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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.
Solid evidence elusive in right-to-work debate
Gov. Rick Snyder says one reason he supports right-to-work legislation in Michigan is the economic boost a similar law has given Indiana, although ...
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 ...
NBC Sports partners with Yahoo for content deal
NBC Sports and Yahoo are taking on the crowded sports media landscape with a partnership that fills in gaps for both companies. NBC brings video and ...
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 ...
No contact between sides in hockey fight
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Friday that he is out of ideas how to get negotiations back on track to save the hockey season. Talks fell ...
NBA's Stern scolds Christie on sports bet effort
NBA Commissioner David Stern scolded Gov. Christie and said New Jersey "has no idea what it's doing" by seeking to allow sports betting in the state ...
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 ...
NHL talks resume with owners, players meeting
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 ...
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 ...
Mediators fail to help in NHL labor fight
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.
Child star of 'Beasts' back in bayou
She was just nominated for a Spirit Award for her leading role in "Beasts of the Southern Wild," and there's buzz that Golden Globe and Oscar nods ...
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 ...
Wild coyotes 'kind of chilling' by Wrigley Field
Wild baseball fans might be a standard sight at Wrigley Field, but a pair of wild coyotes milling around Chicago's historic ballpark — surrounded on ...
Western lawmakers seek probe of refineries
Six Democratic senators representing states along the Pacific Coast asked the Justice Department on Tuesday to investigate the role of oil refineries ...
'Moonrise,' 'Silver Linings' lead Spirit Awards
The oddball romances "Moonrise Kingdom" and "Silver Linings Playbook" picked up five nominations each Tuesday to lead the Spirit Awards honoring ...
US federal mediators to join NHL labor talks
Federal mediators are entering the stalled NHL labor talks, with the season's first 2½ months already lost because of the lockout. George Cohen, ...
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 ...
Jets' Tebow reveals he has 2 broken ribs
Tim Tebow stood on the sideline with a cap on and his hands in his pockets as Jets fans chanted his name. They wanted to see the backup quarterback ...