Ovechkin Declines Captaincy
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Capitals star Alex Ovechkin recently informed the team that he doesn't feel ready to take over as captain, and will notbe wearing the "C" on his jersey this season.
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TSN has obtained a memo showing the NHL will reject the latest offer from its players. &quot;In sum, we believe the Union&#39;s December 9 CBA proposal, while offering necessary and significant short-term financial
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Russian opposition figure and former chess star Garry Kasparov abandons plans to run for the presidency.
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Commissioner Gary Bettman cancels the NHL season Wednesday after the league and its union fail to reach a new collective bargaining agreement.
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TORONTO -- The NHL rejected last week&#39;s proposal by the players&#39; association and then had its own counteroffer turned down Tuesday during a 3Â½-hour negotiating session.
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Juergen Klinsmann withdrew Thursday from consideration as coach of the U.S. soccer team after several months of talks failed to lead to an agreement.
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Hopes of saving the National Hockey  League season all but vanished Tuesday when players and team  owners rejected proposals to end the labor dispute.
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The NHL reportedly will reject the latest proposal from the players&#39; union that was meant to put an end to the lockout and salvage the season.
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Alexander Ovechkin scores four goals and an assist to lead the Capitals to an 8-6 win over the Senators on Saturday night.
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NEW YORK Nov 3, 2004 - In another sign the NHL season is slipping away, the league canceled its All-Star game Wednesday because of the lockout.
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Washington Capitals left-wing Alex Ovechkin has signed a new 13-year-contract, the NHL team said on Thursday.
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Hopes of saving the National Hockey League season all but vanished Tuesday when players and team owners rejected proposals to end the labor dispute.
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Alexander Ovechkin didn't do much offensively, a common occurrence lately. Instead, it was the runner-up Russian who created a goal out of nothing, keeping the Pittsburgh Penguins' most successful stretch in 14 years going.
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Facing fellow Russian Alexander Ovechkin gives Evgeni Malkin a little extra motivation. Maybe it helped Sunday, when Malkin made the difference for Pittsburgh against Ovechkin's Capitals.
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Alex Ovechkin agreed to a $124 million, 13-year contract extension Thursday with the Washington Capitals, working out the details himself in negotiations with owner Ted Leonsis and general manager George McPhee.
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Former Carolina Hurricanes captain Ron Francis has turned down the team&#39;s offer of a front-office job, according to a (Raleigh, NC) News &amp; Observer report Tuesday.
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The National Hockey League appeared to  be one day away from canceling its season due to a labor  dispute after owners rejected a salary cap proposal from  locked-out players.