http://www.mail.com/people/58458-donald-fehr.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/58458-donald-fehr.html http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1939472-players-association-to-nhl-realignment.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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. Now that the league has gotten the go-ahead from union chief Donald Fehr, the NHL will only need to get approval from team owners to put it in place. "The NHL Players' Association confirmed to ... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 04:36:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1939472-players-association-to-nhl-realignment.html 2013-03-08T04:36:23Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1906418-weiner-media-jump-to-conclusions.html PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — Baseball union head Michael Weiner says reporters should refrain from jumping to conclusions about media reports linking players to a Florida anti-aging clinic accused of distributing banned performance-enhancing drugs. Starting his annual tour of the 30 spring training camps, Weiner cautioned that Major League Baseball is stil... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:21:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1906418-weiner-media-jump-to-conclusions.html 2013-02-21T19:21:25Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1892396-decision-yet-nhl-players-olympics.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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 the NHL, the NHL players' association, and officials from the International Ice Hockey Federation and the International Olympic Committee stretched into Thursday night as the parties worked ... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:55:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1892396-decision-yet-nhl-players-olympics.html 2013-02-15T00:55:23Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1836526-players-urge-miller-hall-fame.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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 auditorium filled with Hall of Famers, dozens of retired and current players, baseball officials, agents and labor lawyers, 13 speakers praised the former baseball union head, who helped players gain... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 03:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1836526-players-urge-miller-hall-fame.html 2013-01-22T03:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1803398-game-on-when-will-nhl-drop-puck.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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 emerged Sunday after a wild finish to 16 hours of hard negotiating produced the agreement that will ultimately end the NHL lockout and get the players back to work. There was no announcement reg... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 07:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1803398-game-on-when-will-nhl-drop-puck.html 2013-01-07T07:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1801052-drop-puck-nhl-players-settle-labor-dispute.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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 finally achieved their elusive deal early Sunday morning, finding a way to restart a sport desperate to regain momentum and boost its prominence. Ending a bitter dispute ... Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1801052-drop-puck-nhl-players-settle-labor-dispute.html 2013-01-06T21:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1799292-sides-nhl-labor-rift-meet-day-with-mediator.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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 to get going again in the morning. The sides remained apart all day, buffered by the presence of federal mediator Scot Beckenbaugh, who shuttled back and forth between the hotel where the uni... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 04:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1799292-sides-nhl-labor-rift-meet-day-with-mediator.html 2013-01-05T04:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1794116-nhl-players-union-meet-30-minutes.html NEW YORK (AP) — The proposals are flying back and forth between the NHL and the players' association. Whether significant progress is being made in the process still isn't all that clear. The league made a counteroffer on Tuesday night in response to one it received from the players on Monday and now the NHL is waiting for another answer. A full day of sm... Wed, 02 Jan 2013 03:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1794116-nhl-players-union-meet-30-minutes.html 2013-01-02T03:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1780260-nhl-cancels-games-through-jan-14.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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 schedule and moved closer to canceling the entire hockey season. No drop-dead date has been announced, but it is clear the sides are running out of time to reach a deal. The NHL said Thursday tha... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1780260-nhl-cancels-games-through-jan-14.html 2012-12-21T07:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1778018-fehr-players-waiting-nhl-to-resume-talks.html TORONTO (AP) — 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 the same way. "(We aren't talking) because the owners have not indicated a desire to resume," the NHLPA's executive director said Wednesday night before a charity hockey game. "We've indicated a... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1778018-fehr-players-waiting-nhl-to-resume-talks.html 2012-12-20T10:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1775248-hainsey-nhl-labor-talks-to-resume.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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 on the ice with his teammates. Just not at all costs and not without the right deal. As part of the negotiating committee for the players' association, Hainsey has kept busy during the lockou... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1775248-hainsey-nhl-labor-talks-to-resume.html 2012-12-18T22:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1774918-hainsey-anxious-to-nhl-labor-talks-restarted.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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 on the ice with his teammates. As part of the negotiating committee for the players' association, Hainsey has kept busy during the lockout by taking part in the ongoing talks with the NHL. Bu... