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Stephen Curry had 28 points and 12 assists, David Lee added 21 points and 17 rebounds and the Golden State Warriors beat the short-handed New Orleans Pelicans 104-93 on Tuesday night in Andre Iguodala's long-awaited return.Iguodala finished with two points and two assists in 17 minutes after missing the previous 12 games with a right hamstring injury. The Warriors led by 10 points in the first quarter,disposable wooden cutlery 18 at halftime and 26 late in the third quarter.The Pelicans played without injured starters Anthony Davis (broken left hand) and Tyreke Evans (sprained left ankle). Ryan Anderson had 21 points and six rebounds and Jason Smith scored 12 for New Orleans, which has lost its first two games of a five-game trip.The Warriors outshot the Pelicans 45.1 to 37.5 percent and outrebounded them 58 to 44 to control the game — for the most part — from start to finish. New Orleans made a brief run in the fourth quarter against Golden State's backups before the starters returned and restored order.The Warriors went 5-7 after Iguodala injured his hamstring Nov. 22, losing three of its last four games.Kevin Durant scored 30 points, powering the Thunder to their seventh consecutive victory. 

Durant had 30 or more points in a game for the 12th time this season, most in the NBA.Forklift forks He is averaging a league-high 28.6 points.party paper strawsRussell Westbrook had 21 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists for the Thunder. Serge Ibaka added 17 points and 10 rebounds.Denver had won 10 of 13. J.J. Hickson had 20 points and 14 rebounds, but the Nuggets dropped to 0-2 this season against Oklahoma City. Ty Lawson added 17 points and 13 assists.Kobe Bryant scored 21 points in his sixth game of the season, and the Lakers closed out a four-game road trip with a victory.Pau Gasol added 21 points and nine rebounds for the Lakers, who were coming off a 114-100 loss at Atlanta on Monday night. Nick Young had 18 points, and Jodie Meeks finished with 13.Zach Randolph had 18 points and a season-high 16 rebounds for Memphis. The Grizzlies played without Mike Conley, who sat out after bruising his left thigh in Sunday's loss to Minnesota.The Grizzlies led 69-67 in the fourth quarter before the Lakers went on a 17-4 run.Bryant played 32 minutes, matching his most action since returning from his torn left Achilles' tendon.disposable paper cups He was 9 for 18 from the field, both season highs, despite running the offense most of the night.Kemba Walker scored 24 points,paper drinking straws helping Charlotte snap a three-game losing streak.Gerald Henderson added 20 points and reserve Ramon Sessions scored 16 for the Bobcats, who went 8 for 17 from 3-point range. Walker also had five assists in his 10th game with at least 20 points.DeMarcus Cousins had 30 points and 17 rebounds for Sacramento, which shot 37.5 percent from the field. The Kings have dropped three of four.Kings forward Rudy Gay scored four points on 1-of-6 shooting in his worst game since he was acquired in a seven-player trade with Toronto on Dec. 9. He departed with 5:23 left in the third quarter due to right knee stiffness.

Less than a week since their coach resigned for "personal reasons" Canada's national women's ice hockey program announced Tuesday that former NHL player Kevin Dineen has been hired to lead the team's gold medal defense at the upcoming Sochi Winter Olympic Games.As the three-time defending Olympic champions, the team was thrown into disarray Thursday when coach Dan Church abruptly quit over differences with his Hockey Canada bosses. He later told media he had doubts in his abilities to coach the team.Dineen, who appeared in 1,188 NHL games as a player over 20 seasons, became available after he was fired as the coach of the Florida Panthers on Nov. 8 as the team got off to a poor 3-9-4 record. Over parts of three seasons leading the Miami-based team,Wholesale Lingerie Sexy Lingerie he had a 56-62-28 record in his first NHL coaching job."When this opportunity presented itself, I immediately jumped at it. The opportunity to work with Team Canada, the staff, more importantly these world-class athletes, is thrilling for me," the 50-year-old Toronto native said."Things are happening pretty quickly. I know I'm hopping on a moving train here and we'll rely very heavily on the whole coaching staff and (assistants) Lisa (Haley) and Danielle (Goyette) to help this initial stage for a couple of weeks."Dineen is effectively coming full circle with Canada's Olympic program.nike shox shoes He played for the national team in the 1983-1984 season, going to the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics where the Canadians finished fourth. 

