May 23, 2013

NHL Lockout: NHLPA still quiet on disclaimer; talks to continue

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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, left, and NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr are expected to get together again on Thursday with a mediator to continue labour talks. (Getty Images) (PhatzNewsRoom / CBC Sports) — The NHL’s labor talks remained on track after a marathon day of negotiating ended with the NHL Players’ Association electing to let [...]

NHL Lockout: NHL’s mediation session results in little progress

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NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly, seen on Dec. 5, had little to say to reporters on Wednesday evening. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — The latest round of NHL labor talks ended with the two sides in different rooms from each other. The players’ association and league negotiators met separately Wednesday with federal [...]

NHL Lockout: NHL talks to resume with unusual session

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NEW YORK (AP) — NHL owners and players have met in big groups. They’ve held smaller sessions. They’re tried federal mediators. Nothing has worked, so they’re going to try something different. With the lockout lingering into another week, the NHL labor talks are set to resume Tuesday with six owners and six players scheduled to [...]

NHL Lockout: NHL lockout talks break off again

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NEW YORK (AP) — Jaymes Hall had a question for NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman about the lockout, which already has wiped out more than a quarter of the regular season: Why not put aside the money in dispute and get back on the ice. Hall tried to get in his question while Bettman was responding [...]

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 Lockout: NHL, players’ union expected to resume labor talks this week

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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman listens to reporters before the league locked out its players last month. (Mary Altaffer/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — The NHL and the players’ association are expected to resume labour negotiations this week in New York. The sides are likely to meet Wednesday and Thursday in New York, a union [...]

NHL Lockout: NHL CBA talks resuming Tuesday

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(PhatzRadio / SI) — NHL labor talks will resume Tuesday morning, with both sides still focusing on secondary matters and not the core economic issues that continue to divide owners and players in a league-imposed lockout entering its third week. The NHL confirmed on Monday that talks were set to resume in New York. Negotiators [...]

NFL: Even after Monday debacle, NFL holding firm in referee negotiations

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NFL lawyer Jeff Pash (L), NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Art Rooney II (R), president of the Pittsburgh Steelers arrive for court ordered mediation at the U.S. Courthouse on May 17, 2011 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As the NFL lockout remains in place mediation was ordered after a hearing on an antitrust lawsuit filed by NFL [...]

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 Labor Talks: Still sufficient time to get NHL deal done: Donald Fehr

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Donald Fehr, executive director of the NHL Players Association, speaks to reporters about on going labor talks with the league. (Kathy Willens/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — The NHL and the NHL Players’ Association can agree there’s still more than enough time to reach a new labor deal even though the union has yet [...]