek Jeter, right, during batting practice before a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bryce Harper, Nationals agree to $9.9M deal</title>
<description><![CDATA[Just like last year, the Washington Nationals and agent Scott Boras agreed to a contract for baseball's top draft pick with just a few seconds to spare.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/16/4907131-bryce-harper-nationals-agree-to-99m-deal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/16/4907131-bryce-harper-nationals-agree-to-99m-deal</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>deadline</category><category>draft</category><category>washington-nationals</category><category>scott-boras</category><category>bryce-harper</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:38:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/05410989-f859-455c-bf58-213fc5c93100.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/05410989-f859-455c-bf58-213fc5c93100.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This June 7, 2010, file photo shows Bryce Harper during an interview in Newport Beach, Calif. The Washington Nationals and No. 1 overall draft pick Bryce Harper are facing a deadline to get a deal done. Major League Baseball clubs have until midnight as Monday, Aug. 16, 2010,  turns to Tuesday to agree on contracts with players picked in June's amateur draft. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2c95da16-37eb-4118-80bc-4c173c809583.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="359" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2c95da16-37eb-4118-80bc-4c173c809583.jpg" width="120" height="171" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This April 30, 2010, file photo shows  College of Southern Nevada Coyotes baseball player Bryce Harper,  in Henderson, Nev. The Washington Nationals and No. 1 overall draft pick Bryce Harper are facing a deadline to get a deal done. Major League Baseball clubs have until midnight as Monday, Aug. 16, 2010,  turns to Tuesday to agree on contracts with players picked in June's amateur draft. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Nationals, top pick Bryce Harper agree at $9.9M</title>
<description><![CDATA[Agreeing to a $9.9 million, five-year deal with No. 1 draft choice Bryce Harper seconds before the deadline was such a big deal, Washington Nationals president Stan Kasten marked the occasion by smacking general manager Mike Rizzo in the face with a whipped-cream pie.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Fendrich]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Howard Fendrich]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/16/4902907-nationals-top-pick-bryce-harper-agree-at-99m</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/16/4902907-nationals-top-pick-bryce-harper-agree-at-99m</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>nationals</category><category>washington-nationals</category><category>harper</category><category>stan-kasten</category><category>scott-boras</category><category>mike-rizzo</category><category>bryce-harper</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:29:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/05410989-f859-455c-bf58-213fc5c93100.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/05410989-f859-455c-bf58-213fc5c93100.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This June 7, 2010, file photo shows Bryce Harper during an interview in Newport Beach, Calif. The Washington Nationals and No. 1 overall draft pick Bryce Harper are facing a deadline to get a deal done. Major League Baseball clubs have until midnight as Monday, Aug. 16, 2010,  turns to Tuesday to agree on contracts with players picked in June's amateur draft. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2c95da16-37eb-4118-80bc-4c173c809583.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="359" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2c95da16-37eb-4118-80bc-4c173c809583.jpg" width="120" height="171" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This April 30, 2010, file photo shows  College of Southern Nevada Coyotes baseball player Bryce Harper,  in Henderson, Nev. The Washington Nationals and No. 1 overall draft pick Bryce Harper are facing a deadline to get a deal done. Major League Baseball clubs have until midnight as Monday, Aug. 16, 2010,  turns to Tuesday to agree on contracts with players picked in June's amateur draft. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bees take over agent Boras' suite at Angel Stadium</title>
<description><![CDATA[Baseball agent Scott Boras always creates a buzz.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/30/3209132-bees-take-over-agent-boras-suite-at-angel-stadium</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/30/3209132-bees-take-over-agent-boras-suite-at-angel-stadium</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>bees</category><category>suite</category><category>scott-boras</category><category>boras'</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:46:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ee0206e3-f3be-4c07-a680-d64b202b2da7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ee0206e3-f3be-4c07-a680-d64b202b2da7.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A fan takes a picture as bees gather on a rail next to him in the box of sports agent Scott Boras during a baseball game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Oakland Athletics, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009, in Anaheim, Calif. The Angels won 9-1. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mannywood should not be home to an All-Star</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Dodgers were deep into spring training, and owner Frank McCourt was playing tough guy. He had to because, even though no one else had any interest in signing Manny Ramirez, he had to show agent Scott Boras who was in charge.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Dahlberg]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tim Dahlberg]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/30/2880770-mannywood-should-not-be-home-to-an-all-star</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/30/2880770-mannywood-should-not-be-home-to-an-all-star</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>tim-dahlberg</category><category>frank-mccourt</category><category>scott-boras</category><category>053009</category><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 20:33:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Dodgers, Ramirez agree on 2-year, $45M contract</title>
