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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Since Major League Baseball and the players' association agreed to a new labor deal and MLB followed that up with record-setting television contracts, the clubs -- with money burning a hole in their front-office pockets -- have be...

Blog | May 19, 2013

Major League Baseball teams can spend a little more money on amateur draft picks this year.

NFL players won concessions regarding their offseason workloads when negotiating the current labor agreement. At least one NFL coach seems to sympathize with the cause. Jeff Fisher sees no reason his St. Louis Rams players should participate in a ...

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman is tapping his friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to ask for the release of a Korean-American man sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in the North.

Twenty-three of 32 NFL teams have rookie minicamps scheduled for Mother's Day (May 12). Every team is off for Father's Day (June 16). What, are a bunch of men running the NFL? Yes, with the occasional exception. Blame the labor negotiators f...

How did "42," the new Jackie Robinson film, come about? It happened in a confluence of serendipity and inspiration, according to director Brian Helgeland.

I still haven't forgiven my family for not interrupting my labor to tell me that Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise had separated. I thought they were timing my contractions with their iPhones, but they were totally checking TMZ. Thanks for leaving me out o...

NFC West quarterbacks have a relatively strong recent tradition of offseason leadership. The St. Louis Rams' Sam Bradford and the San Francisco 49ers' Alex Smith organized their teammates for workouts during the 2011 NFL lockout. The 49ers' Colin ...

It takes guts to retool a multimillion-dollar putting stroke. For Justin Rose, the fruits of his labor paid off with a 65 and the 18-hole lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, ESPN.com's Gene Wojciechowski writes.

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.

The Baltimore Ravens could open the season on the road because of a scheduling conflict with baseball's Orioles.

With salaries growing faster than the salary cap, NFL teams can sit back and wait for the bargains.

FSU athletic director Randy Spetman has seen some of the fruits of his labor, but as he evaluates the state of the program he's keeping an eye on what's best for the future.

Did the NBA make a mistake by allowing Kobe Bryant and LeBron James to forgo college in favor of a basketball career? The panelists in the "Beyond Reason: Sports Labor Negotiations" session got into an in-depth discussion on the NBA's age restrict...

The ACC released its full 2013 football schedule Monday, and as expected, Florida State travels to play Pittsburgh in the marquee Labor Day matchup on opening weekend. Quite an introduction for the new league members. The game, set for 8 p.m. E...

A nationally televised Labor Day matchup between defending ACC champion Florida State and league newcomer Pittsburgh will kickoff what is the largest -- and arguably the most difficult -- schedule in ACC history.