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NFL Looking At Mid-May Dates For '14 Draft; Future Schedules Remain Undetermined05 / 23 / 13NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Tuesday confirmed the NFL Draft will be pushed back to May next year , but "other proposed changes to the sport's offseason calendar are not yet set," according to sources cited by Mark Maske of the WASHINGTON POST. The Draft will move to May for at least one year,... Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, NFL |
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BASEBALL HELD HOSTAGE -- PART II: NEWS FROM SIX MARKETS
BOSTON: Red Sox announcer Sean McDonough has "no qualms" about calling replacement games: "I doubt if the Players Association ever honored anyone else''s strike -- like the umpires'' -- so why would a
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MLB EXPANSION ANNOUNCEMENT THIS WEEK IN PALM BEACH?
MLB owners will be asked to pick two expansion cities for 1998 and to set a price for the team when they meet in Palm Beach this week. Representatives from each group vying for a franchise -- Orlando,
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WHEN IS A CAP NOT A CAP? NFL'S SALARY STRUCTURE EXAMINED
The legitimacy of the NFL''s salary cap is examined by the BOSTON GLOBE''s Will McDonough. The league does have a cap, "but, in reality, in name only." Bills Owner Ralph Wilson said the cap "is becomi
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JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA PRESENT WORLD CUP BIDS
Japan and South Korea were the only two countries to present World Cup bids to FIFA by Tuesday''s confirmation deadline, and it "now seems certain that an Asian country will host the 2002 World Cup."
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BASEBALL HELD HOSTAGE -- DAY 207: RAZING ARIZONA
Talks between owners and players broke down with no resumption in negotiations expected until after the owners'' meeting in Palm Beach, FL, this week. Both MLBPA Exec Dir Don Fehr and Rockies owner Je
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BASEBALL EXPANSION COMMITTEE INVITES CITIES TO GIVE UPDATES
In what may be an effort "to protect itself" against complaints that "groups did not get a chance to be heard," the five finalists for baseball expansion will give brief updates before the MLB expansi
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BASEBALL HELD HOSTAGE -- DAY 204: BACK TO SQUARE ZERO?
"Anger at the baseball peace talks. Owners say union boss Don Fehr demanded to go back and look anew at the owners revenue sharing decision of January 1994, instead of the current economic issues. Roc
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AHL READY TO POUNCE SHOULD THE NHL DISTANCE ITSELF FROM IHL
"The NHL is moving toward having little or nothing to do with the IHL," writes Bob McKenzie in this morning''s TORONTO STAR. The party line, according to NHL Senior VP Brian Burke: "At this point in t
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BASEBALL HELD HOSTAGE -- PART II: NEWS FROM SIX MARKETS
CHICAGO: After refusing to play in exhibition games, Michael Jordan left White Sox camp in a "surprising move." Jordan walked out only hours after he and other Sox minor leaguers were told they would
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CHIEFS WANT TO EXPAND PLAYOFFS, ELIMINATE BYE WEEKS
A proposal submitted to the NFL by the Chiefs that would expand the NFL playoff pool from 12 to 16 teams will be discussed at the NFL owners meeting next week, according to this morning''s ATLANTA CON
