Bay apparently has an "unbelievable" number of teams making calls for him, says his (totally unbiased) agent. Bay, Matt Holliday(notes), and John Lackey(notes) will be the three biggest free agents on the market this off-season but Bay seems to be the most accessible of the three to more clubs.

Bay reportedly wants a five-year deal worth $17 million annually and supposedly declined a four-year, $60 million proposal on the table from the Red Sox. Now he's waiting to see what kind of dollars and years will be offered by such clubs as the New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and Seattle Mariners.

And, of course, the Red Sox will keep a watchful eye over the proceedings and try to get back in at an opportune moment.

He and coach Rick Adelman then apparently had an "emotional and sometimes loud" meeting about what the plan is for McGrady. The meeting supposedly kicked off with McGrady slamming the door shut.

McGrady is apparently feeling recovered from the microfracture surgery on his left knee and wanted to hear straight from Adelman - not Rockets general manager Daryl Morey or trainer Keith Jones - about his plan for McGrady, who apparently has to wait to play till at least next week when he will get another MRI to see if everything looks healed up.

So the NFL Players Association is supposedly trying to get Casson ousted from the committee, according to the New York Times. "Our view is that he's a polarizing figure on this issue, and the players certainly don't feel like he can be an impartial party on this subject," George Atallah, the union's assistant executive director for external affairs, told the paper.

However, an exec on the team has apparently told the New York Post that Swisher isn't going anywhere and the Yankees are very happy with having him out in right field.

So now Swisher can just go ahead and relax and get that tattoo he was planning to get this winter to honor his departed grandfather that will match the one that he has on his chest in honor of his grandmother. The pair basically raised him after his folks got divorced.

So the Vikings are apparently starting to use the threat of moving the team to Los Angeles a little more often these days, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press, and one wonders if there is a growing truth to the threat.

L.A. has been without a team since 1995 when the Rams and Raiders left town and a new stadium is apparently going to go up there to hold whatever financially strapped team decides to move there.

"There is a very real and meaningful risk we could lose the franchise. It's clear," said Mike Kelly, a Vikings' executive vice president till 2005. "I did a lot of work when I was there on stadium financing and generally on team finances and even when we sold out, it was clear that the team could not be profitable in that stadium."

Benson's hip injury kept him out of a second straight practice and the rumor is that he just won't be ready to bear a full load on Sunday. So the recent signing of Larry Johnson(notes) may come in handy pretty quickly. There is talk that Johnson has gotten a lot of repetitions in practice and will be getting the ball a fair amount this weekend if all goes as planned but the conventional wisdom has Johnson sitting well behind Bernard Scott(notes) on the depth chart.

Johnson has only had two days of practice with the team though he's apparently said that he's feeling pretty comfortable with quarterback Carson Palmer(notes).

For that reason, Sabean isn't even going to extend any kind of offer to either one of the top offensive free agents on the market this year now that any team can make offers to any free agents. Sabean is saying that he doesn't want to be a "stalking horse" this off-season and get used as a negotiating tool for these players with other clubs.

So Sabean says the Giants will be focusing on so-called second-tier players to fill out the batting order and bullpen. That terminology sure is going to make those players feel good about themselves, too.

Lo Duca told the satellite radio station that he's completely healthy and everything he's had surgery on (hamstring, knee) feels perfect. "I want to go back in it full bore and [do] whatever needs to be done," he said. "I want to play on a team that wants to win and wants a player that wants to win. I'll do whatever I need to do. If it's come off the bench, if it's spot starts, I'll do whatever they need me to do."

The 5'9" 36-year-old who has a .286 career average and popped only 80 homers in his ten years in the league isn't expecting to be the starting catcher for anybody. "I really feel like I can offer a good bat off the bench to somebody and do whatever needs to be done," he said.

Guess he was getting bored as a horse-racing analyst for the TVG Network.

