Thanks To NFL Lockout, Are You Ready For Some Sloppy Football?
If "futbol" is the beautiful game, football NFL style could be the ugly stepchild this summer. And maybe into the fall.
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If "futbol" is the beautiful game, football NFL style could be the ugly stepchild this summer. And maybe into the fall.
NFL owners and players were all smiles after agreeing on a new labor deal. And why not? Both sides were feeling like winners.
With the NFL negotiations over, Al Dukes reached out to former Steelers head coach Bill Cowher to get his take new deal.
After months of mind-numbing negotiations, the NFL is officially back and Boomer & Craig couldn't be happier about it.
Monday morning workers began removing roughly 6-foot long blue slants from around the practice fields at the Giants' facility, so fans will be able to see the fields and watch practices.
The NFL Players Association executive board and 32 team reps have voted unanimously to approve the terms of a deal to the end the lockout.
The NFL lockout is just about over. Now, Giants owner John Mara wants star defensive end Osi Umenyiora to iron out his differences with general manager Jerry Reese.
Though no vote is scheduled on ending the four-month lockout, the players association's executive committee will meet in Washington on Monday.
NFL owners overwhelmingly approved a deal to end the lockout on Thursday. Only one problem: The players aren't ready to join them just yet. And it seems a vote before the weekend is unlikely.
Taking a page out of Antonio Cromartie's playbook, Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw cited the "business" of football on Thursday and told WQAM's Sid Rosenberg that "it's all in the Giants' hands."
NFL owners voted to end the lockout on Thursday, but players have yet to draw a tally on the measure. In fact, they don't seem happy at all, many taking to Twitter last night to voice their displeasure. It's not exactly surprising -- the dispute dates all the way back to 2008.
As ex-Giants star Plaxico Burress grabbed a microphone and started telling his story to about 100 children, some of the kids were murmuring and chattering among themselves. And then he said "gun." The kids got quiet in a hurry.
From fans to players to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, reactions were mixed on Thursday's vote by owners in favor of a tentative 10-year agreement to end the lockout.
Having already chatted with Charley Casserly about the NFL negotiations, the guys welcomed in the man who coached the Baltimore Ravens to victory in Super Bowl XXXV over the Giants, Brian Billick.
Boomer's old buddy Charley Casserly called in this morning to offer his two cents on the never-ending negotiations between the NFL owners and players.