He noted leaving the former Yugoslavia without an Olympic medal was something that had stuck with him for a long time.Lululemon Women's Pants"I am a product of Hockey Canada. I've had the opportunity to represent my country on the international stage and I may have a little unfinished business from my Olympic experience. So I'm extremely excited about that end of it ... As we move forward things are going to be happening pretty quickly."In hockey-mad Canada, Dineen will be expected to bring home the gold medal and nothing less. Since women's hockey was introduced to the Olympic roster in 1998, Canada has won the championship three times, and the rival Americans once.It is the dominance of the two neighboring countries at the sport that caused former Olympic chief Jacques Rogge to state at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games that greater parity was needed among the participating countries and regions to ensure its Olympic future, as "we cannot continue without improvement."In the preliminary round in Vancouver, Canada outscored its opponents 41-2, while the Americans shelled the opposition 31-1. China was one of the weaker teams facing the barrage of goals, appearing in the tournament for the third time and finishing seventh overall.The Canadians and Americans will again be the favorites for gold in Sochi this February, with improving nations in Russia, Finland and Sweden also in the medal hunt.Despite not winning the Olympic gold in the last three Games, however,Isuzu Auto Parts the Americans have had the Canadians' number in recent years winning four out of the last five world championships, including a 3-2 victory in Ottawa in April.The two women's hockey powerhouses are currently in the midst of a six game friendly series in the run up to Sochi with the Canadians winning two of the first three meetings. The two sides meet again Friday in Grand Forks,canada goose jacket women North Dakota, in the first of three games before the end of the year.

African champion Al Ahly look forward to re-proving themselves at the Club World Cup opener against Guangzhou Evergrande after Egypt failed to qualify for the 2014 Brazil tournament.Al Ahly,honeycomb paper balls  the Egyptian football giant, having made the African club records by winning the CAF Champions League eight times, also share the record with New Zealand's Auckland City with fifth participation in the FIFA's year-ending tournament in Morocco.louis vuitton men handbags pricesAs the club players are mainly from Egypt national team, Al Ahly hoped to show their level against Chinese club in the quarter- final on Saturday, especially after they were disappointed not to enter the Brazil World Cup next year."Egypt is outside the 2014 World Cup. It's pity for us because it's dream to go there,Sexy Lingerie Factory" said Al Ahly's captain Wael Gomaa in the pre-match conference on Friday."But Egypt have won African Cup many times and Ahly also won in the CAF Champions League. There are good achievements. ""And now the club world cup will be an extra chance. We could make it as an opportunity to compensate for World Cup's absence."Al Ahly have two injured players so far, both are fullbacks. And their attacking midfielder Mohamed Aboutrika is one of the several veterans whose age are above 30 years old.But Egyptian head coach Mohamed Youssef said it was not the problem for his side. 

"We have two players with big values. But at the same time, we have other players can replace them with the same level," said Youssef.wholesale cheap Oakley Grade AAA Sunglasses sale from www.alipaytrade.com homepage.lv monogram empreinte artsy price"The club likes Ahly has enough long list of players who are quite similar. I hope those replacement has the same performance as the injured teammates tomorrow.""For age, in football it is difficult to say. We access things by technique. Players' performances are the selection criteria."As Morocco hosted the event for the first time, the Al Ahly coach believed it could be their advantage to play in an African country compared to Chinese club."The tournament is the first time in African country. I read the newspaper that some of the local supporters will support us. And in climate it is an advantage for us."Though Guangzhou won the Asian Champions League with some overwhelming victories, and World-Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi boosted their chance to meet Bayern Munich in semi-final, Youssef showed belief for his side to pass the test."Every coach wants to win the match. We have expectations and hopes to play Bayern Munich. How the game will turn on? Let see it tomorrow."

