NFL folds European league after 16 years
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After 16 years in Europe, the NFL shut down its developmental league Friday.
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Leading publisher Electronic Arts has announced the signing of an exclusive five-year deal with the NFL and its players association, effectively eliminating any competition to the firm&#39;s NFL sports titles from rival publishers.
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The European Union ended two years of limbo at the weekend by agreeing new guidelines for the 27-member club&#39;s future and throwing off the shackles of the failed constitution.
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Business & money: Â· Two years of strife over dual control ends  Â· France and Germany fall out over raising new funds
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In recent years, more and more NFL players are retiring at the top of their game.
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Six-time Pro Bowl fullback Mike Alstott announced his retirement after 12 seasons Thursday, saying goodbye to the NFL during a tearful news conference in a meeting room where the Buccaneers played a highlight film of some of his most memorable plays.
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Dick Ebersol was reflecting on a major decision from eight years ago. It was after the 1997 NFL season, and NBC was ending its 3 1/2-decade affiliation with the league.
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The European Commission dealt a blow to European online gaming companies on Monday when Brussels accepted a U.S. offer of openings in other sectors as compensation for closing its gambling market to foreign firms.
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The country isn't ready for another football league.
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The European Union executive body dropped disciplinary action against serial deficit offenders France and Germany, ending a three-year standoff that left the eurozone's budget rules crippled.
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The European Commission, in a blow to  European online gaming companies, on Monday struck a deal for  compensation from the United States over a U.S. decision to  close its gambling markets to foreign operators.
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Daunte Culpepper's first season with the Miami Dolphins is officially over.
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The Premier League on Sunday agreed to pump more than 90 million pounds (133.9 million euros) into the Football League in a bid to reduce the financial chasm that separates the top flight clubs and the lower league sides.
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They have been writing checks across America for decades now: the television networks, the corporate behemoths and the fans -- each amount larger than the one before until the NFL ballooned into the wealthiest sports league in the world. Last year alone it took in nearly $7 billion in revenue.
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The NFL's choice of where it will play  a regular season game outside the United States has been  narrowed down to five cities, one of which could be home to an  NFL franchise in the next 10 years, the football league's  commissioner said on Wednesday.
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Fifa unanimously agrees to drop the World Cup rotation from 2018.
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Quarterback Jake Plummer announced his retirement on Sunday a day after being traded from the Denver Broncos to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.