Teams United in Desire to Wait for Players in Labor Dispute
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National Hockey League teams appeared  united in their determination to solve the league's economic  problems as the NHL's lockout of players became official on  Thursday.
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The Tampa Bay Lightning were supposed to raise their Stanley Cup championship banner this week to kick off the new season. Instead, the arena that rocked during the finals in June will be dark because of a labor dispute that shows no sign of ending soon.
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Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O&#39;Neal now have the backing of their union. The NBA Players&#39; Association is appealing the suspensions handed to the three Indiana Pacers for their actions in a brawl with Detroit Pistons fans Friday night.
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With mounting pressure from Commissioner Bud Selig and Sen. John McCain, the players union&#39;s executive board will consider whether to agree to more stringent steroid testing in Major
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-- Any hope of saving the NHL season hinges on whether the next proposal by the players&#39; association stirs serious negotiating.
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With goalie Manny Fernandez (knee surgery) lost for the season, and the return date for Patrice Bergeron (Grade 3 concussion) still in question, the Bruins are looking to make a deal or two, perhaps among their forward and defensive corps.
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The National Hockey League and its  players ended three days of labor talks in an apparent deadlock  on Thursday, with little progress seen in avoiding a lockout by  team owners later this month.
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Five hours of talks Tuesday brought owners and players no closer to resolving labor disagreements that will lead to a lockout when the collective bargaining agreement ends Sept. 15.
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Talks between team owners and  locked-out players broke off without agreement Thursday,  leaving hopes for an ice hockey season hanging by a thread.
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Players rejected the U.S. Soccer Federation's offer to send their labor dispute to arbitration and instead proposed on Monday that mediation be used in an effort to get the regulars on the field for next month's World Cup qualifier at Trinidad and Tobago.
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Instead of preparing to face the Avalanche tonight in Colorado in their second game of the season, the Bruins remain spread over the four corners of the world, with no end in sight to the labor strife between owners and players. Defenseman Hal Gill, who is the union player representative for Boston, would be on the sidelines if the season ...
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Representatives for National Hockey  League owners and locked-out players will resume talks in a bid  to save the rest of the season, a players' union official has  said.
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Chicagoâ An NHL lockout that&#39;s already nine weeks old won&#39;t end anytime soon unless owners show some willingness to negotiate, agents said after a meeting with the players&#39; union.
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Negotiators from the U.S. Soccer Federation and its union are scheduled to meet with a federal mediator on Thursday in an effort to resolve the dispute threatening to keep the regular players off the field for a World Cup qualifier next month.
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With last week's temporary resolution to the labor problems, head coach Bruce Arena invites 28 players to training camp, including three D.C. United members.
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There is no secret that time is running out to save the NHL season. How the NHL and the players association are working to prevent that has become a very big mystery.
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If certain people show up, today&#39;s meeting of NHL Players&#39; Association executives and members in Toronto could turn into a passionate debate between the union&#39;s haves and have-nots.