Marcello Lippi said Bayern Munich were above all the other teams at Club World Cup after his side Guangzhou Evergrande were outclassed 3-0 in the semi-final on Thuesday.Franck Ribery's left-footed shot, Mario Mandzukic's diving header and Mario Goetze's driving shot helped the reigning German and European champions ease past the Asian Champions League winners."Bayern is no doubt the best team in the tournament. When they play against other teams, they can always dominate the games with overwhelming advantages. There is a big difference," said the 65-year-old Italian.T-Shirts Hoodies"We didn't attack as much as we want to. We didn't pose threat to them. Since the start of the game,www.i-fashion-handbag.com Bayern had already controlled the match. It's a pity that Muriqui failed to seize the chance in the first half."Guangzhou, the first-ever Chinese club appearing in this tournament, had to fight for the third-place of the tournament against the defeated side of the other semi-final between Raja Casablanca and Atletico Mineiro.Honeycomb Tissue BallThough seeing off eight-time African champion Al Ahly 2-0 in the quarter-final,wholesale Coach Grade Sunglasses from www.alipaytrade.com homepage. Chiness club found it hard to move the ball effectively despite boosted by their attacking trio Elkeson, Dario Conca and Muriqui, as the German club dominated the rhyme with high-pressing defensive line.Lippi, the first and the only coach to win both European and Asian Champions Leagues, said fatigue affect his players' levels."We started this season since the January. It's nearly one-whole-year work now. Some Chinese players have played nearly 70 matches so far." 

"If today it were the team who won the Asian Champion one month ago, I'm sure we can play better. But of course, we cannot beat Bayern. Because there is a huge difference.Tissue Paper Honeycomb Ball"Though the defeat is hash, the semi-final entry is the best-ever result for Chinese professional league in world stage after Guangzhou became the first club from the country to win the Asian Champions League in November.Lippi, standing in the technical area in the first 45 minutes, returned to his seat in the second half as he saw noting left he could do to change the momentum of the lop-sided match."I cannot tell my players what else they can do. There is a big difference between the teams."When asked how long Guangzhou can narrow the gap between them and Bayern, Lippi said "many, many years".

The Calgary Flames centre also knows the type of team to expect when he squares off with them.“They’re a team that finds ways to win and that’s why they’re successful,” Colborne was saying at Tuesday’s morning skate at TD Garden. “It seems like every team in the West, especially me coming from the East (Toronto), you go against some big centres every game . . . (Ryan) Getzlaf one night, (Joe) Thornton, (Anze) Kopitar, Jeff Carter, those guys who, every single game,Sexy Lingerie Factory are controlling the puck and making plays every time they’re on the ice.“We were saying (the Bruins) could be a West Conference team,Buy cheap Coach Grade Sunglasses, Custom Fit Stripe Shirt and more. for sure. I know for a fact, (acting GM) Brian Burke, that’s the kind of team he’s looking for (the Flames to be).”And, hopefully, they picked up a thing or two from the Bruins who dealt the Flames their second straight loss in seven days.Tuesday’s 2-0 blanking on a stormy, snowy night in downtown Boston wasn’t 9-0 (like the last time the Flames were shut out at TD Garden back on Jan. 5, 2012).But it was the third time in as many visits that the team couldn’t score at the arena and it was the Flames’ first scoreless game of the season.“They put their time in and now they’re reaping the rewards of it,” said Colborne afterward. “It’s a good measuring stick for us to play against those guys.http://cnbattachment.com/ 

“They’re at the place we want to get to where people don’t want to come into to our barn and play because they know it’s going to be a battle.”Speaking of their barn, after Jarome Iginla’s homecoming on Dec. 10 at the Scotiabank Saddledome — a 2-1 loss after holding a 1-0 lead for two periods — Tuesday was the final season meeting between the clubs.Both losses were not for a lack of effort.“They’re one of the best teams in the league, defensively,” captain Mark Giordano said. “Their goalie (Tuukka Rask) is unbelievable, he played really well (Tuesday). He made some huge saves, especially in the third there, there were a couple lying in the crease and he recovers well. You’re not going to get many chances. There is a reason why they give us as many goals as they have . . . when you get your chances you better bury because there’s not going to be that many.”The Flames, who blasted out to one of their best starts of the year, only managed 21 shots on a razor-sharp Rask in the end but their attempts were quality scoring chances. In fact, the only problems happened on their penalty-kill.Bruins giant Zdeno Chara was the author of both goals while former Flames captain Iginla and linemate David Krejci had a piece of each. Quite rightly, Boston’s six-foot-nine, 255-pound captain earned “Chara, Chara” chants from the snowed-in home crowd in the game’s final minutes. 

