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ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers have exercised their $5.25 million club option for next season on catcher Jonathan Lucroy and will extend a $17.2 million qualifying offer to All-Star outfielder Ian Desmond.General manager Jon Daniels also said Thursday that the AL West champion Rangers wont make qualifying offers to first baseman Mitch Moreland or right-hander Colby Lewis, but are open to bringing back those free agents.The Rangers arent expected to exercise an $11 million team option for left-hander Derek Holland, but trading him could be an option before Mondays deadline. There is a $1.5 million buyout on the contract for the pitcher who has missed much of the last three seasons with injuries.Designated hitter Carlos Beltran, acquired in an Aug. 1 trade with the New York Yankees, and left fielder Carlos Gomez, signed in August after being released by Houston, also became free agents.Texas signed Desmond during spring training, and got Lucroy in a trade from Milwaukee on Aug. 1.Lucroy hit .276 with 11 homers and 31 RBI in 47 games for the Rangers after being acquired. The two-time All-Star catcher hit .299 with 13 homers and 50 RBI in 95 games for the Brewers before that.Desmond got an $8 million, one-year deal from Texas at the end of February and converted to the outfield during spring training. He had turned down a qualifying offer from Washington after spending seven seasons as a shortstop with the Nationals, including the 2012 season when he was an All-Star.If Desmond signs with another club before the amateur draft next June, the Rangers would receive a draft pick as compensation at the end of the first round.The Rangers also purchased the contract of infielder/outfielder Drew Robinson from Triple-A Round Rock and added him to the 40-man roster. Hydro Flask 32 Oz Sale Cheap . Galatasaray said in a statement on its website Monday that Mancini signed a three-year contract and will be paid 3.5 million euros for the upcoming season, with his salary upped to 4. Cheap Hydro Flask For Sale . 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Hydro Flask Clearance . -- Five former Kansas City Chiefs players who were on the team between 1987 and 1993 filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the team hid and even lied about the risks of head injuries during that time period when there was no collective bargaining agreement in place in the NFL. NEW YORK -- NBCs flagship Sunday Night Football game had its smallest audience in five years this week, evidence of the NFLs new deflation issue.The game between Indianapolis and Houston reached 13.6 million viewers, removing the weekly broadcast from its usual spot at or very close to the top of the Nielsen company ratings. CBS Thursday night game scored slightly higher.To be fair, Indianapolis and Houston represents few fans idea of a marquee matchup. NFL ratings have been down in general this year, leading to much speculation about the cause. Intense interest in the presidential race is thought to be one factor in the slump.This season, NBCs prime-time games have been down 17 percent from last year, when ratings were at their peak for the telecast.A continued slump for the NFL, which has been one of the most dependable ways for TV networks to get viewers in recent years, has broad implications. Networks may be forced to offer make goods, or free commercials, to advertisers if ratings dont pick up. If the downfall is long term, it could impact the prices that networks pay the NFL for broadcast packages.CBS won the week in prime time, averaging 9.1 million viewers. NBC had 7.2 million, and won among the 18-to-49-year-old demographic advertisers seek. ABC had 5.8 million, Fox had 5.1 million, Telemundo had 1.72 million, Univisionn had 1.dddddddddddd66 million, the CW had 1.6 million and ION Television had 1.1 million.Fox News Channel was the weeks most popular cable network, averaging 2.44 million viewers in prime time. TBS had 2.23 million, ESPN had 1.99 million, MSNBC had 1.55 million and USA had 1.5 million.ABCs World News Tonight topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.3 million viewers. NBCs Nightly News had 8 million and the CBS Evening News reached 6.6 million.For the week of Oct. 10-16, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: The O.T., Fox, 15.38 million; NCIS, CBS, 14.77 million; NFL Football: Denver at San Diego, CBS, 14.49 million; The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 14.41 million; NFL Football: Indianapolis at Houston, NBC, 13.6 million; Bull, CBS, 13 million; The Voice (Monday), NBC, 11.37 million; Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick, NBC, 11.01 million; NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 10.89 million; The Voice (Tuesday), NBC, 10.88 million.---ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co. CBS is owned by CBS Corp. CW is a joint venture of Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corp. Fox is owned by 21st Century Fox. NBC and Telemundo are owned by Comcast Corp. ION Television is owned by ION Media Networks.---Online:http://www.nielsen.com ' ' '