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The Mariners have agreed to a $750,000, one-year contract with Shawn Camp and a $500,000, one-year deal with Hong-Chih Kuo in an attempt to add bullpen depth. Kuo was an All-Star in 2010 with the Dodgers but struggled last season with a back problem early in the season and missed a month with anxiety disorder. Read the original post: Mariners add relievers Camp, Kuo (AP) ... more.

The Nationals have agreed to a minor league contract with outfielder Rick Ankiel. Washington announced the deal on Monday. If added to the 40-man roster, Ankiel would have a $1.25 million, one-year contract and could make $1.5 million in performance bonuses Originally posted here: Nats sign OF Ankiel to minor league deal (AP) ... more.

Kevin Love's frustration with physical play and officiating have been apparent early and often this season. Emotion got the best of him on Saturday night against the Rockets, and now he and the Minnesota Timberwolves have to pay the price: Love, his team's leading scorer and rebounder, was suspended for two games by the NBA for "driving his foot into the upper body and face of the... View pos... more.

Tom Coughlin is looking forward to the parade and a couple weeks off to reflect on the Giants' second championship in five seasons. Continued here: Coughlin says he'll coach again in 2012 (AP) ... more.

Los Angeles coach Mike Brown has been suspended one game without pay and fined $25,000 for making contact with a game official and failure to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection in Saturday's game. The NBA announced the suspension Monday. Brown will miss Monday's game in Philadelphia against the 76ers. Read the original here: NBA suspends Lakers coach Brown 1 game (AP)... more.

Miami Marlins pitcher Anibal Sanchez became the first player to win in salary arbitration this year when a three-person panel awarded him $8 million rather than the team's offer of $6.9 million. Arbitrators Elizabeth Neumeier, James Oldham and Gil Vernon made the decision Monday, three days after hearing arguments. Excerpt from: Marlins' Sanchez awarded $8M, not $6.9M (AP) ... more.

Right-hander Alfredo Aceves and the Boston Red Sox have agreed to a $1.2 million, one-year contract that avoided salary arbitration. The agreement was $75,000 below the midpoint between the $1.6 million he had asked for in arbitration last month and the $950,000 he had been offered Excerpt from: Red Sox, Aceves agree to 1-year, $1.2M (AP) ... more.

Tom Brady let his final pass fly toward the scrum of players in the end zone, hoping for an incredible finish. Uh-uh, Tom See the original post: Manning drives Giants past Pats again (AP) ... more.

New York Giants tight end Travis Beckum has been knocked out of the Super Bowl game with a right knee injury. The backup tight end tore his anterior cruciate ligament with 12:55 left in the first half on Sunday. He was hit and knocked down by Patriots linebacker Tracy White on the play Read more from the original source: Giants TE Beckum out with torn ACL (AP) ... more.

All-Pro tight end Rob Gronkowski is active for the Patriots for the Super Bowl, as is wide receiver Chad Ochocinco. Gronkowski has been recovering from a high left ankle sprain suffered in the AFC title game. He practiced on a limited basis this week View original post here: Gronkowski, Ochocinco active for Pats (AP) ... more.