Earlier this week, Knicks prez Donnie Walsh said it was a long shot but he must be liking what he's hearing and seeing of Iverson because a deal is supposedly imminent. There are other sources to NBA.com that are saying the deal isn't so close to happening and the 2-9 Knickerbockers are still looking at the plusses and minuses of signing Iverson.

But what do the Knicks have to lose? They've blown a lot more money on far worse players to try and inject some energy into this losing franchise. Then again, the last thing this team needs is another diva who is going to fill up gossip pages rather than the basket.

The deal for the 32-year-old is supposedly for seven years and $39 million. That's $5.7 million a year for those of you keeping score at home. He reportedly could have signed an extension worth $6.5 million a year, but that was only for three years.

He supposedly will be back in action on Monday against the St. Louis Blues: "I feel great out there. You've got to put in your time, though," Savard said. "You've got to skate a couple of times. I'd love to be playing ... but I've got to wait a bit."

Washburn apparently is interested in signing with the Brewers or the Minnesota Twins so he can finish out his career not far from home, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

The Brewers are also apparently looking at pitchers Doug Davis(notes), Randy Wolf(notes) and Mark Mulder(notes). Mulder apparently wants to get back together again with pitching coach Rick Peterson.

Shanahan will supposedly meet with team owner Ralph Wilson and COO/GM Russ Brandon next week. (This will have to be a tough choice for Brandon since Shanahan would likely fire him if the team ends up hiring him.)

Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher is also supposedly on the team's list, according to Buffalo News. And other possibilities include former Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren as well as former Baltimore Ravens coach Brian Billick.

Meanwhile, interim coach Perry Fewell has seven games to show himself off to the team and will likely get a formal interview at season's end unless he leads his team to a total implosion.

But Hicks, who has owned the team for more than a decade, has apparently collected a large number of local investors that will help him maintain his majority ownership. Staubach is reportedly one of those folks.

Current club president Nolan Ryan also said he would be part of that group. Ryan is hedging his bets since he has also been working with prospective owner Chuck Greenberg.

Bids for the club are still due on Friday so get your pals together tonight and give Hicks a call before the weekend.

Backup Chris Simms(notes) took all the snaps in practice yesterday and had a dismal outing on Sunday when he went 3-for-13 for 13 yards in the second half against the Washington Redskins. The word is that the Broncos coaching staff doesn't want to see that again and is planning on starting Orton, who won't possibly be fully healed by then.

Orton is in a contract year so he is apparently really wanting to get back out there and show other teams just how tough he is. One hopes Orton's plan doesn't backfire.

The extension is expected to be signed soon but it isn't clear how long the extension is for or how much money Childress will be taking to the bank with this one. It should be announced right at season's end before the playoffs begin.

These days, Childress supposedly makes $2 million a year, which is actually the lowest in the NFC North division. He'll supposedly get at least twice that in his next deal.

Wonder if he would have gotten this deal if Sage Rosenfels(notes) or Tarvaris Jackson(notes) had been his starting quarterback this year instead of Brett Favre(notes).

Halladay only has one year left on his contract but the Blue Jays let it be known the other day that whatever team is interested in Halladay and makes the best offer will get a time window to try and get Halladay signed to an extension. And the Yankees are, of course, one of a small bunch of teams that can offer Halladay massive bucks over a long term.

It is believed that the Blue Jays would like a package of players from the Yankees that would include Phil Hughes(notes) or Joba Chamberlain(notes). Toronto's last GM, J.P. Ricciardi tried to get the Yanks to trade him both of these guys for Halladay and that went nowhere.

"Leaving my options open," the 36-year-old righty said. "At this moment, no, I'm not thinking about pitching anymore. Down the road, I'm not sure. Initially, I'd say no way. I'm not planning on playing at this moment. In my mind, I retired when I left in August."

He only had 10 starts for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2009, going 3-6 with a 6.02 ERA. It's an unfortunate way to finish off a career in which he has a 130-96 record, 3.96 ERA and 1,758 strikeouts.