“He’s one of the best players in the league,” Giordano. “He wins the Norris (Trophy) a lot for a reason. You want to play him in his own zone, but he’s so good in all of his zones. I think, offensively, he’s a threat because he’s a big shot and he can play in front. You saw with the last goal, I was right there, but it’s tough to get inside on him when he gets that puck.”Bad luck for Lance Bouma, too, who was in the box for both of Chara’s goals for high-sticking (including a four-minute double minor in the second period), the team’s only two penalties during the game. First, Chara, who’d absorbed an errant Matt Stajan stick on the right side of his face moments earlier, had made no mistake and found Reto Berra’s five-hole off a pass from Johnny Boychuk.Then, he chipped in a puck on Berra’s doorstep before Giordano could get in his way.However,Nike Air Max Bouma’s teammates — and head coach Bob Hartley — were quick to defend the physical winger.“Lance works so hard and is such a great young man to work with that we all felt badly,” the bench boss said. “On the bench during his second high-sticking penalty, we were saying, ‘Come on,Chevron Paper Straws kill it for Boums.’“You take away their two power play goals, we didn’t give them that much. Five-on-five, they might have had an edge on us but it’s not like they dominated us . . . the effort, the work ethic is there.”It doesn’t get any easier for the Flames, now 13-16-5. They continue their five-game road trip Thursday at Detroit and Saturday at Pittsburgh.In the end, Boston outshot Calgary 31-21 while Rask earned the shutout. Berra, starting for the first time since playing last Tuesday against the Bruins in Calgary, is now 4-8-2.

The LSU Lady Tigers decided they were going to give something to Florida Gulf Coast, but they were also going to take.“We knew they were either a 3-point shooting team or they were making layups,” senior guard Jeanne Kenney said Tuesday night. “There was no midrange with them. We had to take away one or the other, so we took away the paint.”Florida Gulf Coast made 12 of 36 3-point attempts, the most makes from beyond the arc by an LSU opponent and tying Hampton on Nov. 20 for the most attempts.But from two-point range the Eagles were only 5-of-14. That along with rare visits to the free throw line (where FGCU was 0-for-4) meant LSU’s visitors weren’t going to be able to inflict enough damage from outside to do the Lady Tigers any meaningful harm.The result was an ultimately easy-looking 69-46 victory before a crowd of 2,190 fans at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.The win was LSU’s seventh straight,Nike Air Max pushing the No.Our store can offer Dsquared Long T-Shirts cheap price, welcome choose! 12-ranked Lady Tigers’ record to 9-1 overall. FGCU, which beat LSU 76-70 on its home court last season, fell to 5-4.The game marked a return to action for sophomore guard Danielle Ballard, her first court time this month. She last played Nov. 30 when LSU beat Michigan in New York for the Barclays Center Invitational title.Ballard sat out LSU’s last two games serving a suspension for unspecified rules violations. She returned to score four points and pull down eight rebounds in just 22 minutes of court time. 

