Derek Jeter's press conference has come and gone, and the sixteen-year veteran's next three years are now officially official. Considering the circumstances of Jeter's drawn-out negotiations, the conference was unlikely to transpire without some juicy soundbites (or textsnacks, since part of the event excluded cameras). Sure enough, Jeter admitted to being a bit chafed by this off-season's events to date:

As it went on and on, it got to Jeter, who told reporters: "It was an uncomfortable position that I felt was in. It was not an enjoyable experience."

Still, Jeter emphasized: "I had never planned on going anywhere, I didn't want to go to any other teams. I didn't want to hear from other teams."

It's understandable that Jeter would feel a little sour about the public backlash to the negotiations, especially given a commitment to the club that has spanned almost two decades. It's equally understandable that the Yankees treated this business transaction like any other, weighing their options and not acting on impulse or emotion. The good news is that it's December, and any ill feeling will surely have dissipated by the time spring training rolls around (that is, if the eight-figure paycheck Jeter just signed wasn't enough). All told, Derek Jeter is still a Yankee, the sun still sets in the west, and Joe Girardi would still look like Anthony Kiedis if he grew his hair out. All is well in the world. Right?

In October, Will authored a series of posts entitled "Better Know a Knick." He profiled the eleven Knicks most likely to actually see the floor, and did so with aplomb. None of these eleven Knicks were six-foot-nine guard-forward Shawne Williams, for obvious reasons. Williams, the former first-round pick out of Memphis whose career was derailed by multiple drug-related arrests, was a fringe player battling for the team's fifteenth and final roster spot. His competition for that spot was the beloved and nominally preferable Patrick Ewing Jr. Williams wasn't going to make the team, and even if he did, he wouldn't play in a Knick rotation well-stocked at his position. Well, he did, and he does.

It's Winter Meetings season in the MLB. As much as that sounds like a top-secret summit in some remote swath of tundra, it really just means that a bunch of general managers are in Disney World flinging money at one another. Chief among the money-flingers are Brian Cashman and the Yankees. The Bombers will formally announce their three-year, $51 millionish deal with Derek Jeter in a press conference this afternoon. While they officially ink Jeter (presumably on a giant cardboard check), the Yankees will keep an eye on the Cliff Lee sweepstakes in anticipation of a potentially massive seven-year offer from the Washington Nationals or some other team.