contract extensions

The Pittsburgh Pirates are down a pierogi. The team fired one of the people who races in the dumpling-shaped costumes because he criticized the contract extensions given to general manager Neal Huntington and manager John Russell on his Facebook page.

Daniel and Henrik Sedin have agreed to five-year contract extensions with the Vancouver Canucks less than an hour before the start of free agency.

The Canucks gave the twins matching $30.5 million deals, keeping them with the team that drafted them second and third overall in 1999.

The Sedins have led the Canucks in scoring for the last three seasons, averaging close to a point a game over that...