Ballard made her presence felt defensively, picking the ball from FGCU’s Whitney Knight near midcourt to drive for an uncontested layup with 10:23 left for a 49-32 LSU lead. On the Eagles’ next possession, Ballard got a steal off Stephanie Haas in front of the FGCU bench that led to a pair of free throws by Raigyne Moncrief and a 51-32 LSU lead with 9:55 left.“Her rebounds, her defensive pressure,” said Moncrief, the freshman who again led LSU with 11 points in 21 minutes, “her drives and her jump shots. We really need Danielle.”LSU coach Nikki Caldwell sounded satisfied that Ballard was ready to be back in the rotation.“It’s all about growing up and accepting responsibilities,” Caldwell said.“There are always rules you have to abide by.”Both teams started sluggishly with LSU scraping out an 8-0 led with 14:15 left in the first half on a putback basket by Theresa Plaisance. FGCU started off cold missing its first six shots, all from 3-point range.Florida Gulf Coast came back with eight straight points of its own to force the game’s only tie with 9:57 left on a drive by Stephanie Hass. But DaShawn Harden put LSU back up for good 10-8 on a drive down the left baseline at the 9:20 mark, a lead the Lady Tigers extended to 35-16 by halftime.In the second half Caldwell continued weaving her 10 available players (sophomore center Derreyal Youngblood was again sidelined by illness) in and out of the game.None of Lady Tigers played more than 29 minutes, led by freshman guard Rina Hill.wholesale Coach Grade Sunglasses sale from www.alipaytrade.com homepage. In LSU’s last four games only two players have logged 30 minutes or more: Moncrief with 30 minutes Dec. 3 against Indiana State and Kenney with 32 minutes Sunday at Arkansas-Little Rock.“Different players have to step up at different times,” Caldwell said. “The play from our bench allowed us to extend our lead.honeycomb balls Everyone played a part for us.“The versatility of our team makes us hard to guard.”Florida Gulf Coast’s Sarah Hansen led all players with 15 points on 6 of 7 shooting, including 3 of 3 from 3-point range. LSU was just 2 of 10 beyond the arc but made FGCU pay at the free throw line where the Lady Tigers were 21 of 25.LSU hits the road again Friday for a 6 p.Honeycomb Tissue Ballsm. game at North Carolina State.

Kenya and Ethiopia will be separated by the toss of a coin to decide Group A winners after both recorded identical 2-0 victories in the ongoing Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup in Nakuru on Tuesday.The hosts got their goals through a defender Jockins Atudo penalty in the first half before a well-struck strike from forward Allan Wanga in the second sealed victory over plucky Zanzibar in the later game.Earlier, second half goals from substitutes Yousuf Yassin and Biruk Kalbore propelled Ethiopia to a 2-0 over Southern Sudan who crashed out of the competition winless.Following the results, Kenya and Ethiopia top the pool on seven points with the same goal difference, goals scored and head-to-head record since their game last Wednesday ended in a 0-0 stalemate as they sealed their quarterfinals slot.It was however, not announced in the immediate aftermath of the pulsating Tuesday afternoon when the coin toss to decide who tops Group A would be conducted.Zanzibar, who ended on three points following their 2-1 opening win over Southern Sudan, are waiting nervously to see whether they will be among the best third placed teams that will qualify for the last eight."The organisers of Cecafa have a hidden agenda. Kenya has many stadiums in Nairobi, Machakos, Nakuru and Kisumu to host all the last pool games at once like it happens in England.Hydraulic dirt bucket suppliers Why was this not done here?" asked Zanzibar coach, Salum Nassor, who was clearly distraught, said after the Kenya game.welcome to cheap Dsquared Long Sleeve T-Shirts,find Latest Styles!‎ 

"We have to wait and other countries who are vying for the best third placed team ticket have watched our result and anything can happen. We learnt our lessons here; the referee was not fair perhaps because Kenya are the hosts. I congratulate them but there was no use of keeping us waiting to know our fate," Nassor added.His opposite number, Adel Amrouche, called for his side to be accorded more international matches to get into proper shape after witnessing the hosts fail to impose themselves on the islanders."We cannot build a strong team for the Africa Nations Cup if the gap between the players we have here and the likes of (English Premiership star) Victor Wanyama is not closed," Amrouche paper food bags wholesalesaid."The only way for this to happen is if we play against bigger teams," the Belgian who thanked fans in Nakuru for turning up in their droves to support his side stated.Striker Jacob Keli who won his second successive man-of-the-match award was again the difference for the limp host, with his run and shot causing panic in the Zanzibari box that led to teammate Francis Kahata being mowed in the box when he pounced on the rebound.Atudo struck his penalty high into the top corner for his second tournament goal from the spot to give Kenya the Wholesale Outerwears cheap Outerwearslead.With Zanzibar threatening to cause an upset, Wanga gave the host breathing space by repaying his coach's decision to hand him the armband to improve his confidence when he fired his team to a 2-0 advantage in the 59th minute.paper straws wholesale

