May 24, 2013

NFL: Sean Payton, Saints agree to contract extension

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Here’s Saints owner Tom Benson (left) shaking hands with coach Sean Payton during Friday night’s Hornets-Raptors game. Earlier Peyton and the Saints agreed to a contract extension that will keep him in New Orleans.(Photo: Chris Graythen, Getty Images) Story Highlights Payton’s new deal reportedly is for five years Payton’s original extension was voided by the [...]

NFL wins salary-cap dispute with Cowboys, Redskins

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Robert Griffin III #10 of the Washington Redskins speaks to members of the media after a practice during the Washington Redskins rookie minicamp on May 6, 2012 in Ashburn, Virginia. (May 5, 2012 – Source: Patrick McDermott/Getty Images North America) ATLANTA (AP) — An arbitrator has upheld the salary cap reductions the NFL placed on [...]

NFL: Star QBs says time is now for deal

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NEW YORK (AP) — Calling the players’ offer “fair for both sides,” star quarterbacks Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees — plaintiffs in an antitrust suit against the NFL — said Wednesday “it is time” to wrap up negotiations on a deal to end the league’s lockout. At the bargaining table, though, it wasn’t [...]

Seven NFL teams institute pay cuts, furloughs during lockout

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (L) and NFL owner Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys arrive for court-ordered mediation at the U.S. Courthouse on April 19, 2011 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mediation was ordered after a hearing on an antitrust lawsuit filed by NFL players against the NFL owners after labor talks between the two broke down [...]