May 23, 2013

NHL: Players and owners plead with fans as lockout begins

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman speaks to the media in New York

(Reuters) – National Hockey League (NHL) owners and players spent the first day of the lockout engaged in a public relations battle after their failure to reach a new labor deal threatened to wipe out the upcoming season. The NHL imposed a league-wide lockout at 12.01 am EDT (0401) on Sunday when the previous Collective [...]

College administrators react to approval of playoff system

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — DALLAS – The news moved quickly: College football had its playoff. Half a continent away from the Washington, D.C., hotel meeting room in which university presidents and chancellors gave the four-team plan their blessing Tuesday, Gene Smith spoke to its significance. “It’s a watershed,” Ohio State’s athletics director said, “. [...]