[TS] Sports of The Times: Union Chief Wonders if N.B.A. Was Focused
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The N.B.A. has made a concerted effort to control player behavior on and off the court. Now, the league may have a major blind spot.
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Gene Upshaw, the executive director of the N.F.L. Players Association, said the union was focused on dividing all revenue more equitably as it negotiates a new labor contract.
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He's not the Norv Turner of the 1990s. Definitely not the Norv of those two dreadful years in Oakland. Finally, Norval Eugene Turner has gone from a guy who couldn't get his teams into the playoffs to being one step from the Super Bowl.
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NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman isn&#39;t taking signs of dissension within the player ranks very seriously. &quot;I view it as a part of the process,&quot; Bettman told TSN in an interview broadcast Monday night.
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Inzamam-ul-Haq seems to have been around forever, but team spirit is a relatively new concept in Pakistan cricket. When Bob Woolmer was appointed national coach in June, one of his first jobs was to play down
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In Phoenix, the players&#39; union chief sees progress in talks for tougher drug standards, but no deal yet. PHOENIX - As players gathered here for their annual union executive board meeting, baseball commissioner
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An analysis of recent N.B.A. games refereed by Tim Donaghy revealed little strong evidence of any wrongdoing, experts in sports betting said Saturday.
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NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, who has said throughout the lockout that he won&#39;t declare a drop-dead date for the season, might have done so by calling a Jan. 14 meeting of the board of governors in New York.
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The bid to jump-start NHL labor negotiations appears to have been a success. Union president Trevor Linden and NHL board of directors chairman Harley Hotchkiss spoke Wednesday at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, and the sides are planning another meeting in an effort to save the season.
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The N.A.A.C.P. is looking for a new leader. It also needs to come up with a new sense of purpose
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The breakdown in talks between the NHL and the Players Association came as a surprise to no one. Even the most optimistic of observers, of which I am not one, expected little when commissioner Gary Bettman and union head Bob Goodenow (they of the scorched-earth mentality) resumed their places at the negotiating table.
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Right up until 1 p.m. yesterday, when National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman stepped to the microphone in a function room at a Manhattan hotel, Bruins president Harry Sinden was in the dark about whether the 2004-05 season was going to be salvaged or canceled.
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Last week in this space, Bruins president Harry Sinden said that even if a new collective bargaining agreement could be reached between National Hockey League owners and players, it would mean a mad scramble to put together a season. The Bruins, among many other teams, barely have anyone under contract and would have to hurry to sign players. The 30 ...
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The National Hockey League brain trust has long maintained that in order to forge a new collective bargaining agreement with the NHL Players Association, it would need cost certainty -- which means teams' spending for players' salaries must be tied to revenues. In a nutshell, the hard line has been no cap, no hockey season in 2004-05.
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On Friday, the players union filed two unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board and asked the N.L.R.B. to investigate what it said were the N.B.A.Âs unilateral actions.
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Trevor Linden, a former player who is now president of the N.H.L. Players Association, has shown in the past that he knows the value of a strategic retreat.
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Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Doug MacLean is not filled with optimism regarding today&#39;s meeting in Toronto with the National Hockey League Players Association and league commissioner Gary Bettman.