Pac-12 extends Commissioner Larry Scott's contract Pac-12 Conference Commissioner Larry Scott is sticking around for at least five more years. The Pac-12's university presidents and chancellors extended Scott's contract Monday through the 2017-18 academic year. As part of the extension, Scott also was named the executive chairman of Pac-12 Enterprises. Since taking over on July 1, 2009, Scott has overseen the conference's expansion to include Utah and Colorado and created a league title game in football. He also negotiated a landmark 12-year television contract - which began last fall - with Fox and ESPN worth about $3 billion and helped form the Pac-12 Networks and Pac-12 Digital Network. Red Sox make offers to trio The World Series champion Boston Red Sox made $14.1-million qualifying offers to free agents Jacoby Ellsbury, Mike Napoli and Stephen Drew on Monday, the first deadline day of baseball's off-season. Thirteen free agents received the offers, up from nine last year. The New York Yankees also extended offers to a trio of players: second baseman Robinson Cano, outfielder Curtis Granderson and pitcher Hiroki Kuroda. Players accepting are signed for next season. If a player signs elsewhere, his former team gets an extra draft pick at the end of the first round next June as compensation. Others receiving the offers were Atlanta catcher Brian McCann, Cincinnati outfielder Shin-Soo Choo, Cleveland pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez, Kansas City pitcher Ervin Santana, St. Louis outfielder Carlos Beltran, Seattle designated hitter Kendrys Morales and Texas outfielder Nelson Cruz. The Angels, as expected, did not extend a one-year, $14.1-million qualifying offer to pitcher Jason Vargas by Monday's deadline, so they will not receive draft-pick compensation if the free-agent left-hander signs elsewhere. The decision does not preclude the Angels from pursuing a multiyear deal with Vargas, who had a 9-8 record and 4.02 earned-run average in 24 starts during an injury-plagued 2013 season, and there appears to be interest in such a deal on both sides. But beginning Tuesday, Vargas can negotiate with all 30 teams. Mike DiGiovanna Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers was voted the outstanding pitcher in the National League by major league baseball players. The Players Choice Award was the second for Kershaw, who also won the prize in his Cy Young Award season, 2011. Kershaw was also a finalist for player of the year in all of baseball, which was won by Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers, and outstanding player in the National League, which was won by Andrew McCutchen of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Dylan Hernandez Retired managers Joe Torre, Tony La Russa and Bobby Cox will join holdovers George Steinbrenner and Marvin Miller on the Hall of Fame expansion era committee ballot next month. Dave ConcepcionSteve GarveyTommy JohnBilly Martin Ted Simmons Dave Parker Dan Quisenberry Vida BlueRon GuidryAl Oliver Rusty Staub The committee will gather at the winter meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., and its vote will be announced there Dec. 9.