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Mediation Resumes in NFL, Players Dispute
By not in system - AOL NewsMINNEAPOLIS -- 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 players provided much insight about where they're at in their dispute over the division of this $9 billion business. They'll meet again on Friday. Commissioner Roger Goodell, Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, Pittsburgh Steelers ...
Lawrence Taylor Gets Probation; Teen Says He Deserved Jail
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW CITY, N.Y. -- The teenage girl at the center of the sex-crimes case against football great Lawrence Taylor made a surprise appearance at his sentencing Tuesday, eager to declare that he should be behind bars. She was denied the chance to speak in court, and Taylor was sentenced to six years' probation, as agreed when he pleaded guilty in January to sexual misconduct and patronizing an underage prostitute. The former New York Giants linebacker must register as a sex offender, but a hearing on exactly how that will affect him was postponed to April 12. The girl arrived with ...
Lockout, Decertification Leave NFL in Limbo
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- All along, the NFL said it was certain the players' union would decertify and head to court. All along, the union insisted the league's owners were planning to lock out the players. And that's exactly what happened. 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 owners in federal court in Minneapolis. Then, at midnight, ...
Players Head to Court as NFL Labor Talks Break Off
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- 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 owners in federal court, putting the NFL on a path to its first work stoppage since 1987. Despite two extensions to the collective bargaining agreement during 16 days of talks overseen by a federal mediator - and previous months of stop-and-start negotiating - the sides could ...
NFL Lockout 2011: As in Wisconsin, Collective Bargaining Is the Main Issue
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsWe just can't seem to collectively agree about collective bargaining these days. With Wisconsin's state legislative standoff still unresolved, representatives from the National Football League and its players union reconvened this morning to continue negotiating over the very issue that has proved so contentious of late. The current NFL collective bargaining agreement is set to expire at 11:59 tonight, and while there are optimistic indications that the feuding sides will at least temporarily prevent a lockout by extending the deadline, the battleground remains, more or less, the same. The ...
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: Bob Probert's Condition Explained
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsFormer NHL star Bob Probert died in June, and researchers have just determined that he suffered from a brain disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. Probert, who was 45 when he died of heart failure, left his brain to science because he believed the head trauma he experienced on the ice had caused permanent damage. Turns out, he was right. Thanks to Probert and other athletes who have allowed scientists to study their brains after death, we're learning more about CTE and how it can be prevented. Here are five facts about this progressive, degenerative brain disease. 1. It ...
Mark Sanchez's Purported Romance With 17-Year-Old the Latest New York Jets Tabloid Fodder
By David Knowles - AOL NewsIt's the team that keeps on giving. New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, 24, finds himself at the center of media attention today after a story ran on the website Deadspin detailing allegations of an affair Sanchez had with an unnamed 17-year-old New Jersey girl. According to Deadspin, Sanchez and the young woman met at a nightclub in New York, and the two went on to, as the story puts it, "hook up." While there was nothing illegal about Sanchez's alleged actions (17 is legal, according to age-of-consent laws in New Jersey and New York), the story, as well as the potential for further ...
NFL Forces Vegas Station to Spike Super Bowl Ads for Casino
By Steve Friess - AOL NewsLAS VEGAS -- The NFL forced the Fox affiliate station here to dump $360,000 in advertisements for a casino conglomerate minutes before Sunday's kickoff for Super Bowl XLV, the latest maneuver in an ongoing battle between the football league and the nation's gambling capital. Station Casinos, which owns 18 casinos that cater to southern Nevada residents, was set to launch its "We Love Locals" campaign during the Packers-Steelers tussle with five 30-second spots promoting giveaways and featuring employees talking about how much they adore their customers. The campaign was referenced in an ...
No Cheerleaders at Super Bowl XLV -- Sad Day for Tradition
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyConfession: I once owned a pair of pom-poms. Back in the 1970s, at age 4, it seemed the right thing to ask my parents for as a gift. The fluffy red and white pom-poms were official and expensive -- cheap just wouldn't do for my nascent cheerleading career. I shook them during college football games and at least one Super Bowl. But little girls hoping for cheering inspiration at Sunday's Super Bowl XLV game in Dallas between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers won't get it. For the first time in the Super Bowl's 45-year history, there will be no cheerleaders on the ...
Man Whips Up Ketchup and Pickle Pizza for Super Bowl
By Monica Garske - AOL NewsBetween nachos, hot wings and just about any fried junk food you can think of, football fans eat a lot of questionable things on Super Bowl Sunday. But this year, a weird pizza created by a man in Indiana specifically for the big game might just take the cake. Ira Scott, owner of Road Kill Pizza Co. -- a small frozen pizza business specializing in pies with offbeat toppings -- has just whipped up a brand-new concoction in honor of Super Bowl XLV and the two teams facing off in the NFL showdown on Sunday. Scott told AOL News that he's created a limited-edition Super Bowl XLV frozen pizza ...
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