Someone associated with the team apparently told the paper, "It's a given. They're going to make the biggest play for him." Who else would at this point? Iverson was a big distraction instead of a savior for his last two teams, the Detroit Pistons and Memphis Grizzlies, so not too many other teams are clamoring for his services, except apparently the Miami Heat. One of Iverson's pals told the New York Daily News that the team is "hot" after Iverson.

The struggling Knicks have no other way of injecting any talent into their team chemistry so might as well give it a shot and see what happens. What can it hurt? They can always do what the Grizzlies did and put him on waivers.

Well, now the guy who won back-to-back Daytona 500s back in 1994 and 1995 is telling folks that he isn't retiring, according to Race 2 Win Radio. He apparently will think about it this winter but there is nothing certain just yet.

The rumor is that the Blackhawks would like to keep Keith in town until he decides to hang up his skates years down the road. The extension could be for as low as eight years and as high as 13.

And why not? The 26-year-old All-Star is considered one of the best defensemen in the league and regularly is a leader in minutes played for the team. In 2006-7, he had 31 points with 29 assists and 2 goals and led the team in blocked shots with 148.

Things that may hold him back from returning include what other players come back, who the coach is, and what is going on with the team's efforts to get a new stadium.

The scuttlebutt, though, is that Favre has bought a bunch of land in Preston, Minn., for deer hunting. That seems like a pretty good sign that he'd like to stay in the area.

Mauer has another year on his contract but the team would love to get an extension signed as soon as possible. The addition of Hardy may help their cause since he is one of Mauer's biggest buddies in baseball. The pair apparently became pals when they were teammates on the U.S. Junior National team.

The 26-year-old Mauer could supposedly get around $25 million annually on the open market.

But Pennington is planning on playing again in the NFL, according to the Miami Herald. He's apparently planning to be back next season but isn't predicting where he'll be until he gets some more information about how his shoulder handles the recovery process.

One major thing he has going for him is that the injury and surgery apparently caused no muscle damage. The 33-year-old has his sites set on March 1 being the date he can work out for any team.

Meanwhile, Pennington will have more time to devote to his 1st and 10 Foundation.

There's no information on exactly what that job might entail but the suspicion is that it will include working with the NHL Players Association on the next collective-bargaining agreement. Shanahan has always been heavily involved in union issues so is very familiar with how the machinery of the league/union relationship works.

In fact, Shanahan was one of the main players involved in negotiations with the league during the last lockout so having him onboard should help the league understand where the players are coming from at the negotiating table sometimes.

He has supposedly been coveting former Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren for the gig and the new rumor has it that Lerner actually spoke with Holmgren yesterday about the job, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Jim Brown, who is an executive advisor to the club, kind of spilled the beans at a luncheon yesterday when he told the crowd that Lerner was interviewing somebody right then for the job: "At this moment, right now Randy Lerner is meeting with one of the great football minds in this country," he said. "And if things work out, that person will come in to run the football side of the Browns." When someone asked if it was Holmgren, Brown supposedly said, "You said it ... and I heard it."

Note to self: Don't tell Jim Brown secrets.

He reportedly has a partially torn ligament in his left wrist and only miss four or five weeks if the wrist isn't in terrible shape. But if he needs to have screws put in, his whole season is likely lost. "I'm going into it, assuming it will be a big surgery," Bell said. "If I wake up and it's not, it's icing on the cake."

Golden State apparently knew about Bell's scenario when it made the trade that finally cleared Stephen Jackson(notes) out of California.

Suggs' agent is even reportedly saying that his "minor" tear of his MCL could put him out for the rest of the season. (Is there such a thing as a "minor" tear of an MCL?)

The disappearance of Suggs is bad news for Baltimore. He draws double teams from opponents that rookie replacement Paul Kruger(notes) just won't.

Wonder if the team is wishing it hadn't signed that six-year, $63 million contract this past July right about now.

