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[ad_1] CNN  —  The free-agent saga surrounding shortstop Carlos Correa has finally come to an end. The coveted World Series winner signed a six-year guaranteed contract to return to the Minnesota Twins, the MLB team announced Wednesday. The deal is reportedly worth $200 million, according to the salary tracking website Spotrac. Minnesota is the third MLB team this offseason with whom the 28-year-old has agreed a massive deal. “I’m happy to be here in Minnesota, I’m happy to be a Twin,” Correa told reporters Wednesday. “We started something special last year and there is some more work to be done. At the end of the day, we want to bring a championship back to this city. That’s what we’re going to work for from now on.” After a lone season in Minnesota, Correa agreed on a 13-year, $350 million contract on December 13 with the San Fra...

[ad_1] Actress Vanessa Hudgens opens up about her "Gimme Shelter" role, plus more in today's Eye on Entertainment Vanessa Hudgens takes on a dramatic new role 01:12 "High School Musical" actress Vanessa Hudgens is showing off her engagement ring for the first time, a week after rumors of her engagement to Colorado Rockies player Cole Tucker were first reported.  Hudgens, 34, shared an image of her and Tucker, 26, on Instagram Thursday showing off her ring in front of the Eiffel Tower.  "YES," she captioned the photo. "We couldn't be happier."  People Magazine first reported the c...

[ad_1] Paterson, New Jersey — For Black baseball players from the 1920s through the 1940s, the Negro leagues were home. Notable owners, managers and players who never made it into the history books of Major League Baseball are a major part of a new documentary called "The League," which recounts the dramatic ups and downs of the Negro leagues. "It's just amazing, the trials and tribulations they had to go through, just to play the game that they loved, baseball," director Sam Pollard told CBS News. Pollard relied on archival material and accounts from players like the late Hank Aaron. Before being known as the man who broke Babe Ruth's MLB career record for home runs, Aaron played for Negro league teams. "We got one dollar a day meal money, and we would buy one loaf of bread and we would buy a big jar of peanut butter," Aaron says in the documentary. "That's what we lived off of for three ...