The Carolina Hurricanes have signed free-agent defenseman Calvin de Haan to a four-year contract.
General manager Don Waddell said Tuesday night that the deal is worth a total of $18.2 million.
De Haan had a goal and 11 assists in 33 games with the New York Islanders last season but missed the final 49 games with a shoulder injury. A year
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The 27-year-old was a first-round draft pick in 2009 and is the second notable defensive acquisition this offseason for Carolina, which picked up
defenseman Dougie Hamilton in a five-player trade with Calgary.
Waddell calls de Haan ”a strong two-day player” who ”will help solidify the left side and upgrade our defense.”
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THURSDAY, June 28
HKN–HURRICANES-BRIND’AMOUR’S HOME
RALEIGH, N.C. -Rod Brind’Amour came to Carolina in 2000- and never left. He worked his way up from key trade acquisition to captain of a Stanley Cup-winning
team to the front office to assistant coach and, now, head coach. Along the way,
he became as much a part of North Carolina’s landscape as NASCAR and barbecue –
even coaching his son’s T-ball and youth hockey teams in his spare time without
drawing much attention. He’s also one of only four coaches in the four major pro
sports to earn the top job of the team with which he won a championship as a
player. By Joedy McCreary. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos by 3 a.m. Thursday.
BBN–METS MELTDOWN-NOW WHAT?
NEW YORK – With the New York Mets sinking fast toward the bottom of the National League standings, baseball operations were turned over Tuesday to a
trio of Sandy Alderson’s assistants when the general manager made the stunning
announcement that he was stepping down because his cancer has returned. John
Ricco, J.P. Ricciardi and Omar Minaya have decades of front office experience
between them
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essence. By Baseball Writer Mike Fitzpatrick. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos by
noon Thursday.
FRIDAY, June 29
BBO–ADVANCE SCOUTING
OAKLAND, Calif. – Buck Showalter receives regular calls from veteran, out-of-work scouts looking for jobs. Longtime baseball men who once hit the road
ahead of their clubs to offer detailed insight of upcoming opponents are largely
no longer as advance scouting for many teams has turned to technology: video and
analytics. Showalter’s Baltimore Orioles don’t have an advance scout working in
the ballpark. Same for World Series champion Houston, Minnesota and Oakland.
Advance scouting may not be a thing of the past, but the methods have changed
dramatically. ”Advance scouting by humans is history,” said Mets scout Shooty
Babitt. By Janie McCauley. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos by 2 a.m.
SATURDAY
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SOC–WCUP-WOMEN IN THE BOOTH
MOSCOW – Fox’s Aly Wagner and Telemundo’s Viviana Vila are the first women match analysts for a men’s World Cup on U.S. television. Katy Sparks is filling
a similar role in Britain, which led to a flap when former England captain John
Terry said he watched a match with no volume. As Beth Mowins and Jessica Mendoza
have broken through to become national play-by-play broadcasters, women have
become more prominent on sports airwaves. By Ronald Blum. UPCOMING: 1,000 words,
photos by noon Saturday.
MONDAY, July 9
CAR-ARCA-GIRL POWER
NEWTON, Iowa – Venturini Motorsports made history in Chicagoland Speedway in late June when it started three female drivers in an ARCA race – a first for a
stock care event. But it wasn’t that big of a shock that team owner Bill
Venturini, who once won a title in the series with an all-female pit crew led by
his wife and current co-owner Cathy, was behind the move. By Luke Meredith.
UPCOMING: 700 words
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