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NHL lockout: Union makes proposal, talks Tuesday
The NHL and the players' association will start the new year right where they ended the old one — at the bargaining table. The sides got together ...
US hockey juniors rout Slovakia 9-3 at worlds
The United States routed Slovakia 9-3 Monday to advance to the quarterfinals of the world junior hockey championships. The Americans' prospects of ...
NHL, union likely to return to table Monday
The NHL and the players' association are ready to get back to the bargaining table. There were no formal negotiations Sunday, but all signs pointed ...
Liberal arts colleges forced to evolve with market
They're the places you think of when you think of "college" — leafy campuses, small classes, small towns. Liberal arts colleges are where students ...
BC's York breaks NCAA hockey win record with 925
Boston College coach Jerry York became the NCAA hockey career victory leader Saturday, directing the top-ranked Eagles to a 5-2 win over ...
Canadiens' Gorges holds outdoor game with fans
With the NHL lockout grinding through its fourth month, Montreal Canadiens defenseman Josh Gorges looked to an unusual source to find his next hockey ...
Sports year: Sad sagas the story of 2012
Jerry Sandusky will spend the rest of his life in prison, Penn State football played under NCAA sanctions and Joe Paterno passed away. Lance Armstrong ...
Leagues poised to challenge NJ over sports betting
Four major professional sports leagues and the NCAA are poised to move forward with their legal fight over New Jersey's plans to allow sports gambling
AP source: NHL players closer to dissolving union
NHL players gave the executive board the right to take steps to dissolve the union, and they signed off on it in overwhelming fashion. In a vote this ...
NHL players vote in step toward dissolving union
NHL players are a step closer to dissolving their union. Union members voted this week to give the players' association's executive board the power ...
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 ...
Column: Tebow Time clocks out in the Big Apple
In the end, the Tim Tebow era in New York will be remembered for his shirtless jog in the rain. Really, that's about it. He barely played at all for ...
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 ...
Canadian lawmaker: Let amateurs play for the cup
A member of the Canadian parliament says the Stanley Cup should be awarded to an amateur team if the NHL labor fight isn't settled in time to save the ...
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 lawsuit assigned to former federal prosecutor
The NHL's lawsuit against its players was assigned to a relatively new federal judge who is a longtime New York Yankees fan and a former federal ...
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 ...