http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. With the Olympics less than a year away, IOC inspectors are visiting Sochi again to check on preparations for the 2014 Winter Games.]]> March 13, 2013 02:22:51 PDT The NHL Players' Association after much thought has given its thumbs up to the NHL's proposed re-alignment plan.]]> March 07, 2013 11:55:25 PST The NHL has made a new proposal to the NHL Players' Association with time ticking toward a canceled season, the league confirmed Friday.]]> December 28, 2012 03:21:19 PST Looking back at the NHL labor negotiations in 2012 is akin to that sensation you get when you scratch your fingernails on a blackboard. But we will re-visit this sordid (and still unfinished) saga from the start, writes Pierre LeBrun.]]> December 20, 2012 08:13:01 PST The NHL Players' Association says it is ready to resume talks in the labor dispute but is waiting for league negotiators to feel the same way.]]> December 19, 2012 13:29:20 PST Steve Fehr and Bill Daly touched based Tuesday in a short phone call, and I wonder if it wasn't for any reason other than to be able to tell us inquir...]]> December 18, 2012 17:28:05 PST As we run out of time on a possible NHL season, there's plenty of blame to go around, writes Pierre LeBrun.]]> December 17, 2012 05:37:37 PST The NHL and NHL Players' Association are scheduled to resume bargaining talks Wednesday, sources on both sides told ESPN.com late Monday night.]]> December 10, 2012 18:07:35 PST NHL bargaining talks will resume Monday in New York City, the league told ESPN.]]> November 17, 2012 11:14:42 PST The NHL and NHL Players' Association resume bargaining Tuesday in New York City after a marathon session between Steve Fehr and Bill Daly over the wee...]]> November 05, 2012 12:57:04 PST The NHL has communicated to the NHLPA a willingness to fund a healthy portion of the "Make Whole" provision to honor all existing contracts, a source close to the talks told ESPN.com.]]> November 02, 2012 12:58:52 PDT The NHL will withdraw its latest proposal to the NHL Players' Association once Thursday's deadline to have a new deal in place comes and goes.]]> October 25, 2012 09:38:47 PDT The NHL and NHL Players' Association can't agree to meet at this point.]]> October 23, 2012 16:31:24 PDT The NHL Players' Association was not informed last week when the NHL gave its 30 general managers a 48-hour window to answer questions directly from players regarding the league's labor proposal.]]> October 23, 2012 05:26:35 PDT Labor talks between the NHL and the locked-out players' association will resume Tuesday in Toronto, league deputy commissioner Bill Daly told ESPN.com.]]> October 15, 2012 06:37:58 PDT