May 19, 2013

NBA All-Star 2013: Break could be the end for union head – NBAPA

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Billy Hunter (C), Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association, and Derek Fisher (L), President of the National Basketball Players Association speak at a press conference after NBA labor negotiations at Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers on October 20, 2011 in New York City. Hunter announced that talks have broken down and no [...]

NHL teams return to rinks

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — PLYMOUTH, Mich. — On a sheet of ice a few miles from sandy beaches, the Los Angeles Kings finally got to begin their quest to hoist the Stanley Cup again. Several hundred fans packed wooden bleachers in El Segundo, Calif., on Sunday, eager to watch the Kings practice four months after [...]

NHL Lockout: NHL, union to meet Friday for fourth straight day

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NEW YORK (AP) — The best that can be said about the ongoing NHL labor negotiations is that they are still going, and will continue for at least a fourth straight day. The league and the locked-out players’ association got back together Thursday and accomplished enough over five-plus hours to make plans to meet again [...]

NHL Lockout: NHL rejects players’ attempt to resume CBA negotiations

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NEW YORK (AP) — The little hope that existed for a full NHL season appears to be gone. Shortly after the players’ reached out to the league on Tuesday night to restart stalled labor negotiations, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly rebuffed the union’s attempt. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said last week, in presenting the league’s [...]

NHL Lockout: Union views NHL plan as small step forward

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TORONTO (AP) — NHL labor negotiations will resume Thursday after the players’ union reviewed management’s proposal and saw it as only a small step forward to ending the monthlong lockout. The NHL made the proposal Tuesday in what it said was an attempt to preserve a full 82-game schedule. The league publicly released the plan [...]

NHL Lockout: NHL labor talks may resume Tuesday

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NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said that talks between the players and the league could resume Tuesday. (Chris Young/Canadian Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Labor negotiations between the NHL and the locked-out players’ association may resume Tuesday after a four-day break. The location and the agenda have yet to be determined. The sides held [...]

NHL labor negotiations still on hold

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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman accused the players’ union, led by executive director Donald Fehr, of stonewalling as talks recessed late last week. (Chris Young/Canadian Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — National Hockey League labor talks remain in recess five days after negotiations broke down, and 10 days before the league has threatened to lock out [...]

NHL CBA talks break off

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NHLPA head Donald Fehr says talks between the players and owners are “recessed.” (Chris Young/Canadian Press) NEW YORK (AP) — NHL labor negotiations hit a standstill after talks broke off on Friday, two weeks before the league has threatened to lock out its players. NHL Players’ Association executive director Don Fehr announced that the NHL [...]

NHL labor talks: On Friday, ‘no news’ is good news

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NEW YORK—The latest news from the NHL’s labor negotiations is that, as NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr put it on Friday, there is “no news.” Sometimes, no news is good news. Friday was the third consecutive day of talks between the league and the union, who are aiming to come to terms on a new [...]

NFL could use replacement referees in 2012

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(By Paul Morse, for USA TODAY) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — The labor agreement between the NFL and its game officials expires at the end of the month, and now the two sides are headed for federal mediation in striking a new deal. The NFL and the referees’ association accepted an offer Thursday from the [...]