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Mediation Resumes in NFL, Players Dispute

MINNEAPOLIS -- The NFL and its locked-out players started talking again, and they talked all day. The only sign of progress or productivity, though, was the nine hours or so both sides spent in the federal courthouse on Thursday. Sworn to secrecy about specifics of the court-ordered mediation, neither the league nor the...

NFL, Players Take Lockout Fight to Federal Court

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- NFL players and owners haven taken their fight to the courtroom. Representatives from both sides arrived at a federal courthouse in St. Paul on Wednesday morning. A group of players is asking a judge to issue a preliminary injunction on the lockout the owners imposed after talks on a new collective...

Gridiron Gridlock: NFL Labor Talks Start to Turn Nasty

WASHINGTON -- Had enough of the he-said, he-said rancor between the NFL and players? Don't expect it to go away anytime soon. The outcome of the league's first work stoppage since 1987 could be decided in court; the first hearing on the players' request for an injunction to block the owners' lockout was scheduled for...

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Players Head to Court as NFL Labor Talks Break Off

WASHINGTON -- Unable to decide how to divvy up $9 billion a year, NFL owners and players put the country's most popular sport in limbo Friday by breaking off labor negotiations hours before their contract expired. The union decertified, and 10 players, including MVP quarterbacks Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, sued the...

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05/31/12 Jerry Jones won't challenge Dallas cap hit Source: Boston Herald - Boston MA Jerry Jones says he has no interest in going to federal court to seek relief after an arbitrator upheld the NFL's salary cap reductions against the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins.
05/31/12 Hoping to get noticed Source: The Mercury News - San Jose CA The Heisman Trophy Troy Smith won at Ohio State in 2006 lays in storage somewhere in Cleveland.
05/31/12 Des defends refs Source: Radio Australia Canterbury coach Des Hasler has leapt to the defence of rugby league referees, blaming the media for heaping more pressure on under-fire whistle-blowers.
05/31/12 State report: College of Charleston women claim... Source: The Post and Courier - Charleston SC College of Charleston volleyball players Lizzie Theesfeld (left) and Elyse Chubb helped the Cougars win the SoCon all-around womenï¿½s sports championship for 2011-12.
05/31/12 BRIEFS Source: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Ontario CA Jamie Moyer was designated for assignment by the Colorado Rockies, the move being made about six weeks after he became the oldest starting pitcher to win a game in major league history.

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The National Football League (NFL) is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league globally.

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