<description><![CDATA[The winter of discontent in Mannywood is over. Manny Ramirez and the Los Angeles Dodgers officially agreed Wednesday on a $45 million, two-year contract that keeps him with the NL West champions. The slugger can void the second season of the deal and again become a free agent.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beth Harris]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Beth Harris]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/25/2478580-dodgers-ramirez-agree-on-2-year-45m-contract</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/25/2478580-dodgers-ramirez-agree-on-2-year-45m-contract</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>dodgers</category><category>associated-press</category><category>los-angeles-dodgers</category><category>frank-mccourt</category><category>manny-ramirez</category><category>ramirez</category><category>ned-colletti</category><category>los-angeles-dodgers'</category><category>nl-west</category><category>scott-boras</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:41:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/11ea01cd-29c3-4c7c-85a1-013e66995b4e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="343" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/11ea01cd-29c3-4c7c-85a1-013e66995b4e.jpg" width="120" height="179" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre, right, talks to general manager Ned Colletti during spring training baseball Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6e9964e9-cada-47bd-89d5-423a8cb05db3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6e9964e9-cada-47bd-89d5-423a8cb05db3.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Sept. 12, 2008 file photo, Los Angeles Dodgers' Manny Ramirez smiles after hitting a single to load the bases against the Colorado Rockies in a baseball game in Denver. The Dodgers announced Thursday night, Feb. 26, 2009, the star outfielder's agent Scott Boras had declined the two-year $45 million offer, the club's fourth this offseason. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8f15dc5e-bc98-4339-abcc-7a5ca8cb8bad.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="482" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8f15dc5e-bc98-4339-abcc-7a5ca8cb8bad.jpg" width="120" height="145" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this  Sept. 6, 2008, file photo  Los Angeles Dodgers' Manny Ramirez hits a three-run home run in the fifth inning of a National League baseball game in Los Angeles. Ramirez and the Dodgers reached a preliminary agreement Wednesday, March 4, 2009, on a $45 million, two-year contract following months of talks. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mets talk free agents with Boras at Citi Field</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scott Boras took a tour of Citi Field and sat down for lunch Wednesday with top executives from the New York Mets.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Fitzpatrick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Fitzpatrick]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/07/2286222-mets-talk-free-agents-with-boras-at-citi-field</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/07/2286222-mets-talk-free-agents-with-boras-at-citi-field</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>mets</category><category>new-york-mets</category><category>pitchers</category><category>scott-boras</category><category>citi-field</category><category>boras'</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 01:41:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/25ba7288-5414-480f-b123-74e67691cd25.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/25ba7288-5414-480f-b123-74e67691cd25.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sports agent Scott Boras looks on during a news conference introducing his client Mark Teixeira to the media as the New York Yankees new first baseman at Yankee Stadium in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Epstein, Francona silent on pursuit of Teixeira</title>
<description><![CDATA[Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein was back at the airport Friday as part of the team's announcement of a new partnership &#8212; not with Mark Teixeira.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Ulman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Howard Ulman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/17/2224617-epstein-francona-silent-on-pursuit-of-teixeira</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/17/2224617-epstein-francona-silent-on-pursuit-of-teixeira</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>red-sox</category><category>boston-red-sox</category><category>theo-epstein</category><category>john-henry</category><category>mark-teixeira</category><category>teixeira</category><category>scott-boras</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:36:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Boras says relationship with A-Rod repaired</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scott Boras says his relationship with Alex Rodriguez has been repaired.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/04/2072988-boras-says-relationship-with-a-rod-repaired</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/04/2072988-boras-says-relationship-with-a-rod-repaired</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>alex-rodriguez</category><category>rodriguez</category><category>scott-boras</category><category>boras</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Nov 2008 00:43:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/115a951b-57b4-4f5f-b7c7-0280712726c3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/115a951b-57b4-4f5f-b7c7-0280712726c3.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Agent Scott Boras answers questions regarding baseball and the economic conditions in the United States, upon his arrival at major league baseball's general managers' meetings Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, in Dana Point, Calif. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tigers' Sheffield Rips Ex-Agent Boras</title>
