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As we've noted many times over the past two years, signing draft picks isn't the adventure that it used to be. The NFL's collective bargaining agreement, ratified for the 2011 season, created a streamlined negotiating process and provided far less wi...

The collective bargaining agreement dictates that all contracts signed by rookie free-agents are three years in length with a minimum value of $1.44 million over the life of the contract. But not all rookie free agent contracts are exactly the same, ...

The Mavericks will have to overcome a money mountain to convince Chris Paul or Dwight Howard to come to Dallas. The collective bargaining agreement gives their current teams a tremendous financial edge this summer, allowing them to offer five-year...

The latest NFL collective bargaining agreement alleviated many of the headaches involved with signing rookies, particularly first-round draft choices. Holdouts were a regular occurrence prior to the new CBA, but a new rookie wage scale has largely re...

The Arizona Cardinals' plan to require periodic drug tests for 2013 third-round choice Tyrann Mathieu is permissible under the collective bargaining agreement, which allows for "testing by agreement" under certain restrictions. George Atallah, ass...

• NFL commissioner Roger Goodell dishes on how the new CBA has changed the draft, whether players should take stands on social issues, the future of the Rooney Rule and more. Goodell • ESPN football guru Mel Kiper Jr. covers his latest ...

Larry Coon identifies where the Los Angeles Lakers can make the collective bargaining agreement work for them.

Story | Conversation | April 15, 2013

Larry Coon groups the NBA teams according to their salary-cap situation. The Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers will likely have to pay quite a luxury tax next season.

Story | Conversation | April 02, 2013

It won't be too long before NFC South players get back to work. Offseason programs don't start as early as they once did, due to changes in the collective bargaining agreement, but they'll be starting this month. The offseason program now is broke...

Work for the 2013 season officially begins for the Cleveland Browns on Monday. Under the collective bargaining agreement, activities are limited to strength and conditioning and physical rehabilitation for the next two weeks. Here are some of the ...

Player signing bonuses are one of the aspects that we take note of when the contract is agreed upon. Given the NFL's collective bargaining agreement, guaranteed money is the figure of note when a player agrees to a deal with a team, and the signing b...

Order was restored in the Chinese pro basketball universe last night when the Guangdong Tigers finished their sweep of the Shandong Lions to claim their eighth Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) title. This was probably the most competitive game of...

The Dallas Cowboys are working to finalize a deal with free-agent linebacker Justin Durant, according to a source. Based on rules of the CBA, NFL teams are unable to sign or offer contracts to free agents without having the salary cap space to do so....

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The Boston Red Sox on Tuesday released first baseman Lyle Overbay, adding further clarity to the final bench spots on the Opening Day roster. The Red Sox had a deadline of noon Tuesday under the collective bargaining agreement...

Los Angeles Kings forward Jordan Nolan was fined $1,436.94 by the NHL on Sunday for

U.S. Soccer and the U.S. women's team player's association on Wednesday agreed to terms of a new collective bargaining agreement through 2016.