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NHL labor talks wrap up with still no progress
Two days of talks between the NHL, the players' association, and federal mediators still haven't provided any answers how to end the lockout.
Optimism turns to despair as NHL talks break off
Donald Fehr thought he and the hockey players he leads were close to a deal to save the season. The NHL said not so fast, and then took away ...
NHL rejects players' offer to break labor impasse
Instead of closing in on a deal, the NHL and the players' association are further apart than ever before. Union executive director Donald Fehr began ...
Red Sox rev up with Victorino; Giants keep Scutaro
Shane Victorino bolted for Boston, Marco Scutaro stayed with San Francisco, and the Miami Marlins shed more payroll in a late-night trade. It was ...
Hockey talks resume Tuesday with owners, players
The cast of characters in the ongoing NHL labor saga is about to get a bit of a makeover, at least for one day. So far, Commissioner Gary Bettman and ...
NHL owners, players set to meet without leaders
Traditional labor talks have made little progress in the ongoing NHL lockout, so the league and the players' association are going to try something ...
Malaga faces UEFA action over unpaid player wages
Champions League contender Malaga is facing UEFA sanctions for failing to pay millions of euros (dollars) of players' wages on time, and will likely ...
Inter president denies blackmailing Sneijder
Inter Milan President Massimo Moratti denies the club is blackmailing Wesley Sneijder into signing a new contract, saying the Netherlands midfielder ...
NHL, union get back to bargaining with mediators
Whether federal mediators will provide enough help to end the NHL lockout in time to save the hockey season is still unknown. At least they had a good ...
Global union says clubs are blackmailing players
The global footballers' union wants talks with FIFA, UEFA and the European Union about clubs using "blackmail behavior" players into signing new ...
Novara goalkeeper's ban for match-fixing erased
Novara goalkeeper Alberto Fontana's lawyer says his client's 3 1/2-year ban for match-fixing has been erased by Italy's sports arbitration court.
Why isn't Marvin Miller in Cooperstown?
There are times when baseball is so grand, so worthy of awe. Then there are times when it is so small, so petty. Like the way it treated the legacy ...
NHL lockout threatens entire hockey season
The National Hockey League season was supposed to be in full swing by now. Instead, like the NFL in 2011 and the NBA last season, the NHL is mired in ...
Redknapp takes charge at QPR, hits out at players
Harry Redknapp made a strident start to his stint as Queens Park Rangers manager on Saturday, blaming the players for the London club being bottom of ...
Locked-out Lundqvist finally finds game to play
Henrik Lundqvist finally found a game to play. It won't be under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden, or in front of a hostile crowd in ...
No, thanks: NHL lockout talks break off again
Jaymes Hall had a question for NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman about the lockout, which already has wiped out more than a quarter of the regular season: ...
NHL lockout talks break off again with frustration
NHL labor talks broke off soon after they resumed Wednesday, with players maintaining their new proposal was a huge economic concession and ...
US to try third women's football league
Another American women's football league will try to succeed where two previous attempts have failed. The currently unnamed eight-team league will ...
NHL labor talks resume for 1st time in 8 days
If the first bargaining session in eight days between the NHL and the players' association made any headway, neither side tipped its hand. A large ...
NHL labor talks set to resume Monday
So much for a two-week break. Just over a week since the last set of failed negotiations, the NHL and the locked-out players' association will return ...
Conversations restart; NHL negotiations on hold
The conversations have restarted in the ongoing NHL labor fight. The negotiations have not. One step at a time in the roller-coaster ride that holds ...
NHL, union might try not talking in search of deal
If the NHL and the players' association have run out of things to talk about, how can they ever find a way to make a deal to save the hockey season? ...