The world's athletics governing body IAAF officials concluded their tour of Kenya on Thursday with a closed door meeting with the country's authorities over the proposed testing centre in Nairobi.During the meeting with Athletics Kenya (AK) top brass and medical committee, the visiting officials discussed modalities of how the centre with the capability of testing urine and blood samples will be set up.""We are partnering with them as well as the government to set up the centre in Nairobi,cupcake wrappers cheapBuy Cheap Abercrombie Cap not Eldoret as earlier proposed and I can confirm to you the project is finally underway," Kiplagat said."We conduct almost 700 tests on our athletes every year and we have to do this in South Africa since it is the only country in the continent with testing facilities," said the president."It makes a lot of sense that being the nation with most athletes, we should have a centre here that will also serve our neighbors Ethiopia who have a good number of runners as well and Uganda who are coming up very well," he added.Besides him, AK vice-president in charge of competition and administration,Our store can offer cheap Juicy Couture Grade Wallets sale, welcome choose! David Okeyo, the CEO Isaac Mwangi and the Medical Commission led by Dr. Victor Bargoria attended the meeting. 

"When we are ready with the centre, we shall inform you and the IAAF people will be here as well," Kiplagat who declined to disclose the identity and rank of the officials from the world body involved explained.During the 2013 World Athletics Gala in Monaco, IAAF president,striped paper straws Lamine Diack, pledged to support Kenya and sprint giants Jamaica, to set up anti-doping facilities after the two nations came under intense World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) scrutiny."This is a campaign against athletics. Kenya has the most controlled (tested) runners and they have found nothing so allegations by WADA are not true," Diack said at the time.The country came under the spotlight after 17 athletes tested positive from January 2012 although no signature runner from the nation that won five gold medals at the 2013 World Championships to top Africa have been involved yet.Matthew Kisorio,China Hydraulic Dirt Buckt who was busted with EPO and captained the Kenyan team for the 2011 World Cross Country in Punta Umbria, Spain, remains the most notable athlete to be nailed as a cheat within the period under review.

There's so much on the line in the Panthers-Saints showdown at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Sunday night that not even the Deacons of Downplay can deny it."We know what's at stake," Drew Brees said. "... This game is the most important game of the season."As usual, Brees is on target.For all intents and purposes, the NFC playoffs will be determined Dec. 2-22. In that span, the conference's four top teams -- Seattle, New Orleans, Carolina and San Francisco -- will play four games against each other.Six days ago the Saints vied for NFC supremacy in Seattle. After unsuccessfully securing the inside track to the No. 1 playoff seed, the Saints now must battle Carolina for the NFC South Division title and all-important No. 2 NFC playoff seed.The Panthers have won eight consecutive games to pull into a tie with the Saints atop the division. There's little margin for error. New Orleans essentially needs to go to 3-1 the rest of the way to win the title and secure the second seed.That won't be easy. The Saints are 3-3 on the road this season and two of their wins were dogfights. Upcoming visits to St. Louis and Carolina will be challenging, regardless of what happens Sunday night.Nevertheless,pink paper straws the Saints can control their division and playoff destinies by winning either Sunday night or in the teams' rematch Dec. 22 in Charlotte, N.C. 

Assuming the teams split the series and win their other two games, it would leave the Saints and Panthers deadlocked on the first three tiebreakers: head-to-head, division record and common opponents. The fourth tiebreaker is conference record and the Saints currently own a slight advantage with a 7-1 mark against NFC opponents; Carolina is 7-2."It's a division opponent at home and one that is vying for the same thing we are, which is a championship," Brees said. "There's a lot at stake, so I'd say anytime you get a game like that you're going to have the element of intensity."The difference between the Nos. 2 and 5 seeds can be dramatic. Instead of a first-round bye and guaranteed home game in the divisional round,yibiao-lingerie the Saints could be tasked with playing three road games before reaching the Super Bowl, an ominous proposition for a club that's winless in three postseason road games in the Payton-Brees era.colorful cotton bakers twineThe Saints suffered this fate in 2010, when they were forced to travel to NFC West champion Seattle. And we all know how that turned out. "It is playing an important game with regards to the division," Payton said. "It's a Sunday night game at home,wooden cutlery set those are things that you get excited about.louis vuitton monogram vernis handbags I think at this point in the year playing in a division race like we are, I think both teams will be ready and excited. "I don't think it's a game where you have to worry about whether teams are going to be fired up to play."

