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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...

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...

Jerry Richardson Remains Trusted Figurehead for NFL Owners

Jerry Richardson came off as a bully in a January press conference in Carolina talking about the affairs of the Panthers. He later sounded apologetic through a Charlotte newspaper columnist. At the time, some NFL people who have been around the NFC South for a few years, said Richardson is usually a gentleman and...

Roger Goodell Continues to Paint NFLPA as Obstructionist

As an NFL work stoppage continues to get closer, each side in the dispute continues to try very hard to convince the public that it will be the other side's fault. The latest salvo came Tuesday from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, who published a long essay on the league's labor website (nfllabor.com) urging both sides to...

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Could Our Possible Stadium Be Home To Two NFL Franchises?

Commissioner Roger Goodell says if the NFL puts a team in Los Angeles, it is probable the league would expand to 34 franchises.

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02/22/12 NFL teams in the U.S. shouldn't have to play regular... Source: Independent-Mail - Anderson SC He started the campaign during an abbreviated preseason.
02/22/12 Lewand opposes hosting a game abroad, brags about... Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI The NFL remains committed to broadening its international appeal, perhaps playing two games in London as early as next year and returning to other foreign markets like Mexico City. But Lions president Tom Lewand said in a teleconference with season-ticket holders last week he's not interested in hosting a home game outside of Ford Field.
02/21/12 Goodell can't leave well enough alone Source: On Milwaukee - Milwaukee WI If this is the case, why is Roger Goodell continuing his one-man obsession to expand the NFL season to 18 games?
02/18/12 NFL Commissioner Roger Goddell: âWe Are Not... Source: Buffalowdown NFL Commissioner Roger Goddell raised more than a few eyebrows during Super Bowl week when he said if the league were to place a team in Los Angeles, it would likely add two new teams rather than move one from another city.
02/15/12 FLOWERY BRANCH | Falcons receiver blasts NFL... Source: NBC - 11 Alive WXIA - Atlanta GA He's one of the most potent weapons in the Atlanta Falcons' offense and one of the team's highest-paid players.