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LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw agreed Wednesday to a $215 million, seven-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The deal makes the two-time Cy Young Award winner baseball's first player with a $30 million average salary.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not yet been announced.

Kershaw receives the most lucrative deal for a pitcher, breaking the mark of $180 million set by Justin Verlander last March for his seven-year contract with Detroit.

NEW YORK — New baseball union head Tony Clark says players won't agree to terminating contracts as part of discipline for drug violations.Clark took over as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association following Michael Weiner's death in November and expects talks on possible changes to the drug agreement to start before spring training.

NEW YORK — Terry McAulay will be the referee at the Super Bowl, marking the third time he has worked the NFL title game.The rest of his seven-man crew on Feb. 2 will be umpire Carl Paganelli, head linesman Jim Mello, line judge Tom Symonette, field judge Scott Steenson, side judge Dave Wyant and back judge Steve Freeman.

WASHINGTON — Greg Oden played in his first NBA regular-season game in more than four years, coming off the bench in the Miami Heat's 114-97 loss to Washington.He finished with six points and two rebounds in eight minutes.Oden last played in a regular-season game Dec. 5, 2009.

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