NEW YORK -- Matt Harvey may not throw a single pitch this season, but hes already earned $60,000 in bonuses. The 2014 contract of the injured New York Mets star contains unusual provisions that reward him for 2013 accomplishments. Harvey has earned a $10,000 bonus for making last years All-Star team and $50,000 for finishing tied for fourth in NL Cy Young Award voting under the deal. Represented by agent Scott Boras, Harvey becomes eligible for arbitration after the 2015 season. "Its always nice. I just found about it when they were doing all that stuff," Harvey said Wednesday at spring training in Port St. Lucie, Fla. "I let Scott take care of all that stuff. I just play." Harvey gets a salary of $546,625 while on the major league roster this year under the one-year deal announced Monday, and he is paid at an annual rate of $299,250 if on option to the minors. Recovering from elbow ligament-replacement surgery on Oct. 22, Harvey gets paid at the big league rate while on the disabled list or during a minor league injury rehabilitation assignment. He may not return to the mound for the Mets until 2015. Harvey was 9-5 with a 2.27 ERA in 26 starts last year with 191 strikeouts in 178 1-3 innings, and he had a salary of $498,750 in the major leagues. Harvey, who turns 25 on March 27, started the All-Star game at Citi Field last July and became the youngest All-Star starting pitcher since the Mets Dwight Gooden in 1988. He was diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament following his start against Detroit on Aug. 24. . Blackhawks RW Patrick Kane came up big when it counted, tallying two goals and an assist. He scored the game-winner with 4:45 remaining in the third period, stopping on the right hashmarks, carrying the puck up through the top of the Kings zone, then firing a wrist shot from the top of the circles past Jonathan Quick, who had his view obstructed by Andrew Shaw. . He was with the New York Jets in 2011 when the NFL locked out their players after they failed to agree on a new contract. Willy went undrafted but was given a look by four NFL teams before heading north.
http://www.cheappredatorsjerseysauthent ... ros-jersey. But qualifying for her first Scotties Tournament of Hearts after years of falling short in tough Manitoba provincial championships is as good as consolation prizes get for the 29-year-old from Winnipegs Fort Rouge Curling Club. . -- Jesse Lussier scored 8:24 into overtime as the Halifax Mooseheads erased a four-goal deficit to beat the host Val-dOr Foreurs 6-5 on Tuesday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoff action. . -- Dane Fox scored his 61st and 62nd goals of the season and Brendan Gaunce had a goal and three assists as the Erie Otters downed the Kitchener Rangers 7-3 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action.ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - Exceeding expectations in her comeback season, Lindsey Vonn now heads to her hometown world championships injury-free and winning races in style.That is a rare luxury, the Alpine ski star reflected Sunday, after running her womens World Cup wins record mark to 64 with an impressive super-G victory.Vonns mastery of a tricky course setting meant only one racer, Olympic super-G champion Anna Fenninger of Austria, finished within a second of her winning time.This is definitely the healthiest Ive been going into a big event, for sure, said the 30-year-old American, due to arrive home Monday in Vail, Colorado, one week ahead of the two-yearly worlds.Vonns pursuit of Olympic and world titles has often been hampered by injury and crashes in the days before racing.Her three career gold medals are outnumbered by four giant crystal globe trophies won for scoring the most all-around points in the grueling World Cup season.To find Vonn in such good shape is remarkable after she twice blew out her right knee in 2013. First, in her opening super-G race at the previous worlds, held in Schladming, Austria, and a second which kept her from the Sochi Olympics.Its nice to finally feel healthy again, said Vonn, who has won five World Cup speed races this season. After every race I have muscle pain and my knees hurt a little bit, but its nothing new.Still, she just won three times in a stellar eight-day span to prepare for a world championships staged on her local Beaver Creek course.Vonn recalled feeling this good for a gold-medal challenge only before the 2009 worlds, when she took downhill and super-G titles at Val dIsere, France.This being Lindsey Vonn, she lacerated her right thumb on a broken champagne bottle at a sponsors party to celebrate that downhill win and almost jeopardized the rest of her dominating season.On Sunday, a super-G win at St. Moritz repeated her feat of 2010 when it had seemed the perfect send-off in Europe for the Vancouver Olympics where she was expected to shine.Vonn did indeed win her Olympic downhill title five yearrs ago, though only after injuring her right shin in training which added drama and uncertainty.ddddddddddddDont jinx me, Vonn said Sunday when asked about her star-crossed luck. So, hopefully in the next training days nothing happens.Valerie Grenier of Mont-Tremblant, Que., was 13th in her second career World Cup super-G race. Marie-Michele Gagnon of Lac-Etchemin, Que., was 17th.Everything about Vonns latest victory suggests she learned enough to stay safe before her first medal race, the super-G on Feb. 3.Vonn found a fast racing line through a challenging set of gates. A tight turn into the finish tricked several rivals, including double Sochi gold medallist Tina Maze of Slovenia.On crossing the finish line, Vonn raised both arms in the air and bowed to the cheering Swiss crowd who appreciated her impressive run.Fenninger acknowledged being outsmarted higher up the course.It was really good skiing on the last two sections, the 24-year-old overall World Cup champion said. I think that is the way you can beat Lindsey but it has to be for the whole run.Vonn now leads the season-long super-G standings from Fenninger.Sometimes its nice to be a veteran on the tour, said Vonn, who debuted in a World Cup slalom aged 16 in November 2000. I knew a few gates that would cause trouble.Such veteran savvy should help her manage the demands of being a home-team favourite for the two-week championships — the first on American snow since the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.I know the limit and I know how to handle my schedule, said Vonn, who will stay in relative calm at the team hotel. My whole family will be at my house so I want to separate myself.Her father, Alan Kildow, was again course-side to watch. He also attended last Monday at Cortina dAmpezzo, Italy, when another super-G win set a wins record for Vonn which arrived so soon after such serious injuries.She works so hard physically on the rehabilitation that I knew she would be in good shape, Kildow said. But to come that far back, that quickly, is, I wont say its surprising, but ... you know. ' ' '