McCann toured the opulent clubhouse, then went to a hotel room arranged by the team at the $695-and-up Mandarin Oriental overlooking Central Park. McCann merely had to take an elevator downstairs for a dinner with manager Joe Girardi and three other team executives at Porter House New York, a sleek steak restaurant in the Time Warner Center, filled with cherry wood floors and leather seating.Four days later, he had a deal for an $85 million, five-year contract, the start of a new spending spree by the Yankees that also includes a pending $153 million, seven-year agreement with outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury.dinner napkins paper "When the Yankees call you and then you go through the process that I went through, you leave blown away," McCann said Thursday during a news conference at his new home ballpark. "There's a reason that they're the New York Yankees. You walk in here, everything's bigger. They put attention to detail with everything. They make you feel the way that you want to feel."While the Yankees are adding players, they appear less likely to re-sign Robinson Cano. New York believes it may be outbid by the Seattle Mariners for the All-Star second baseman, who at first sought a 10-year deal for more than $300 million."We're still talking, but obviously we're a decent distance apart," Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner said.General manager Brian Cashman met last month with Jay Z, going to the office of the rap mogul who is one of Cano's agents."Our club has negotiated very hard with Robinson Cano and has made fair offers to Robinson Cano," Girardi said.Himself a former Yankees catcher, Girardi was excited about upgrading with McCann, a seven-time All-Star who joins a lineage that includes Bill Dickey, Yogi Berra, Elston Howard, Thurman Munson and Jorge Posada. 

New York was 16th in the major leagues with 650 runs this year, its lowest ranking since 1991, according to STATS. McCann and Ellsbury, who hope to benefit from Yankee Stadium's short porch in right field, appear to be just the start of an upgrade.Ellsbury and Brett Gardner should help form a superior defensive outfield."These guys are going to cover a lot of ground," Girardi said. "They both can put a lot of pressure on a pitcher when they're on the basepaths, and their ability to go from first to third or first to home on a number of base hits."Assuming Ellsbury's deal gets finalized, New York's luxury tax payroll will be about $138 million — starting to approach the roughly $177 million for salaries under next year's $189 million tax threshold. The Yankees hope to get under the threshold — but that appears unlikely unless Alex Rodriguez is suspended for most or all of next season — eliminating his $25 million salary."I think we can do it, but it's not going to come at the expense of fielding a good team," Steinbrenner said. "Right now we're still under it. Right now, we've still got a decent amount of money to spend, quite frankly. And we're going to. We're going to put it back into the team the way we always do."Cashman said he thinks pitcher Hiroki Kuroda,packing cotton twine who turns 39 in February, wants to return for a third season with the Yankees.louis vuitton monogram canvas bags Their rotation is uncertain behind Sabathia and Ivan Nova, and New York is interested in Masahiro Tanaka if he is made available by his Japanese club under a new posting system. And while Girardi says David Robertson is the favorite to take over as closer from Mariano Rivera, the Yankees need more relievers. 

"We're not done with pitching,party paper napkins  one way or the other. That's for sure," Steinbrenner said. "And we need another bat or two."McCann said the Yankees made him feel extremely wanted during his quick tour last month, and the dinner stretched on for three hours. Girardi and the 29-year-old catcher were joined by team President Randy Levine,Buy Cheap Abercrombie Men's Shirts Cashman, assistant general manager Billy Eppler and B.B. Abbott, the catcher's agent.McCann beamed during the news conference as wife Ashley looked on along with their two young children and other relatives.McCann wore No. 16 with the Braves, but that number has been retired by the Yankees in honor of Whitey Ford. McCann is switching to No. 34 because it was used by friends Eric O'Flaherty and Derek Lowe on the Braves.Cashman presented No. 34 onesies jerseys for son Colt, born in July 2012, and daughter Colbie, born in September."There's a lot of numbers retired here. It's slim pickings," McCann said. "I only had like four, five to choose from."