Labor issues
FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2003, file photo, Will Wilson, then-marketing director for NFL Mexico, speaks at a press conference in Houston. Wilson, the head of the NFL division of the Wasserman Media Group and the uncle of former Indianapolis quarterback Andrew Luck, was hired Monday, March 23, 2020, as chief executive officer of the troubled U.S. Soccer Federation. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
Will Wilson, Andrew Luck's uncle, becomes CEO of US Soccer

Mar. 23, 2020 04:07 PM EDT

NFL, union extend deadline for franchise tags to Monday

By Barry Wilner Mar. 10, 2020 03:03 PM EDT
The deadline for applying franchise and transition tags to free agents has been moved from Thursday to Monday by the league and players' union. ...

Eric Winston, president of the NFL Players Association, speaks at the annual state of the NFLPA press conference, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, in Miami Beach, Fla. The San Francisco 49ers will face the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game Sunday. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
NFL players' union extends CBA voting deadline to Saturday

By Barry Wilner Mar. 09, 2020 03:03 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2020, file photo, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) hands off to running back Tevin Coleman (26) during the first half of an NFL divisional playoff football game against the Minnesota Vikings at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. The current collective bargaining agreement expires in March 2021, but NFL owners are eager to get a new contract in place as soon as possible. That would enable them to begin looking toward new, lucrative broadcast deals, with a decade of labor peace assured. But the players don't appear to be in a rush to approve the new agreement that is the result of 10 months of negotiations between the sides. Indeed, several player reps last Friday night were adamant that more negotiating is needed. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)
Player reps send new CBA to union members for approval

By Barry Wilner Feb. 25, 2020 02:47 PM EST

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy, left, arrive for an NFL owners meeting in New York, Thursday Feb. 20, 2020. The NFL's labor committee met Thursday morning before presenting to the owners the current state of ongoing negotiations with the players' union on a new labor agreement. With the league eager to reach a collective bargaining agreement with the players in the next few weeks _ the current deal runs out in March 2021 _ team representatives were summoned to New York to discuss the NFL's proposal.(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Player reps not voting on NFL labor deal; more talks Tuesday

By Barry Wilner Feb. 21, 2020 01:38 PM EST

NFL owners approve terms for labor agreement; union to discuss in Friday conference call.

Feb. 20, 2020 04:35 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — NFL owners approve terms for labor agreement; union to discuss in Friday conference call. ...

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2009, file photo, Peter Fonda, poses atop a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in Glendale, Calif. Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right both writing and starring in counterculture classics like "Easy Rider," has died. His family says in a statement that Fonda died Aug. 16, 2019, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 79. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 23, 2019 10:13 AM EST

FILE - In this May 15, 2019, file photo, Juice WRLD performs in concert during his "Death Race for Love Tour" at The Skyline Stage at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia. The Chicago-area rapper, whose real name is Jarad A. Higgins, was pronounced dead Dec. 8 after a "medical emergency'' at Chicago's Midway International Airport, according to authorities. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 16, 2019 12:47 PM EST

Report: Petition with NLRB seeks union for NFL running backs

By The Associated Press Aug. 12, 2019 05:54 PM EDT
A petition reportedly has been filed with the National Labor Relations Board seeking to create a separate union for NFL running backs. According to the...

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 file photo, Houston Texans general manager Brian Gaine speaks during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis. The Houston Texans have abruptly fired general manager Brian Gaine less than 18 months after he took the job. The team announced the move Friday, June 7, 2019 with a statement from team owner Cal McNair, who said only that “while the timing may be unusual, this decision was made in the best interest of the organization in our quest to build a championship team.” (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
Ex-Texans security coordinator alleges firing discrimination

Jun. 13, 2019 04:43 PM EDT

Rams win Rozelle Award for public relations performance

By The Associated Press Jun. 07, 2019 02:36 PM EDT
The Los Angeles Rams public relations staff has been selected as the 2019 Pete Rozelle Award winner by the Professional Football Writers of America. ...

Oakland Raiders guard Richie Incognito (64) warms up during an official team activity at the NFL football team's headquarters in Alameda, Calif., Tuesday, May 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Raiders agree to 1-year deal with troubled guard Incognito

By Josh Dubow May. 28, 2019 10:43 AM EDT

Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Trysten Hill, left, runs through a drill as defensive coordinator and line coach Rod Marinelli, and defensive tackle Shakir Soto (67) watch during the NFL football team's minicamp in Frisco, Texas, Friday, May 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Rookie Trysten Hill building on 1st impression with Cowboys

By Schuyler Dixon May. 10, 2019 07:53 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 29, 2015, file photo, former Boston Bruins star Ray Bourque walks on the field during an event at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. The former NHL star is apologizing for crossing a picket line to shop at a Massachusetts supermarket where workers are on strike. Bourque was caught on video exiting a North Andover Stop & Shop on Monday, April 15, 2019 as a worker said “Shame on you.” Thousands of Stop & Shop workers at 240 stores in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island went on strike last week over what they say is an unfair contract proposal. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)
Winter Classic Hockey

Apr. 16, 2019 10:10 AM EDT

FILE - This Aug. 9, 2014 file photo shows an NFL logo on a goal post pad before a preseason NFL football game between the Detroit Lions and the Cleveland Browns at Ford Field in Detroit. Since the NFL Players Association was created in 1956, there have been in-season and preseason strikes and lockouts and contentious negotiations. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski, File)
Browns-Lions 8/9/2014

Apr. 11, 2019 08:52 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 8, 2015, file photo, members of the Biloxi Shuckers minor league baseball team eat lunch before practice at the Pensacola Blue Wahoos' stadium in Pensacola, Fla. Minor leaguers at the lowest levels can make as little as $1,100 per month despite spending 50-to-70 hours per week at the ballpark. A lawsuit alleging MLB violated minimum wage and overtime requirements was pre-empted in 2018 when Congress passed the “Save America’s Pastime Act,” which stripped minor leaguers of the protection of federal minimum wage laws. (AP Photo/Michael Spooneybarger, File)
Minor leaguers seek investors, donations to make ends meet

By Jake Seiner Apr. 04, 2019 07:05 AM EDT

State: School's 'football flu' policy can be challenged

Feb. 28, 2019 10:14 AM EST
BURLINGTON CITY, N.J. (AP) — A southern New Jersey school employee has won a round in a dispute over using a sick day during last year's Philadelphia Eagles Super...

NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith speaks during a news conference at the media center for the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Union, league preparing "war chests" for 2021 labor talks

By Barry Wilner Jan. 31, 2019 06:47 PM EST