<description><![CDATA[Gary Sheffield put himself in the spotlight again, and the Detroit Tigers slugger enjoyed every second of it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Lage]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry Lage]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/21/1315999-tigers-sheffield-rips-ex-agent-boras</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/21/1315999-tigers-sheffield-rips-ex-agent-boras</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>detroit-tigers</category><category>sheffield</category><category>gary-sheffield</category><category>scott-boras</category><category>boras</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:45:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/752d41a2-7066-4f9c-9c8b-d3323d43cd03.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="331" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/752d41a2-7066-4f9c-9c8b-d3323d43cd03.jpg" width="120" height="186" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Scott Boras is shown during a news conference in his office in Newport Beach, Calif., in this Jan. 31, 2007 file photo. Detroit Tigers slugger Gary Sheffield called his former agent a &quot;bad person&quot; and said Scott Boras is trying to get money he doesn't deserve. The dispute stems from the $39 million, three-year contract the All-Star signed in 2003 with the New York Yankees.Sheffield declined to comment on the specifics of a grievance Thursday Feb. 21, 2008,  but the designated hitter has said he represented himself when the Yankees' deal was done. Boras has said Sheffield agreed to let him represent the outfielder when his contract with Atlanta ran out. (AP Photo/Mark Avery, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/edcbd7dd-2817-4179-821e-92b298f70a1a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/edcbd7dd-2817-4179-821e-92b298f70a1a.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Detroit Tigers designated hitter Gary Sheffield looks out onto the field in the sixth inning of the Seattle Mariners' 6-4 win in a baseball game in Seattle, in this July 14, 2007 file photo. Sheffield called his former agent a &quot;bad person&quot; and said Scott Boras is trying to get money he doesn't deserve. The dispute stems from the $39 million, three-year contract the All-Star signed in 2003 with the New York Yankees. Sheffield declined to comment on the specifics of a grievance Thursday Feb. 21, 2008,  but the designated hitter has said he represented himself when the Yankees' deal was done. Boras has said Sheffield agreed to let him represent the outfielder when his contract with Atlanta ran out. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A-Rod Ready to Meet With Owners</title>
<description><![CDATA[Now that agent Scott Boras is done giving teams his sales pitch for Alex Rodriguez, A-Rod is ready to meet and greet.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/08/1083782-a-rod-ready-to-meet-with-owners</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/08/1083782-a-rod-ready-to-meet-with-owners</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>gm</category><category>meetings</category><category>alex-rodriguez</category><category>scott-boras</category><category>agent-scott-boras</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2007 02:44:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/77905bd9-99d7-41ef-87b6-40da5b3ad1eb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/77905bd9-99d7-41ef-87b6-40da5b3ad1eb.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Then-Texas Rangers shortstop Alex Rodriguez, right, and his agent Scott Boras, talk to reporters in this Dec. 17, 2003 file photo, in New York. Sure, A-Rod would inject instant offense to a franchise, sell tickets and likely increase television ratings. But agent Scott Boras wanted a $350 million offer just to give the New York Yankees a meeting with Rodriguez. And that was before he opted out of his record $252 million, 10-year contract and became a free agent. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a5f89c89-da07-4efd-8af1-385e2165660e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="392" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a5f89c89-da07-4efd-8af1-385e2165660e.jpg" width="120" height="157" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez dons his batting helmet to take batting practice before Game 3 of the Yankees' American League baseball division playoff series against the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium in New York, in this Oct. 7, 2007 file photo.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A-Rod, Replay to Dominate GM's Meetings</title>
<description><![CDATA[After spending a month publicly campaigning that Alex Rodriguez has baseball's highest value, agent Scott Boras says he's going to be more quiet now that the general managers' annual meetings are about to begin.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/04/1073103-a-rod-replay-to-dominate-gms-meetings</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/04/1073103-a-rod-replay-to-dominate-gms-meetings</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>gm</category><category>meetings</category><category>alex-rodriguez</category><category>scott-boras</category><pubDate>Sun, 4 Nov 2007 23:51:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f485dbfa-e671-4523-97ce-fc1098219ed9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="332" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f485dbfa-e671-4523-97ce-fc1098219ed9.jpg" width="120" height="185" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman makes a brief statement to reporters while checking into his hotel during the first day of Major League Baseball annual general managers meetings in Orlando, Fla., Monday, Nov. 5, 2007.(AP Photo/John Raoux)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8a43bb00-42ac-4ba4-b3f9-5126612612e0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8a43bb00-42ac-4ba4-b3f9-5126612612e0.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, left, talks with sports agent Scott Shapiro during the first day of Major League Baseball's annual general managers meetings in Orlando, Fla., Monday, Nov. 5, 2007.(AP Photo/John Raoux)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/27776679-1eb7-4ca5-b643-f657ebd20c8b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="305" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/27776679-1eb7-4ca5-b643-f657ebd20c8b.jpg" width="120" height="201" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Los Angeles Dodgers assistant general manager Kim Ng walks through the hotel lobby during the first day of Major League Baseball annual general managers meetings in Orlando, Fla., Monday, Nov. 5, 2007.(AP Photo/John Raoux)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/53fe09f7-71f9-4860-b372-751023dd0070.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="489" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/53fe09f7-71f9-4860-b372-751023dd0070.jpg" width="120" height="147" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry attends the first day of Major League Baseball's annual general managers meetings in Orlando, Fla., Monday, Nov. 5, 2007.