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Player reps, NFL negotiators meet to hash out CBA contrasts

By Barry Wilner 15 minutes ago
Players union representatives and members of the NFL's negotiating committee will meet late Tuesday afternoon to hash out their differences in a new labor...

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's Huddle initiative nears 400 million volunteer minutes

Feb. 20, 2020 03:32 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL says its Huddle for 100 initiative totaled more than 1 million volunteers donating nearly 400 million minutes to their communities. ...

John Mara, owner of the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL), arrive for a meeting with NFL owners to discuss a proposed labor agreement, Thursday Feb. 20, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
NFL owners approve negotiated terms for new labor agreement

By Barry Wilner Feb. 20, 2020 02:57 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2019, file photo, Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores watches from the sidelines during the first half of an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Indianapolis. Pro football is discovering that the spirit of the Rooney Rule is being violated. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell made that a point of emphasis in his state of the league speech during Super Bowl week. So count on Goodell finding ways to more strongly implement the policy that requires teams to interview minority candidates for coaching and executive positions.(AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
NFL putting stronger Rooney Rule front and center

By Barry Wilner Feb. 18, 2020 05:35 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2019, file photo, Cleveland Browns star defensive end Myles Garrett leaves an office building in New York. Suspended Browns star defensive end Myles Garrett met Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss his possible reinstatement, a person familiar with the meeting told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Browns' Garrett reinstated by NFL after 6-game suspension

By Tom Withers Feb. 12, 2020 10:44 AM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2018, file photo, Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Joe Woods takes part in drills at the team's NFL football training camp in Englewood, Colo. Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski has hired Woods as his defensive coordinator, the team announced Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Browns hire former 49ers assistant Woods to lead defense

By Tom Withers Feb. 07, 2020 01:08 PM EST

Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry speaks during a news conference at the NFL football team's training facility, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, in Berea, Ohio. Berry returned to the team after a one-year stint in the Philadelphia Eagles' front office. Berry was the Browns' vice president of player personnel from 2016-18. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Welcome back: Berry returns to Browns as NFL's youngest GM

By Tom Withers Feb. 05, 2020 04:47 PM EST

This undated image provided by the NFL, shows a hand written note from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to sixth-grader Danny Speski from Chicago. Speski received an autographed football from New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley and a handwritten letter from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, after Speski wrote to the league about his experience entering a Super Bowl contest. (NFL via AP)
Chicago youth gets Super surprise from Goodell, Barkley

By Tom Canavan Feb. 05, 2020 04:08 PM EST

FILE - This file Sept. 24, 2017 file photo shows Shad Khan at Wembley Stadium in London. The Jacksonville Jaguars will play two home games in London next season, strengthening the franchise’s foothold in an overseas market the NFL is eager to expand. The Jaguars will play back-to-back games at historic Wembley Stadium, giving them a potential “home-field” advantage in the second one since they won’t have to travel that week. Specific dates were not announced.(AP Photo/Matt Dunham, FILE)
Jaguars to play consecutive home games in London next season

By Mark Long Feb. 04, 2020 12:00 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2019, file photo, Ohio State defensive end Chase Young plays against Michigan in the first half of an NCAA college football game, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Record-setting defensive end Chase Young is leaving Ohio State early to enter the NFL draft, a widely expected move. The junior Heisman Trophy finalist made the announcement Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, on Twitter. He says he looks forward to "joining a new family in the NFL this spring and being part of something special.” (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
NFL 101: What's ahead as next century of pro football begins

By Barry Wilner Feb. 04, 2020 02:47 AM EST

A Miami-Dade police officer patrols outside of the Hard Rock Stadium before the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
San Francisco 49ers at Kansas City Chiefs 2/2/2020

Feb. 02, 2020 02:50 PM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2016, file photo, San Francisco 49ers' Colin Kaepernick kneels during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks in Seattle. The same guys who banished Kaepernick from the league for kneeling during the anthem to raise awareness about those very same issues have ruthlessly commandeered his cause. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Kaepernick's Super Bowl close call has lasting impact on NFL

By Eddie Pells Feb. 02, 2020 11:13 AM EST

In this undated photo, Ed Hubbard stands inside a display at the Air Force Armament Museum in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., as he talks about what it was like to be a prisoner of war at the infamous Hanoi Hilton prison during the Vietnam War. With a special invitation from Commissioner Roger Goodell, the 81-year-old Hubbard will be in Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday night to watch his Kansas City Chiefs play the San Francisco 49ers in its first Super Bowl appearance in 50 years. (Devon Ravine/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP)
Chiefs fan goes from POW to special Super Bowl guest

By Dave Skretta Feb. 01, 2020 06:45 PM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2019, file photo, Terry Pegula, owner of the Buffalo Bills, walks on the field before an NFL preseason football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Orchard Park, N.Y. The Bills have informed county officials they will not use an early and one-time opt-out clause to terminate their lease at New Era Field. The team's decision, sent in a letter to Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, was considered a formality, but in no way rules out the possibility of the Bills one day playing at new facility in downtown Buffalo. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, File)
Bills staying put at current home; New stadium not ruled out

By John Wawrow Jan. 31, 2020 06:36 PM EST

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks at a press conference ahead of Super Bowl LIV, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020 in Miami. (Ben Liebenberg via AP)
NFL shatters goal of 100 million volunteer minutes

By The Associated Press Jan. 31, 2020 05:19 PM EST

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks at a press conference ahead of Super Bowl LIV, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020 in Miami. (Ben Liebenberg via AP)
Trio of former Duke players win NFL innovation competition

By Teresa M. Walker Jan. 31, 2020 04:14 PM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2016, file photo, a New Orleans Saints helmet rests on the playing field before an NFL football game in Kansas City, Mo. The Saints are going to court to keep the public from seeing hundreds of emails that allegedly show team executives doing public relations damage control for the area's Roman Catholic archdiocese to help it contain the fallout from a burgeoning sexual abuse crisis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Judge allows AP to be heard in dispute over Saints emails

By Jim Mustian Jan. 31, 2020 02:02 PM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2019, file photo, Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy watches players before the team's AFC championship NFL football game against the New England Patriots in Kansas City, Mo. The Chiefs have perhaps the most dynamic offense in the NFL and the San Francisco 49ers feature one of the stingiest defenses in the league. The men in charge of the units got interviews for head coaching but were passed over. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Many are outraged that teams didn't hire Bieniemy or Saleh

By Rob Maaddi Jan. 30, 2020 02:42 AM EST

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers a question during a news conference for the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Column: Player safety a cost of an expanded season

By Tim Dahlberg Jan. 29, 2020 06:02 PM EST