Around the AFC East: Keep the Jets-Jones peace

...the eyes of the Bills. Miami Dolphins South Florida Sun-Sentinel columnist Ethan J. Skolnick asks Trace Armstrong what we can expect from a 35-year-old Jason Taylor. Miami Herald columnist Armando Salguero...

New union chief is a Redskins fan

...but maybe the writer hasn't heard of Marvin Miller). Troy Vincent, David Cornwell and Trace Armstrong finished second, third and fourth in the voting. And now there's apparently a push...

Black and Blue all over: Bears target Simms?

...agency. Continuing around the NFC North on a Friday morning: Two ex-Bears, Jimbo Covert and Trace Armstrong, are among the finalists to replace the late Gene Upshaw as executive director of the NFL...

Belichick in the house

...former Florida players in the house are Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Danny Wuerffel and defensive lineman Trace Armstrong, who went on to be an NFL Pro Bowler. Wuerffel was honored before the game along...

Porter has plenty to crow about for Miami

...he ranks in team history: Player Year No. Total 1. Joey Porter 2008 11.5 ? 2. Trace Armstrong 2000 11.0 16.5 3. Bryan Cox 1992 10.0 14.0 4. Jeff Cross...

Candidates to replace Upshaw include former players, agent

...for the NFLPA, John Clayton mentions several potential candidates to replace Gene Upshaw, including former NFLPA presidents Trace Armstong and Troy Vincent. He also brought up former Vikings running back Robert Smith and current union...

Eagles react to Upshaw's passing

...in terms of health benefits with the presidents at the time, be it Troy [Vincent] and Trace [Armstrong]. They worked to get us in a very good position, and he's left us in...

Trace Armstrong of the Oakland Raiders strips Tom Brady of the New England Patriots of ball

Smith, union leadership at contract odds

Nearly six weeks after he was elected as Gene Upshaw's successor, new NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith continues to work without a contract.

Five days to the Draft: Year of the D-Line

With the likes of Randy White, Fred Dean and Doug English, 1975 was the best ever draft for defensive lineman.

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The right man at the right time

The NFLPA made the right choice by going outside its ranks to hire DeMaurice Smith as executive director, writes Jeffri Chadiha.

No bargaining expected at meeting

New players' union executive director DeMaurice Smith plans to meet with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Friday.

Smith begins talks with Goodell

DeMaurice Smith wasted no time as the new NFL Players Association executive director, spending his first day on the job getting a start on labor talks with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and uniting the union ranks following a divisive seven-month search.

Smith elected to head NFLPA

DeMaurice Smith was elected the new executive director of the NFL Players Association on Sunday, succeeding the late Gene Upshaw.

Smith brings a fresh approach

The selection of Washington, D.C., attorney DeMaurice Smith as NFLPA executive director may have been a surprise, but in many ways, the union decided it needed a fresh approach.