(AP Photo/John Raoux)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/73dc9bbb-c02c-4053-88cd-0fce33933fc5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="507" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/73dc9bbb-c02c-4053-88cd-0fce33933fc5.jpg" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Houston Astros President Tal Smith greets friends during the first day of Major League Baseball annual general managers meetings in Orlando, Fla., Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. (AP Photo/John Raoux)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3bc78753-f09b-416c-b175-71e627a32fc5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="363" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3bc78753-f09b-416c-b175-71e627a32fc5.jpg" width="120" height="169" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Mets general manager Omar Minaya checks in to his hotel during the first day of Major League Baseball annual general managers meetings in Orlando, Fla., Monday, Nov. 5, 2007.(AP Photo/John Raoux)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Agent Told Yanks to Pay $350M for A-Rod</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Yankees were told by agent Scott Boras that they could not meet with Alex Rodriguez unless they presented an extension offer that guaranteed the star $350 million "as a floor."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/02/1069549-agent-told-yanks-to-pay-350m-for-a-rod</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/02/1069549-agent-told-yanks-to-pay-350m-for-a-rod</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>yankees</category><category>alex-rodriguez</category><category>rodriguez</category><category>scott-boras</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Nov 2007 23:59:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/69a955c5-7f92-427e-86a6-84ca9281f71f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/69a955c5-7f92-427e-86a6-84ca9281f71f.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez responds to questions during a news interview in this Aug. 4, 2007 file photo at Yankee stadium in New York. Rodriguez opted out of his US$252 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007 in what appears to be the end of his career with New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/58540e3b-5d89-4fc4-b895-2fca7cd7091d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="388" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/58540e3b-5d89-4fc4-b895-2fca7cd7091d.jpg" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez waves toward the stands before taking batting practice prior to Game 3 of the American League Division Series playoff baseball game against the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium in New York, in this Oct. 7, 2007 file photo. Rodriguez opted out of his US$252 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007 in what appears to be the end of his career with New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Boras Says Yankees Can Talk to A-Rod</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scott Boras says the New York Yankees could still negotiate with Alex Rodriguez if they wanted to. Boras maintained Wednesday that the Yankees should treat A-Rod the same way they deal with reliever Mariano Rivera and catcher Jorge Posada, who also are free agents.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/30/1063496-boras-says-yankees-can-talk-to-a-rod</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/30/1063496-boras-says-yankees-can-talk-to-a-rod</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>yankees</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>brian-cashman</category><category>alex-rodriguez</category><category>mariano-rivera</category><category>rodriguez</category><category>scott-boras</category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:46:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/NYOL59310290245.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="473" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/NYOL59310290245.jpg" width="120" height="142" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez runs to first as he watches the ball go over the wall for a two-run home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals in this July 25, 2007 file photo in Kansas City, Mo. Rodriguez has opted out of his $252 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees on Sunday Oct. 28, 2007 in what appears to be the end of his career with New York. Agent Scott Boras said in an e-mail to The Associated Press that Rodriguez had made the decision. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/69a955c5-7f92-427e-86a6-84ca9281f71f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/69a955c5-7f92-427e-86a6-84ca9281f71f.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez responds to questions during a news interview in this Aug. 4, 2007 file photo at Yankee stadium in New York. Rodriguez opted out of his US$252 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007 in what appears to be the end of his career with New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A-Rod's Agent Apologizes for Poor Timing</title>
<description><![CDATA[Major League Baseball had this message for Alex Rodriguez and agent Scott Boras: Shame on you.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/29/1058817-a-rods-agent-apologizes-for-poor-timing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/29/1058817-a-rods-agent-apologizes-for-poor-timing</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>yankees</category><category>world-series</category><category>major-league-baseball</category><category>alex-rodriguez</category><category>rodriguez</category><category>scott-boras</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:00:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/69a955c5-7f92-427e-86a6-84ca9281f71f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/69a955c5-7f92-427e-86a6-84ca9281f71f.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez responds to questions during a news interview in this Aug. 4, 2007 file photo at Yankee stadium in New York. Rodriguez opted out of his US$252 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007 in what appears to be the end of his career with New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f9611f79-eaa0-4a14-877f-02bcce32f10d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="324" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f9611f79-eaa0-4a14-877f-02bcce32f10d.jpg" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, center, and Johnny Damon, right, leave the dugout after a baseball game in this Sept. 25, 2007 file photo in St. Petersburg, Fla. Rodriguez opted out of his US$252 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007 in what appears to be the end of his career with New York.