NHL Allowed GMs To Talk CBA With Players

NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly told reporters last night that team GMs were given a 48-hour window last weekend to answer questions from their team's players about the CBA offer presented by the owners to the NHLPA last week. The union was surprised and disappointed with the league's end-around ...

Bettman Returning To N.Y. "Disappointed"

A meeting between the NHL and NHLPA lasted less than an hour and resulted in NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman saying that he was returning to N.Y. disappointed. “We were done in an hour because there was really nothing there,” Bettman told reporters in Toronto. The NHLPA reportedly made t ...

EPL U.S. Rights Draw Several Interested Parties

Today is the last day U.S. networks can submit bids to pick up rights to the EPL, according to several sources who say they do not know when the EPL will formally announce a winner. ESPN and Fox Soccer currently hold the U.S. TV rights, and sources said both networks have submitted bids. NBC Univers ...

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NHL Presents New CBA Offer To NHLPA

In the first meaningful step since negotiations on a new CBA began in early July, the NHL today in Toronto presented the NHLPA with a proposal calling for a 50/50 split of hockey-related revenue and no rollback of existing contracts. According to John Shannon of Sportsnet, the new proposal al ...

MSG Unveils Arena's Greatest Moments

Madison Square Garden today unveiled its greatest moments as part of two exhibits when the second stage of the arena’s renovation opens for business in three weeks. A visual retrospective entitled “Garden 366” and exhibit called “Defining Moments” will showcase photos a ...

MSG Execs Showcase Arena Upgrades

MSG execs led a dozen reporters Friday on a tour of the arena, which is near completion of Phase II of its renovation. MSG President & CEO Hank Ratner said that of the Garden's 58 new mid-height Madison Level suites, only four remain unsold. Ratner also showed off the new sixth-floor, wood-pan ...

NHL, NHLPA Make Little To No Progress

The NHL and NHLPA met for less than two hours on hockey-related revenue this morning in N.Y. and came away with no progress to report and some more harsh words. NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said, “No progress was made.” NHLPA Exec Dir Donald Fehr countered by saying if there was ...

Donald Fehr On Inevitability Of NHL Lockout

NHLPA Exec Dir Donald Fehr discussed the inevitability of a lockout this afternoon at a press conference at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in N.Y. With 283 NHL players in attendance, Fehr voiced displeasure with the owners' expected decision to lock out the players if a new CBA is not reached by 11:59 ...

MLS Holding '12 Business Summit

The '12 MLS Business Summit began this morning in Columbus, Ohio, and the event is just the second of its kind in the league’s 16-year history. The first was in Chicago in '08. MLS traditionally has used its All-Star Game week and its MLS Cup championship game to convene league-wide meetings, ...

NHL, NHLPA Still Far Apart On Contract Issues

Straight talk followed a brief meeting between the NHL and NHLPA this morning. The sides agreed to meet Tuesday in N.Y., but that is about all they agreed on. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was atypically open with reporters in Toronto, explaining his frustration with negotiations in stark detail. ...