• Most Popular
  • Most Shared

A look back at sports

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Santonio Holmes (L) keeps both feet in the end zone as he beats Arizona Cardinals safety Aaron Francisco to catch the game winning touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, February 1, 2009. Credit: REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Sports pictures of the year

From a nail-biting pass at Superbowl XLIII to a bloody WBO World Welterwight fight, here's a look at the best sports photos of 2009.   Slideshow 

Rockies and Torrealba agree two-year contract

NEW YORK
Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:02am EST
Colorado Rockies' Yorvit Torrealba hits a three-run home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the sixth inning in Game 3 of Major League Baseball's NLCS playoff series in Denver, October 14, 2007. REUTERS/Hans Deryk

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Colorado Rockies and catcher Yorvit Torrealba have agreed terms on a two-year contract worth nearly $7 million.

Sports

Torrealba, 29, will receive a $500,000 signing bonus, a $2.75 million salary in 2008, and another $3.5 million in 2009, the team said Friday on its Web site.

A native of Venezuela, Torrealba hit .255 last season for the National League champion Rockies with eight home runs and 47 RBIs in 133 games.

The seven-year major league veteran is a career .251 hitter.

(Reporting by Steve Ginsburg in Washington, editing by Miles Evans)
Sports


More from Reuters

Photo

Fox, Time Warner Cable ink temp deal to avoid blackout

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Cable and News Corp's Fox Networks agreed to a brief extension of their current carriage contract on Thursday to avoid a blackout that would have prevented 13 million U.S. homes from seeing TV shows like "The Simpsons" and college and NFL football games.

» More Top News
A customer is served at a counter inside a foreign exchange store displaying a poster of various banknotes including the Chinese yuan or renminbi (RMB) in Hong Kong November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
OUTLOOK 2010:

Be careful what you wish for

Pressure on China to loosen its grip on the yuan will continue but the U.S. should tread carefully. Here are five world market issues to watch.  Full Article 

Global Markets
Aurora, a 20-year-old Beluga whale, swims with her newborn calf after giving birth at the Vancouver Aquarium in Vancouver, British Columbia June 7, 2009. REUTERS/Andy Clark

365 days for the doomed

From polar bears to emperor penguins, endangered species will get top online billing in 2010 during the Year of Biodiversity.  Full Article 

Green Business