Hockey
Hoping to accomplish in two weeks what he and the players have been unable to thrash out in 16 months, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman delayed today’s season openers until Oct. 15 and urged the union to immediately resume intensive contract talks.
Oct. 1, 1994
Bettman says the season will be canceled if a new labor deal isn’t on paper before Monday. The union rejects the league’s latest proposal.
Feb. 10, 2005
Sports
You’re a minor league baseball player and you don’t know what to do.
March 5, 1995
In the last eight years, the average annual salary for a National Football League player--as bargained for individually with club managers--has jumped from about $100,000 to about $300,000.
Nov. 8, 1989
They seem to go from morning to night--from Bryant Gumbel to David Brinkley to Larry King to Ted Koppel.
Aug. 14, 1994
On a humid afternoon at a training camp in Wisconsin 34 years ago, the Green Bay Packers were told, as usual, to put on the same old, wet sweat socks and athletic supporters they’d worn at morning practice--or bring their own.
June 24, 1990
Dodgers
The Dodgers, Angels and other teams are permitting players to go home after Major League Baseball suspended spring training and postponed opening day.
March 13, 2020
An uneasy peace has settled over the National Hockey League, which finally reached a settlement Wednesday in a labor dispute that began when owners locked out players on Oct. 1 in an attempt to bring about major changes in the league’s salary structure.
Jan. 12, 1995
After months of doomsday speculation, public relations campaigns and sniping from both sides, the most significant strike call of the Major League Baseball season looms as the union meets Monday in Chicago.
July 6, 2002
Los Angeles billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong is in the final stages of completing a deal to become a major stakeholder in D.C.
April 10, 2018