News came this week that the agent for Peyton Manning, Tom Condon, drove to Indianapolis to deliver the message to Colts general manager Bill Polian that there would be no further negotiations on a new contract for Manning, whose existing contract expires after this season.

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Beitar's general manager, Itzik Kornfein, issued a defiant message, saying the club would stand by its signing of Sadaev and Kadaev.

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He repeated the message when he stopped in to see Terry Collins, the manager, and Sandy Alderson, the general manager, who are both new this year, their predecessors having been dismissed after several seasons of dismal results.

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