Brett Favre is on his way to Minnesota to meet with the Vikings. Coach Brad Childress confirmed in an e-mail to The Associated Press on Tuesday morning that the 39-year-old quarterback was traveling from Mississippi to meet with the team, just three weeks after Childress said Favre told him he would stay retired. Asked if the plan was to sign Favre on Tuesday, Childress replied: "In a perfect world."

As first reported by Baseball America, the Red Sox signed ninth-round draft choice Kendal Volz for a bonus of $550,000. Volz, a right-handed pitcher from Baylor, was considered a likely first-round draft choice entering this draft season on the strength of dominating performances for Team USA last summer. But the junior struggled this year, and showed a decline in velocity. He had thrown a sinking mid-90s fastball, but he became more hittable this year as his fastball lost some zip and movement. Even so, the Sox were intrigued sufficiently by the potential to draft him and then to commit a bonus in line with the slot recommendation for a mid-second round pick to the right-hander.
 
"I saw him real early this year and he threw very well that night. It kind of tapered off very quickly for him," Red Sox scouting director Jason McLeod said of Volz earlier in...