Players' association gives OK to NHL realignment
The NHL moved a step closer to realignment Thursday as the players' association approved a proposed plan that is set to go into effect next season.
Weiner says media shouldn't jump to conclusions
Baseball union head Michael Weiner says reporters should refrain from jumping to conclusions about media reports linking players to a Florida ...
No decision yet on NHL players in Olympics
A decision on whether NHL players will head to the 2014 Sochi Olympics isn't likely this week, but a first day of discussions went well. Talks between ...
Former players urge Miller be put in Hall of Fame
Baseball players urged that Marvin Miller be put in the Hall of Fame as they spoke Monday night during a memorial for the union leader. In an ...

Game on, but when will the NHL drop the puck?
Now that a tentative deal is done, one big question remains: When is the puck finally going to drop on the long-delayed hockey season? Few answers ...

Drop the puck: NHL, players settle labor dispute
They walked into a Manhattan hotel, knowing they were running out of time to save their season. After 16 hours of tense talks, the NHL and its players ...

Sides in NHL labor rift meet all day with mediator
A federal mediator held over 12 hours of separate talks with the NHL and the players' association Friday before stopping for the night with a promise ...

NHL, players' union meet for 30 minutes
The proposals are flying back and forth between the NHL and the players' association. Whether significant progress is being made in the process still ...

NHL cancels all games through Jan. 14
The next round of NHL cuts could be the deepest yet. With no deal in sight and no negotiations planned, the NHL chopped another two weeks off the ...

Fehr says players waiting for NHL to resume talks
Donald Fehr and the players' association are ready to get back to the bargaining table at any moment. They are now just waiting for the NHL to feel ...
Hainsey looking for NHL labor talks to resume soon
Winnipeg Jets defenseman Ron Hainsey is getting antsy. Not only is he anxious to get back to the bargaining table with the NHL, he really wants to be ...
Hainsey anxious to get NHL labor talks restarted
Winnipeg Jets defenseman Ron Hainsey is getting antsy. Not only is he anxious to get back to the bargaining table with the NHL, he really wants to be ...

NHL files unfair labor charge against union
The NHL and its locked-out players might turn up in a courtroom before they find their way back onto the ice. In a wild week in which the fighting ...

NHL labor talks wrap up with still no progress
Negotiators from the NHL and the players' association made it into the same room to talk this time. They just didn't carry any meaningful progress out ...

Hockey fans fed up with ongoing NHL labor strife
Sitting in a hockey locker room, Steve Chase became the latest die-hard fan fed up with the NHL lockout. Living in Los Angeles, Chase believed the ...

NHL, union to return to bargaining, with mediators
NHL labor negotiations will resume Wednesday, with mediators rejoining the talks at an undisclosed location in an effort to save the hockey season.

NHL cancels games through Dec. 30
The NHL eliminated 16 more days from the regular-season schedule Monday, and if a deal with the players' association isn't reached soon the whole ...

NHL, union could resume labor talks this week
The NHL and the locked-out players' association are talking again, and a return to the bargaining table could happen soon. After a few days to cool ...

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 ...