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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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06/02/12 Sports digest: New Orleans Saints coach kept ledger in... Source: The Mercury News - San Jose CA Documents gathered in the NFL's bounty investigation of the New Orleans Saints include a ledger detailing payments for plays such as "cart-offs" and "whacks," a person familiar with the probe said.
06/02/12 SEC makes football playoffs power play Source: The Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville FL DESTIN | College football's most dominant conference has its wish list for a playoff.
06/02/12 NFL: Tolbert relishes chance with Panthers Source: The Salisbury Post - Salisbury NC While fullback Mike Tolbert was happy playing football in San Diego, when free agency arrived and the Panthers came calling he couldn't resist an opportunity to return home to the Carolinas.
06/02/12 PFT: Leak of Bountygate ledger gets revision Source: NBC - NBC 40 WTWC - Tallahassee FL At a time when more and more former players have sued the NFL over concussions suffered during their playing careers, one former player who played the game at a very high level has no plans to blame anyone but the players for the post-football condition of their bodies.
06/02/12 SRK set to buy stakes in leading football club Dempo Source: MSN India - Cricket & Sports Sources close to the club told PTI that Khan has been in talks with the Goa-based I-League champion club and has also met its owner Srinivas Dempo a couple of times.

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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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