HOMETOWN HITS
Joey Gathright and the Cubs agreed to an $800,000, one-year contract Tuesday, three days after the outfielder became a free agent when Kansas City failed to offer a deal for 2009. Primarily a center fielder, Gathright has played five seasons with Tampa Bay and Kansas City, batting .263 in 399 games.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Title game goes 3-D
Burbank, Calif.-based 3ality Digital said Tuesday it had won the contract to shoot the Jan. 8 BCS National Championship game in 3-D. The game between Florida and Oklahoma will be broadcast live in 3-D to 80 to 100 movie theaters in about 30 U.S. cities. Tickets are expected to cost $18 to $22.
FOOTBALL
Vick might move soon
Former NFL star Michael Vick could be out of federal prison and in a Virginia halfway house by Jan. 20, one of his attorneys told a federal bankruptcy judge Tuesday. Vick is serving a 23-month prison term in Leavenworth, Kan., for bankrolling a dogfighting ring and is scheduled to be released from federal custody around July 20.
GOLF
Harrington is tops
Padraig Harrington has been voted PGA Tour player of the year by his peers, becoming the first European player to win the award since it began in 1990. Harrington won only twice this year, but they were majors — the British Open and the PGA Championship.