(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/300eb803-7ab0-44e6-ac1b-fad2009812ae.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/300eb803-7ab0-44e6-ac1b-fad2009812ae.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE **  New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez tosses his bat in the air after hitting a two-out, walk-off, three-run home run in the Yankees 8-6 win over the Cleveland Indians in their baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York in this April 19, 2007, file photo. Rodriguez opted out of his US$252 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007 in what appears to be the end of his career with New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/58540e3b-5d89-4fc4-b895-2fca7cd7091d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="388" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/58540e3b-5d89-4fc4-b895-2fca7cd7091d.jpg" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez waves toward the stands before taking batting practice prior to Game 3 of the American League Division Series playoff baseball game against the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium in New York, in this Oct. 7, 2007 file photo. Rodriguez opted out of his US$252 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007 in what appears to be the end of his career with New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A-Rod Opts Out of Contract With Yankees</title>
<description><![CDATA[Alex Rodriguez and agent Scott Boras picked quite a time for their big announcement. Smack in the middle of Game 4 of the World Series, Boras ended months of speculation and said A-Rod is opting out of the final three seasons of his contract with the New York Yankees.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ronald Blum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/28/1056696-a-rod-opts-out-of-contract-with-yankees</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/28/1056696-a-rod-opts-out-of-contract-with-yankees</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>new-york</category><category>yankees</category><category>world-series</category><category>associated-press</category><category>new-york-yankees</category><category>boston-red-sox</category><category>alex-rodriguez</category><category>rodriguez</category><category>scott-boras</category><category>agent-scott-boras</category><category>yankees-rodriguez</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:43:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/NYOL59310290245.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="473" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/NYOL59310290245.jpg" width="120" height="142" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez runs to first as he watches the ball go over the wall for a two-run home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals in this July 25, 2007 file photo in Kansas City, Mo. Rodriguez has opted out of his $252 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees on Sunday Oct. 28, 2007 in what appears to be the end of his career with New York. Agent Scott Boras said in an e-mail to The Associated Press that Rodriguez had made the decision. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6d6abc0e-3855-4869-a56c-8319ca4c2550.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="399" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6d6abc0e-3855-4869-a56c-8319ca4c2550.jpg" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez tosses his bat in the air after hitting a two-out, walk-off, three-run home run in the Yankees 8-6 win over the Cleveland Indians in their baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York in this April 19, 2007, file photo. Rodriguez opted out of his US$252 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007 in what appears to be the end of his career with New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/69a955c5-7f92-427e-86a6-84ca9281f71f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/69a955c5-7f92-427e-86a6-84ca9281f71f.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez responds to questions during a news interview in this Aug. 4, 2007 file photo at Yankee stadium in New York. Rodriguez opted out of his US$252 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007 in what appears to be the end of his career with New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f9611f79-eaa0-4a14-877f-02bcce32f10d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="324" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f9611f79-eaa0-4a14-877f-02bcce32f10d.jpg" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, center, and Johnny Damon, right, leave the dugout after a baseball game in this Sept. 25, 2007 file photo in St. Petersburg, Fla. Rodriguez opted out of his US$252 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007 in what appears to be the end of his career with New York.(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/300eb803-7ab0-44e6-ac1b-fad2009812ae.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/300eb803-7ab0-44e6-ac1b-fad2009812ae.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE **  New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez tosses his bat in the air after hitting a two-out, walk-off, three-run home run in the Yankees 8-6 win over the Cleveland Indians in their baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York in this April 19, 2007, file photo. Rodriguez opted out of his US$252 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007 in what appears to be the end of his career with New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/58540e3b-5d89-4fc4-b895-2fca7cd7091d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="388" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/58540e3b-5d89-4fc4-b895-2fca7cd7091d.jpg" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez waves toward the stands before taking batting practice prior to Game 3 of the American League Division Series playoff baseball game against the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium in New York, in this Oct. 7, 2007 file photo. Rodriguez opted out of his US$252 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007 in what appears to be the end of his career with New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>