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Thursday Sports Day

Sid the Kid is sticking around.

The Pittsburgh Penguins and superstar center Sidney Crosby have agreed to a 12-year contract extension Thursday that leaves little doubt Crosby has overcome the concussion-like symptoms that sidelined him for most of the last two seasons.

The deal keeps the 24-year-old Crosby in Pittsburgh through 2025 and gives the team some room to play in the free-agent market. Crosby, whose previous deal was set to expire next summer, will be paid around $8.7 million a season. Crosby will officially sign the extension on Sunday.

Crosby has played in just 28 games in the last 18 months after sustaining a concussion in the Winter Classic against the Washington Capitals in January, 2011. Crosby finished with eight goals and 29 assists last season and added three goals in a first-round playoff loss to Philadelphia.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) – Andy Roddick advanced to the third round at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time this year when he beat Bjorn Phau 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-3 Thursday at Wimbledon.

Roddick hit 13 aces, lost serve once and won 25 points at the net. The three-time Wimbledon runner-up will next play No. 7-seeded David Ferrer.

Roddick has struggled much of the year and he’s seeded only 30th. But he won his fifth grass-court title last week as a wild card at Eastbourne, and he has swept all six sets this week.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) – The Rose Bowl has agreed to a 12-year extension with ESPN that will keep the game on the network through 2026.

ESPN President John Skipper, Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany, Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott and Rose Bowl officials announced the deal Thursday. Skipper called the Rose Bowl “one of sport’s most meaningful” events.

ESPN will keep the broadcast rights to the Rose Bowl regardless of the final format developed for college football’s new playoff system, which kicks in for the 2014 season. The first championship game under the new system is Jan. 12, 2015.

The network’s current deal with the Rose Bowl runs through the 2014 BCS title game.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Chi White Sox at N-Y Yankees 6:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Baltimore 6:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Toronto 6:07 p.m.
Detroit at Tampa Bay 6:10 p.m.
Oakland at Texas 7:05 p.m.
Boston at Seattle 9:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia 12:05 p.m.
Washington at Colorado 2:10 p.m. (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410)
Arizona at Atlanta 6:10 p.m.
San Diego at Houston 7:05 p.m.
N-Y Mets at L.A. Dodgers 9:10 p.m.
Cincinnati at San Francisco 9:15 p.m.

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