Goodell Confirms Date Change For NFL Draft FIVB Could Add More U.S. Tourneys NFL Draft Could Be Moved To May NBPA Meets With NHL, MLB Union Heads Survey: Retired NFLers Suffer Ongoing Pain New IndyCar Exec Walker Looks To Win Back Fans One FC Builds MMA In Asia Billy Hunter Sues NBPA, Derek Fisher MLB Looking At Expanding Replay Could Beckham Bring MLS Club To Miami?
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Goodell Confirms Date Change For Draft; Event Could Move From N.Y. In Future05 / 22 / 13NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell yesterday indicated that the league is "taking a harder look" at moving the NFL Draft out of Radio City Music Hall after '14, and "possibly out of New York entirely," according to Gregg Rosenthal of NFL.com. Goodell said, "If we want to move the draft back into the Apr... Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, NFL, Football |
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FIVB Could Add More U.S. Tourneys
With the Int'l Federation of Volleyball (FIVB) returning to the U.S. for the first time in nearly a decade, governing body President Ary Graca said that he eventually would "like to expand" to Florida, New Orleans or perhaps N.Y., according to Jimmy Golen of the AP. Although U.S. players remain amon ...
NFL Draft Could Be Moved To May
The NFL likely will have to change the dates of the Draft in '14 because Radio City Music Hall is bringing back a spring and Easter show around that time, said NFL Senior VP/PR Greg Aiello. The Draft has been held at Radio City since '06. The change in dates is not connected to discussions over chan ...
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NBPA Meets With NHL, MLB Union Heads
NBPA officials met with NHLPA Exec Dir Don Fehr and MLBPA Exec Dir Michael Weiner last month as "part of their effort to find a new head for the players union," according to Liz Mullen of SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL. NBPA Exec Committee member Jerry Stackhouse and NBPA Deputy General Counsel Ron Klempner ...
Survey: Retired NFLers Suffer Ongoing Pain
A survey of retired NFLers "found that nearly nine in 10 report suffering from aches and pains on a daily basis, and they overwhelmingly -- 91 percent -- connect nearly all their pains to football," according to Jenkins, Maese & Clement of the WASHINGTON POST. The newspaper's online survey of mo ...
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New IndyCar Exec Walker Looks To Win Back Fans
Incoming IndyCar President of Operations & Competition Derrick Walker knows "many challenges" remain for the racing circuit, and "getting the fans back is the biggest one of all," according to Chris Estrada of NBCSPORTS.com. Walker appeared on NBC Sports Network's coverage of the Indianapolis 50 ...
One FC Builds MMA In Asia
Singapore-based MMA promotion One Fighting Championship has “quickly grown into a major regional player with its predominantly Asian roster of fighters and consensual approach,” according to the N.Y. TIMES' Christopher Clarey, who wrote under the header, “Promoters Circling One Ano ...
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Billy Hunter Sues NBPA, Derek Fisher
Former NBPA Exec Dir Billy Hunter sued the union and President Derek Fisher on Thursday “for defamation and breach of contract stemming from his dismissal,” according to Ken Berger of CBSSPORTS.com. The lawsuit, filed in California Superior Court in Oakland, alleges that Fisher and his p ...
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MLB Looking At Expanding Replay
MLB Exec VP/Baseball Operations Joe Torre on Thursday said he is "hopeful" of the league implementing expanded instant replay for the '14 season, with the scope of potential changes now enlarged to include everything outside of ball-strike calls. Speaking at the conclusion of quarterly owners meetin ...
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Could Beckham Bring MLS Club To Miami?
David Beckham Thursday announced his plans to retire at the conclusion of his current season with French club Paris Saint-Germain on May 26, and though he would "like to own a team ... there are no immediate plans for him to bring" an MLS club to Miami, according to Michelle Kaufman of the MIAMI HER ...
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NHL Makes Yankee Stadium Games Official
The NHL yesterday formally announced plans for the Yankee Stadium leg of the '14 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series, which will mark the first time hockey will be played at the ballpark since its '09 opening. The series will feature an early afternoon Rangers-Devils game on Jan. 26 and a Rangers-Islande ...
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