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The Dugout: Association.

On Wednesday, the MLB Players' Association voted unanimously to approve the selection of General Counsel Michael Weiner as their Executive Director, effective immediately. Weiner has years of experience and is excited to do a great job despite always looking like he's wearing some kind of weird rubber mask. Weiner has a...

Donald Fehr to Receive Hefty Severance

Longtime head of the Major League Baseball Players Association, Donald Fehr, will be stepping down at the conclusion of the season. When he does, he will get a severance package worth more money than he made from 2001-2008, reports are saying. Fehr, 61, has had an annual salary of $1 million per year since 2001. His...

MLBPA Boss Donald Fehr To Step Down

Donald Fehr has been the executive director the Major League Baseball Players Association since December 1985. During a press conference Monday afternoon, he announced that tenure will come to a close within a year. Assuming the board approves the move, his replacement will be general counsel Michael Weiner. Fehr had...

Baseball Aims for 2016 Return to Olympics; 'Best Players' Will Be Available

With baseball wiped off of the Olympic slate for the 2012 Olympics in London, MLB President Bob DuPuy and player's union chief Donald Fehr went before the IOC Moneay with International Baseball Federation president Henry Schiller to plead baseball's case for reinstatement to the games by 2016. Their presence at the meeting...

Fans Soulless Dopes If They Elect Manny

The most inane drug-related rule in my sportswriting life? Back in the old, wacky Continental Basketball Association, naturally. Upon walking through a hallway of weed fumes at the Holiday Inn in Bangor, Maine, where I was doing a feature on a traveling minor-league team obviously participating in cannabis exploration, I...

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05/22/12 Another lockout looms over Cup final Source: Calgary Herald - Alberta - Canada It might be wise for fans to enjoy these Stanley Cup playoffs while they can, because this could be the last NHL hockey anyone sees for quite some time.
05/20/12 NHL's impending collective bargaining showdown ominous... Source: Sentinel Sports Blog Certainly the NHL doesn't want â and can't afford â another lost season.
05/16/12 NHL sends CBA termination notice to players association Source: USA Today The NHL Players Association has notified its players Wednesday through a memo that the NHL has sent written notice it plans to "terminate and/or modify" the collective bargaining agreement when it expires on Sept. 15.
05/09/12 By The Numbers: Collusion - A Look Back Source: 1010 Wins Mr. Daniel Prial is the last of our "sabermetrics student bloggers" for this semester.
05/01/12 Will Donald Fehr Spoil The NHL Party? Source: Forbes The NHL is on a pretty good roll this spring.