Despite the rumors, trading Evgeni Malkin was never really an option for the Penguins. (Fred Kfoury/Icon SMI) (PhatzRadio / SI) — Shortly after the Pittsburgh Penguins announced that they’d signed Evgeni Malkin to an eight-year, $76 million extension this morning, the blog Russian Machine Never Breaks tweeted a pretty tidy perspective on the deal. The [...]
MLB: Expanded instant replay is coming to a ballpark near you— but not until 2014
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Bob Melvin got ejected for arguing a blown call by Angel Hernandez’s umpiring crew last week in Cleveland. (AP) (PhatzRadio / AP) — While it won’t fix the blown calls that two umpiring crews made last week, or provide help during this year’s postseason, an expanded replay system is coming in 2014. On Thursday at [...]
NFL News and Notes: NFL wants brain injuries suit dismissed as ‘workplace’ issue
April 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(Former NFL RB Dorsey Levens consoles Mary Ann Easterling, the widow of former NFL player Ray Easterling. Matt Rourke/AP) (PhatzRadio / Reuters / AP) —- Lawyers argued in federal court on Tuesday over whether 4,200 former NFL players can sue the league over brain injuries or whether the issue should be decided under the players’ [...]
MLB: Major League Baseball sues Biogenesis clinic
March 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
MIAMI (AP) — Major League Baseball on Friday sued a now-shuttered South Florida clinic and its operators, accusing them of scheming to provide banned performance-enhancing drugs to players in violation of their contracts. The lawsuit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court seeks unspecified damages from Coral Gables anti-aging clinic Biogenesis of America and its operator, Anthony Bosch. [...]
NFL Winter Meetings: NFL owners basking in labor victory
March 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and NFL Players Association director DeMaurice Smith pose with the new Collective Bargaining Agreement on the front steps of the Pro Football Hall of Fame on August 5, 2011 in Canton, Ohio.(Photo: Michael Loccisano, Getty Images) Story Highlights CBA deal in 2011 looks even worse for the players now Stars hoard [...]
NFL: NFLPA head rips Roger Goodell on trust in HGH talks
February 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell speaks at press conference at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in advance of Super Bowl XLVII between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers.(Photo: Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights NFLPA president Domonique Foxworth said players aren’t willing to trust Roger Goodell in HGH talks Foxworth said that [...]
NFL Super Bowl XLVII: Smith chastises NFL for lack of player safety
February 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(PhatzRadio / AP) — NEW ORLEANS — The NFL Players Association challenged the league’s commitment to player safety on Monday, going so far as to call some teams’ behavior “reckless” when diagnosing and treating players. Executive director DeMaurice Smith, speaking in a second-floor conference room at the downtown convention center, pointed to Chargers physician David [...]
NHL: Ten things to know about the 2013 NHL season
January 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(The Sedin twins’ Canucks are still Canada’s best bet for its first Stanley Cup champion since 1993. Ric Tapia/Icon SMI) (AP) –The lockout that lasted 119 days has ended, the new collective bargaining agreement is in place and the NHL is finally about to play games again after hastily arranged weeklong training camps around the [...]
NHL Lockout: NHL, players association still working on CBA document
January 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(Photo: Bob Chwedyk, AP) Story Highlights Player ratification vote results won’t be announced until later Saturday Schedule would be conference only this season Players accept 50-50 split in revenue, gain a pension plan The NHL Players’ Association said Saturday that it was delaying announcement of the results of players’ ratification vote as the union and [...]