The Nats want to change their perception and going after Lackey will certainly help just as the team's pursuit of Mark Teixeira(notes) last off-season started to turn that dial.

Going after Lackey is one thing but getting him would help a whole lot more on the perception front. If the Nats can get him, they'd expect him to also help mentor the rest of the young staff, such as Stephen Strasburg(notes), Ross Detwiler(notes), and John Lannan(notes). Lackey would surely help bring the team's National League-worst ERA of 5.00 down.

But of course everybody else wants Lackey, too, so it remains doubtful that he'll end up in D.C. Another person who also isn't likely to end up in the District is shortstop Adam Everett(notes), who has been linked to the Nats numerous times this off-season already. The team supposedly has no interest in the defensive specialist.

Ricciardi is no longer GM and the new guy, Alex Anthopoulos, is reportedly shifting things around. He is supposedly ready to give other teams a short time window to let them try to negotiate an extension with Halladay if a trade were to get that far, according to MLB.com.

Halladay has one year left on his current contract and it's looking pretty good right now that he won't be wearing a Blue Jays uniform during that time.

Head coach Mike D'Antoni didn't seem overly excited about the prospect of signing the 34-year-old guard who has been put on waivers by the Memphis Grizzlies. "He's been a force in this league for God knows how long," D'Antoni said. "I'm not taking anything away from him. At the same time, there's a lot of organization stuff to talk about."

Still, the team will do pretty much anything to dig itself out of its 1-9 worst start of all time.

Isn't now the time to a few Greek teams to say they'd take Iverson in a heartbeat?

The No. 1 Chevy will reportedly have current Roush Family Racing driver McMurray behind the wheel and feature its main sponsorship from Bass Pro Shops. The 33-year-old McMurray replaces Martin Truex Jr., who has a new deal with Michael Waltrip Racing.

McMurray got his Sprint Cup start back in 2002, winning in only his second race, under Chip Ganassi so the whole thing kind of makes sense.

Even with the disappearance of Stephen Jackson(notes) and Acie Law(notes) to the Charlotte Bobcats in exchange for Raja Bella and Vladimir Radmanovic(notes), Nelson is apparently not very excited about coaching Monta Ellis(notes) and all the other young guys on the team. But there is one big thing supposedly holding him back from calling it quits: Lenny Wilkens.

Nelson has to win 21 more games to break the NBA all-time wins record that Wilkens now holds. Once Nelson has that under his big belt, there's not much incentive to stay on board.

So the expectation is that if he can feel that he's getting closer to that goal on a consistent enough basis, Nelson will stay till he sets a new record and then go home.

Team owner Al Davis is a big fan of Russell but Cable is saying the owner has nothing to do with the decision on who plays quarterback this weekend. Part of the problem is that backup Bruce Gradkowski(notes) supposedly has a hamstring injury.

Cable thinks of third-stringer Charlie Frye(notes) as a viable starting option also and he'll meet with all of his quarterbacks today to go over the plan for Sunday and see who seems the most ready for it.

The Celts would end up with Andres Nocioni(notes) out of the deal while Kenny Thomas, Tony Allen(notes), and Brian Scalabrine(notes) would be unpacking their bags in the City of Brotherly Love, and Dalembert and J.R. Giddens(notes) would be headed to the Sacramento Kings.

The conversations are supposedly "ongoing." This is at least keeping a few assistant general managers very busy.

He'll apparently get paid $306,764.43, the pro-rated league minimum, for the final seven games of the season and was purely brought on as an insurance policy in case someone gets hurt. He'll be fourth on the running back depth chart so nobody else should expect changes in playing time - unless, of course, he breaks out and proves to be brilliant with the Bengals.

"It would have zero affect on Cedric Benson(notes), Bernard Scott(notes) or Brian Leonard(notes)," Coach Marvin Lewis said of a hypothetical deal.

