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The Buffalo Sabres have named forwards Thomas Vanek and Steve Ott as new team captains. The two are expected to split duties with Vanek serving as captain for home games and Ott will serve as captain on the road. Defenceman Christian Ehrhoff was also named an alternate captain. The Sabres traded their former captain Jason Pominville at the 2013 NHL trade deadline to the Minnesota Wild. Rob Ramage Avalanche Jersey . - The Oakland Athletics say they are stopping negotiations to extend their lease at the Coliseum. Teemu Selanne Jersey . -- Two-time AL Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana agreed Tuesday to a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles as he tries to come back from the second major operation on his left shoulder. http://www.hockeyavalanche.com/authentic-paul-kariya-avalanche-jersey/ . A little more than one year after missing a last-second tip-in that would have given the Wolverines a share of the Big Ten regular-season title, the 6-foot-8 forward scored on a layup with 7. Teemu Selanne Avalanche Jersey . Granada goalkeeper Roberto Fernandez saved Morenos first two headers from corner kicks taken by Sergio Garcia, but the defender beat him on his third try after Garcia found Moreno unmarked at the near post in the 78th minute. Ian Cole Avalanche Jersey . Born in Berkeley and raised in Oakland, where he later pitched for the As, Ross beat the Giants for the first time in six career appearances by throwing eight scoreless innings to lead the San Diego Padres to a 2-1 victory Friday night.FALL RIVER, Mass. -- A dispute over team records that lawyers for Aaron Hernandez had sought from the New England Patriots has been resolved, the defence said Tuesday, though its unclear whether the documents were turned over. A trial date of Jan. 9 was also set for the murder case in which Hernandez is accused of shooting to death a semiprofessional football player. Hernandez attorney Michael Fee said during a morning hearing in Fall River Superior Court that the matter with his clients former NFL team has been resolved. That prompted the cancellation of a separate hearing before a different judge that was scheduled for the afternoon. Defence attorneys declined to comment outside court. The Patriots attorney, Andrew Phelan, referred questions to team spokesman Stacey James, who said the team had no comment. The Patriots had agreed to turn over 317 pages of personnel records sought by the defence, including medical and training records. But the team objected to producing nine pages of scouting reports and a 1 1/2 page summary of a psychological assessment produced by an outside company. Hernandez, 24, has pleaded not guilty to murder in the June 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd, a football player from Boston who had been dating the sister of Hernandezs fianccee.dddddddddddd Lloyds bullet-riddled body was found in an industrial area not far from Hernandezs North Attleborough, Massachusetts, home. The team released Hernandez on the day of his arrest. The defence had called Hernandezs full team records necessary to prepare for trial, and said they may contain critical information about the former players state of mind. Phelan, meanwhile, had accused Hernandezs attorneys of being on a "fishing expedition." He said the scouting reports contained trade secrets and were irrelevant to the case. He also said the Patriots had offered the defence the option of reviewing, but not copying, the psychological assessment summary. The team wanted the defence to get the assessment from the company that wrote it, which provides character and mental assessments to professional sports organizations. During the morning proceeding, which dealt with scheduling issues, Judge Susan Garsh set the January date as the start of jury selection in the murder case. She said jurors would be selected from a pool of 1,000 people brought in over several days. Hernandez, who is from Bristol, Connecticut, has pleaded not guilty, in a separate case, to the murder of two men in Boston in 2012. Hes being held without bail. ' ' '