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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...

Chad Henne, Dolphins Owner Steve Ross Hit Links and Talk Lockout

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- In a scene that might not play out again anytime soon, Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross and his starting quarterback, Chad Henne, shared a golf cart Monday morning. Ross and Henne were part of a foursome that included Hall-of-Fame quarterback Bob Griese for the third annual Fins Cup Pro-Am. But...

Fun (Likely Futile) Ways Fans Can Encourage NFL Labor Peace

If social networking can help topple governments in the Middle East or get Betty White on Saturday Night Live, why can't NFL fans get both the NFL and the NFL Players Association to work out a reasonable labor deal? Why couldn't the established fan networks from sports blogs work together to get fans to do something --...

Source: 'We're Nowhere' on NFL CBA Talks

INDIANAPOLIS -- NFL players' union chief DeMaurice Smith addressed agents in an annual meeting here Friday at the scouting combine. But several agents who were in the meeting said Smith didn't get into the specifics of the mediated collective bargaining negotiations that took place over the previous seven days in...

With 'Strong Differences' Remaining, NFL, Union to Continue Talks Next Week

Well, the good news for the NFL is that the owners and players got through seven days of discussions in front of a federal mediator without anybody storming out of the room. The bad news is that they didn't solve anything. Talks ended in Washington, D.C. on Thursday morning and will resume Tuesday in the office of mediator...

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The National Football League Players Association, or NFLPA, is the labor organization for the professional football players in the National Football League (NFL).

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