Benson left Sunday's 18-12 win over Pittsburgh with a hip flexor strain so that may have helped the front office make the decision to bring on Johnson, who isn't always the most well-behaved fellow.

Polamalu had an MRI done on his left knee but the Steelers aren't talking about the results. But Polamalu has been sitting in on team meetings so the theory is that he isn't done for the season just yet.

The Steelers defense is so good, it seemed to hardly miss the fella after he left once the first series was over, but Carson Palmer(notes) and the Cincinnati Bengals still found a way to win the game and take control of the AFC North.

Cribbs apparently got hammered after the play in which he caught a pass and lateraled the ball to a teammate was over.

Ravens defensive end Trevor Pryce(notes) supposedly got upset after the incident that the Browns even had Cribbs still in the game, which was unwinnable at that point.

There's a rumor floating around that the team (along with the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees) is waiting to throw more than $100 million at outfielder Matt Holliday(notes), who hit .313 with 24 home runs and 109 runs batted in for the Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals this past season. But GM Tony Reagins is saying that no such thing is true. "Our focus is not on him right now."

It is extremely doubtful that Reagins will get Figgins or Lackey to sign anything before Friday. Both are highly coveted on the free-agent market and would likely get paid to play more elsewhere. "They have earned the right to see what their value is," Reagins said.

Lackey supposedly wants to sign a deal worth more than $100 million and has interest from the Seattle Mariners, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, and New York Yankees. Figgins is likely to sign a deal for half of that and his suitors supposedly include the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, and Chicago Cubs.

Supposedly, the White Sox would send Konerko and prospects to San Diego for Adrian Gonzalez. Then San Diego would trade Konerko to Anaheim and give San Diego more prospects.

The 27-year-old left-handed batter Gonzalez is coveted by more than a few teams (40 homers, 99 RBIs, and a .407 on-base percentage will do that for you) so the Padres would have to be receiving some stellar prospects in the deal.

The Grizzlies were unhappy with Iverson's griping and have waived Iverson and he is set to become a free agent on Wednesday. Iverson was displeased with his playing time once he finally came back from an injury. Meanwhile, the Knicks have been less than excited about the work of current point guard Chris Duhon(notes), who head coach Mike D'Antoni thought was going to help turn his team around before Duhon got to New York at the start of last season.

Knicks president Donnie Walsh is saying that the Knicks will at least look into signing Iverson. He remains doubtful but is at least leaving open the possibility: "Right now, I'd say probably not but we'll see," he said.

The rumor is, of course, that the 34-year-old Iverson would absolutely love to be playing for the Knicks, where he would likely get a lot of attention.

But when will Iverson learn that attention can be a bad thing sometimes, too?

The 52-year-old Marlin has been behind the wheel for three decades and is saying he'll "probably" put his keys away once the race is over. "Will I miss it? Yeah, in some ways," Marlin said. "But in some ways I'll kinda be glad when it's over. The sport has changed. It's not much fun any more."

He's most famous for winning 9back-to-back Daytona 500 victories in 1994 and 1995.

The Toronto Sun has it that the Miami Heat are hoping to re-sign Dwyane Wade and have enough dough left over to snag both LeBron James and Chris Bosh. That little plan has apparently not just been a little fantasy in the team's front offices. The three players have supposedly been in on the concept and have talked about the possibility. James and Wade are certainly pals and would like to play together again if the Cavs somehow don't satisfy the wishes of James.

Still, it is very hard to imagine James leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers, though it is very easy to imagine Bosh leaving the Toronto Raptors.

But coaches that cross Davis are putting their own jobs in jeopardy. And Cable doesn't seem to care. He must still just be feeling happy about the fact that the league isn't going to take any action against him for clocking one of his assistants this summer so hard that it reportedly broke the guy's jaw (and the supposed whole back history of violence against an ex-wife and an ex-girlfriend), according to the San Jose Mercury News.

Still, Davis is calling Russell a "great" quarterback so Cable might not want to bench this guy just yet.

