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DETROIT - Alex Avilas $5.4 million option for 2015 has been exercised by the Detroit Tigers.Avila, who turns 28 in January, hit .218 with 11 home runs and 47 RBIs last season, although concussion problems have become a concern over the last couple years. Detroit would have owed him a $200,000 buyout if it had declined the option.In 2014, Avila fell 43 plate appearances short of a $100,000 escalator for next season. Avila has been unable to repeat his terrific season of 2011, when he hit .295 with 19 home runs, but he has a career on-base percentage of .345 and can hit with power. Hes also respected for his defence. Vans Sk8 Hi Clearance . -- Canadian freestyle skier Roz Groenewoud isnt letting surgery to both of her knees deter her expectations for the Sochi Olympics. Vans Old Skool Wholesale . According to the Red Wings Twitter feed, Zetterberg plans to practice with the team on Thursday and is aiming for a second round comeback. http://www.vansshoesclearancesale.com/vans-sk8-hi-clearance.html. Catch the game on TSN starting at 7pm et/4pm pt. You can also listen to all the action live on TSN 1050 at 7pm et. The Knicks are two games behind the Atlanta Hawks for the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference race. Vans Shoes Clearance . RAPTORS STRUGGLING: The bottom line is the true test in sports isnt just how you handle failure, but how you handle success. Vans Old Skool Black Sale . - Olympic champion Marielle Thompson accomplished her mission of defending her skicross World Cup title at Nakiska Ski Area on Saturday.SAN FRANCISCO - Giants right-hander Tim Hudson has undergone surgery to remove bone spurs from his right ankle, the same one he injured during the 2013 season with Atlanta that sidelined him for the final two months.The expected recovery is eight weeks, and the defending World Series champions expect him to be ready by opening day.Hudson hopes its much sooner — sometime during spring training. Giants pitchers and catchers report to spring training Feb. 18, with the first workout a day later.Recovering well, Hudson said by text message Tuesday. I feel very confident about being ready in time for spring.San Francisco assistant general manager Bobby Evans said Tuesday that Hudson had the procedure Friday. The 39-year-old pitcher has said the 2015 season will likely be his final year playing. He signed a $23 million, two-year contract before last season, when he reached and won the first World Series of his 16-year career.Tim started experiencing increased discomfort as he was ramping up his off-season work outs and we decided it was best to take care of this now so he doesnt have to deal with this during the upcoming seaason, Evans said.dddddddddddd We expect Tim to be ready to go opening day.Hudson started Game 7 of the World Series at Kansas City before Jeremy Affeldt and Madison Bumgarner took over to close out the teams third championship in five years.While Hudson posted his first losing record this year at 9-13 with a 3.57 ERA, he provided a key veteran presence in the rotation, became an All-Star for the fourth time and returned from the serious ankle injury to make 31 starts over 189 1-3 innings.Hudson, with 214 career wins, said in November during a charity event at Auburn that winning the World Series brings some solid closure to it.In 2013, Hudson was 8-7 with a 3.97 ERA in 21 starts for the Braves before getting hurt and undergoing surgery for a broken right ankle. Hudsons season ended on July 24 that year in New York when the Mets Eric Young Jr. inadvertently stepped on the back of his lower right leg while Hudson covered first base.Hudson will be part of a talented rotation featuring Bumgarner, Jake Peavy, Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain, who is working back from elbow surgery that cut short his 2014 season. ' ' '