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The logical and reasonable way to end the NHL lockout is mediation. It is a process that is private, efficient, conciliatory and inexpensive. And it's already underway. The other way to end it is public, explosive, confrontational and expensive. It...

Even if the NHL lockout stretches out and cancels another season, die-hard fans will come back to the game and the owners know it, writes Darren Rovell.

Fans "don't care" about the NHL lockout because they're immune to millionaires fighting with millionaires over millions.

NHL teams instituted the largest ticket percentage increase among the four major sports for the second consecutive season, according to an annual study by Chicago-based sports marketing research firm, Team Marketing Report.

Gary Bettman's 20 years as commissioner of the NHL have been full of ups and downs, writes Scott Burnside, but he's still leading the league to unprecedented heights.

Talk for the next couple weeks will be filled with debate over how much collateral damage has been done. Let's get this out of the way quickly: Not much, writes Darren Rovell.

Sure, the NHL and NHLPA have reached a tentative deal and will start hockey soon, writes Scott Burnside. But at what cost?

There are some who believe the NHLPA's disclaimer of interest could expedite an agreement ... others think it could crush the NHL in years of court battles. Craig Custance explains the true impact of the move.

Blog | Conversation | December 17, 2012

Taking the path of decertification could be risky and time-consuming for the NHL Players' Association, writes Craig Custance.

The NHL and the NHLPA met with a federal mediator Wednesday in an attempt to resolve the lingering labor dispute that has jeopardized the 2012-13 season.

The NHL's stalled labor impasse has gone a new route, the league and NHL Players' Association agreeing to meet with a mediator.

Judge Arthur Boylan may have led mediation between the National Football League and NFL Players Association during last year's lockout, but the Minnesota-based chief federal magistrate finds the current NHL work stoppage hitting closer to home. A ...

Peter Keating explains why the NHL's current collective bargaining woes won't be alleviated until the league permanently addresses its revenue sharing system.

Story | Conversation | October 31, 2012

In ESPN The Magazine, Howard Bryant writes about how lockouts have become as routine as the changing of the season. If only fans realized they have the power to put a stop to it.

The NHL says there will be no bargaining with the players' union Saturday, leaving nothing to stop a lockout.

The NHL and NHLPA remained at an impasse in the latest round of collective bargaining talks as the deadline for a lockout looms.