Jones apparently stayed in a local hospital last night in Arizona while the rest of the Seahawks traveled back to Seattle. Head coach Jim Mora says the team will "play it safe" with Jones for upcoming games, which means he is likely to miss a few games.

And that means Justin Forsett(notes) will be getting more opportunities. He took advantage of them yesterday with a career-best 123 yards in 17 carries, catching five passes and scoring a touchdown.

Coach Any Reid called it a "heck of a hit." Reid wouldn't make any predictions on whether this was career-threatening to Westbrook "In these types of situations, football is secondary. We've got to look [out for] this kid and for his future and make sure everything's OK for him before he gets back out there," he said, according to the Philadelphia Daily News.

The Eagles may look into signing free agents Edgerrin James(notes), Larry Johnson(notes), and Warrick Dunn(notes).

Siegel played in college at Penn and apparently still plays a fair amount.

"From what they have said, they are committed to making us a better team," said defenseman Keith Ballard(notes). "It's good that things are settled now. It's one less thing to worry about whether you are signed here for one year or eight.''

The team has supposedly lost $10 million a year since it was bought from Wayne Huizenga in 2001. Last year, that number supposedly went up to around $14 million. These two guys are obviously hoping for a different result.
The league still needs to approve the deal.

Coach Phil Jackson is apparently saying that Gasol has gone five days without pain and that he's been out on the court for "light" workouts. The team is supposedly ready for him to try the hamstring out against some actual contact.

Lakers fans are surely thinking that it would be nice to have the 18.9 points per game he averaged last year back in the lineup.

The word yesterday, according to Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski, was that it would take three weeks to a month to get Paul back into game shape. The injury came Friday night in a game against the Portland Trail Blazers and Paul didn't travel Saturday to help take on the Atlanta Hawks.

"Chris' absence changes things quite a bit as far the contributions of everyone on the floor," Bower said. The Hornets are already 3-8 and this isn't going to make things any easier for them.

Anaheim loses exclusive negotiating rights to Lackey this Friday and, according to the Sporting News, the New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers, and Boston Red Sox have all apparently started checking their wallets to see what they've got in there to flash at the 31-year-old. All three of those clubs have supposedly talked to Lackey's agent already. The New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners are expected to get into the fray pretty soon as well.

The main concern for most teams is Lackey's stamina. In the past two years, he's made 24 and 27 starts and had different arm injuries both years. The 6'6", 245-pounder went 11-8 this year with a 3.43 ERA and 139 strikeouts in 176.1 innings.

Hendrick isn't sure she'll be in NASCAR at all next year, either: "I just think that they are not even close to making a decision on whether to even do it this year or next year," he said of Patrick and her IMG reps. "You never know until it's done. You never know until it's signed. And anybody can change their mind. When you get down to the nitty gritty of any deal, it's always complicated. There can always be someone who comes back and says `I can't do it because of this.'"

The rumor is that Patrick would actually be driving for JR Motorsports, which is owned by Hendrick Motorsports and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick wasn't saying a deal won't get done but that nobody should be assuming anything: "I think everything is an option, and it's just too early to really comment on it," he said.

Rosenhaus gained a lot of dislike in Philly because he is the rep for controversial receiver Terrell Owens(notes), who pulled all sorts of stunts while playing in the City of Brotherly Love. Now Rosenhaus is taking the reins of Jackson's career and the team apparently would like to start talking about a long-term deal (even though nothing could be officially signed till March of next year), according to the Philadelphia Daily News.

The Eagles have locked up such young players as Shawn Andrews(notes) and Mike Patterson(notes) in the past but neither of them seemed to have the probable high-dollar amount needed to sign the way Jackson does. There is no doubt that the talks will be long and sometimes unpleasant.

His 1-7 record is not helping him one bit with front-office support, fan support, and now even player support. A tipping point of sorts has been reached in which players have finally reached the comfort zone of speaking out against Mangini publicly.