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1774918-hainsey-anxious-to-nhl-labor-talks-restarted.html 2012-12-18T20:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1768272-nhl-files-unfair-labor-charge-union.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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 sides had two fruitless sessions with a federal mediator and another round of bargaining via conference call, the most significant event occurred Friday night when the NHL brought its ongoing di... Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1768272-nhl-files-unfair-labor-charge-union.html 2012-12-15T09:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1764790-nhl-labor-talks-wrap-up-with-progress.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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 of it. A second straight day with a federal mediator didn't do anything to bring the sides closer to a settlement on Thursday as the lockout dragged on with dwindling hope that the hockey se... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1764790-nhl-labor-talks-wrap-up-with-progress.html 2012-12-14T08:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1762536-hockey-fans-fed-up-with-ongoing-nhl-labor-strife.html 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 league had squandered all the goodwill built in the area after the Kings won the Stanley Cup. His weekly pickup games with friends became his only taste of the sport he loved because of the ongoing labor strife... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1762536-hockey-fans-fed-up-with-ongoing-nhl-labor-strife.html 2012-12-13T14:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1758208-nhl-union-to-return-to-bargaining-with-mediators.html TORONTO (AP) — NHL labor negotiations will resume Wednesday, with mediators rejoining the talks at an undisclosed location in an effort to save the hockey season. The Canadian Press on Tuesday reported the restart of bargaining between the league and union, citing unidentified people on both sides of the lockout. U.S. federal mediators Scot Beckenbaugh an... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1758208-nhl-union-to-return-to-bargaining-with-mediators.html 2012-12-11T20:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1756324-nhl-cancels-games-through-dec-30.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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 season could be lost. The league wiped out all games through Dec. 30 in its latest round of cancellations. Already, 422 regular-season games had been called off through Dec. 14 because of the loc... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1756324-nhl-cancels-games-through-dec-30.html 2012-12-10T22:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1754912-nhl-union-resume-labor-talks-this-week.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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 off following an epic collapse in negotiations, the league and the union have been in touch with each other in an attempt to restart conversations that could save the hockey season. ... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1754912-nhl-union-resume-labor-talks-this-week.html 2012-12-09T23:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1750398-optimism-turns-to-despair-nhl-talks-break.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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 everything that created all the optimism in the first place. When the 82nd day of the lockout was over, it was hard not to think the sides were thrown back to the very start of the fight. The problem ... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1750398-optimism-turns-to-despair-nhl-talks-break.html 2012-12-07T08:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1747524-nhl-rejects-players-offer-to-break-labor-impasse.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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 the first of his two news conferences Thursday night by proclaiming he believed the sides had agreements on such issues as actual dollars, and then returned moments later to reveal the NHL rej... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 03:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1747524-nhl-rejects-players-offer-to-break-labor-impasse.html 2012-12-07T03:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1741506-nhl-talks-resume-with-owners-players-meeting.html NEW YORK (AP) — The best news on the 80th day of the NHL lockout was that hockey owners and players did most of their talking in front of each other instead of making public statements. The dueling sides in hockey's labor fight met for nearly eight hours — over two long sessions — on Tuesday, and those conversations lasted until midnight. NHL deputy commi... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 04:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1741506-nhl-talks-resume-with-owners-players-meeting.html 2012-12-05T04:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1739094-hockey-talks-resume-tuesday-with-owners-players.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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 the league's negotiating committee have failed to hammer out a new collective bargaining agreement with the players' association — led by executive director Donald Fehr — that would end the l... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1739094-hockey-talks-resume-tuesday-with-owners-players.html 2012-12-03T08:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1738684-nhl-owners-players-set-to-meet-without-leaders.html NEW YORK (AP) — Traditional labor talks have made little progress in the ongoing NHL lockout, so the league and the players' association are going to try something different in an attempt to save the season that is slipping away. A crew of six owners will meet with a handful of players on Tuesday in New York — one day before the league's board of governor... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 23:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1738684-nhl-owners-players-set-to-meet-without-leaders.html 2012-12-02T23:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1732290-mediators-fail-to-help-nhl-labor-fight.html NEW YORK (AP) — If the NHL and the players' association are going to make a deal to save the hockey season, they are likely going to have to do it by themselves. A pair of federal mediators tried to help for two days, but even they couldn't bring the fighting sides closer to a compromise. "After spending several hours with both sides over two days, the pr... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/hockey/1732290-mediators-fail-to-help-nhl-labor-fight.html 2012-11-30T08:19:00Z