June 20, 2013

NHL Lockout: Ominous light in darkness of CBA talks

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Not today. Once again a glimmer of hope was quickly snuffed out at a CBA session. (Jared Wickerham/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / SI) — Some will think of Day 67 of the NHL lockout as the darkest day of all. It may also be the most illuminating. After hearing a new proposal from the players that [...]

NLH Lockout: Hope fading for deal to save NHL season

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TORONTO (AP) — Negotiations had already hit a wall in the ongoing hockey labor fight, and now the NHL has suggested the sides take an official two-week break before getting back to the bargaining table. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman floated the idea of a break to players’ association executive director Donald Fehr. The union hasn’t [...]

NHL Lockout: Doom and gloom loom as NHL lockout drags on

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NEW YORK (AP) — The rhetoric is rising, while the time before the planned start of the NHL regular season is running out. And now it seems more likely than not that regular-season games will be canceled before the league and the players’ association even get back to the negotiating table. The sides broke off [...]

NBA: NBA players say they’re united, sides to meet Saturday

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(PhatzRadio) — NEW YORK – After meeting for three hours Thursday, the executive committee of the National Basketball Players Association said they are united in their stance against the owners in the 126-day lockout. That is the front they intend to take when the union and NBA executives and owners meet Saturday for the first [...]

Stern seeks quick results as NBA sides head to mediation

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Billy Hunter, Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association, (R) speaks at a press conference after NBA labor negotiations at The Westin Times Square on October 4, 2011 in New York City. (October 3, 2011 – Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images North America) NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA and players’ association are ready [...]

Players’ association files unfair labor charge against NBA

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NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA players’ association filed an unfair labor charge against the league Tuesday with the National Labor Relations Board, a move it hopes could block a lockout it feels owners want. The union says the NBA hasn’t bargained in good faith, has made financial demands without offering concessions to the players, [...]