Running back Jamal Lewis(notes) is apparently leading the way. He says the team works too hard in practices: "The talent is there. There's talent all over this room, young and old," he said. "At the same time, that talent's got to be able to be ready for Sunday and to be fresh for Sunday and be ready to go out and be efficient on Sunday. You can work hard as you want. You can work all day, seven days a week all the way up to Sunday in practice. But at the same time, if you're going to work like that, then maybe on Sunday you're probably not going to get what you want out of your players."

Anybody want to lay wagers that Mangini takes the advice of Lewis and goes easy on his players next week?

James will be wearing No. 6 next season, wherever he ends up. He reportedly wants every player in the league to give up No. 23 out of respect for Jordan. "I just think what Michael Jordan has done for the game has to be recognized some way soon," James said. "There would be no LeBron James, no Kobe Bryant(notes), no Dwyane Wade(notes) if there wasn't Michael Jordan first."

This, of course, equates to massive jersey sales next summer when James takes on his new number. The NBA should just give James some kind of bonus right now for the amount of cash he's about to bring the league.

"I felt like, maybe somebody would have at least consulted with me and asked how I felt before it happened," Paul told the paper. "It's not to get my approval, but we feel we should know about the decision before it takes place."

Paul is ready to play for the fella who formally only wore the hat of general manager for the Hornets, Jeff Bower, but he'll miss the "open line of communication" he had with Scott.

It sounds like he's pretty comfortable communicating with anybody.

The problem is that the future Hall of Famer who is likely to retire at season's end will be going up against one of the NFL's top run defenses and he's not at full strength. So the Chargers may end up using the five-time Pro Bowler in a limited role for this game in hope of preserving him for the rest of the year.

The guy is only 30 but his numbers have gone down significantly this season and head coach Norv Turner seems to be trusting running back Darren Sproles(notes) with a lot more of the crucial runs.

Prepare the LT highlight reels for endless playing.

The offense of the Rangers was significantly lower this past season than in 2008 and the team wants to boost those numbers. There have been rumors that one route toward regaining that would be to bring Milton Bradley(notes) back to the team via trade with the Chicago Cubs. But they could also up their numbers with the addition of the 34-year-old Guerrero. After all, the guy has a .394 average in 50 games at the ballpark in Arlington.

The Rangers apparently have some money woes (don't we all?) so that could make things difficult to bring Guerrero onboard. He may currently be looking to get the kind of dough Bobby Abreu(notes) got from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: $19 million over two years. But it is apparently more likely that he'll end up with a one-year deal worth somewhere between $3 million and $5 million. Nothing to sneeze at.

The 28-year-old hit .250 last season and only had 10 homers and 38 RBI in 280 at-bats. Unfortunately, he missed a lot of games last year, which doesn't help his sale value. Whoever takes him on will owe him $3.5 million next year and $5.1 million in 2011. He could end up being moved to first base or the outfield if he is moved.

The San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, and Tampa Bay Rays are all supposedly places that Doumit could land.

Harden spent five years in the American League West with the Oakland Athletics and is apparently interested in returning to the division. The Mariners would like to provide some support in the rotation to young ace Felix Hernandez(notes) and Harden would be just the trick. After all, the 27-year-old went 9-9 last year with a 4.09 ERA.

It is rumored that Harden doesn't have much interest in returning to Chicago since he supposedly felt overused and suffered from some poor defensive play by Alfonso Soriano(notes) and Milton Bradley(notes).

The Red Wings are apparently happy to go with their aging goaltender, Chris Osgood(notes). And why not? The guy has 395 wins in his career (50 of them shutouts) and has helped the team to two straight visits to the Stanley Cup Finals.

Meanwhile, the Ducks are left trying to get rid of Giguere, who has been relegated to a backup role to Jonas Hiller(notes). He's lost all three of his starts this year, letting 13 pucks past his blocker on 124 shots. Ouch.