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Our message to the fans is this: We know that you are not interested in any disruption to your enjoyment of the NFL. We know that you want football. You will have football. This will be resolved.
After Thursday's back-and-forth between the NFL and players' union -- and apparently little progress on key economic issues -- Tri-State NFL fans have had enough.
The warning for months from union officials to NFL players has been simple: Save your paychecks because the future is uncertain. Another warning should come with it, and be passed along to Tiki Barber: Remember that nothing lasts forever.
Does Tiki Barber still have what it takes to absorb the NFL's weekly grind? "He keeps coming every day, we're going to get it done," Barber's trainer, Joe Carini, told the NY Post.
From 1997-2006, Tiki Barber was the face of the Giants. His powerful legs and cutback ability made him the catalyst of the offense. A broad smile made him one of the poster boys of New York metropolitan area sports. Then it all changed.
The Supreme Court won't review a decision throwing out a lawsuit stemming from the Patriots' 2007 "Spygate" scandal. The high court on Monday refused to revive a Jets fan's class-action lawsuit against their football archrivals and coach, Bill Belichick.
With five more days and nights - at least - to reach an agreement, the NFL and the players' union might find money off the top is not the bottom line.
The sides were using this weekend to assess their positions, before resuming talks in front of a federal mediator Monday — and then they will have until the end of Friday to reach a new CBA, thanks to two extensions of the old deal.
The NFL is so popular that five million tuned in for at least a few moments last week to watch young men in spandex lift weights at the league's annual scouting combine. But what if there's nothing to watch next season? What will you do?
On the heels of his visit with the Jets, safety Bob Sanders has agreed to a one-year deal with the Chargers, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday night.
A reprieve, even for one day, provided a touch of optimism in the NFL's labor dispute with the players' union. Nobody, though, should get comfortable.
A member of the players' negotiating team says the union and the NFL have agreed to a 24-hour extension in labor talks.
With the clock ticking down to the midnight expiration of the league's collective bargaining agreement, Roger Goodell and the NFL's negotiating team arrived at a federal mediator's headquarters about 45 minutes ahead of the NFLPA.
The heart of the NFL labor negotiations has owners and players attempting to decide how to split $9 billion in annual NFL revenue. Wow. That's quite a nice problem to have, don't you think?
Hard-liners on both sides -- the NFL and players' union -- have taken negotiations to the brink, and there's no indication that sanity will prevail before the current collective bargaining agreement expires and things really begin to get nasty.
The NFL and the players' union no longer have months or weeks or days to reach a new CBA. If they don't get it done before Thursday turns to Friday on the East Coast, pro football's first work stoppage since 1987 is almost a certainty.
The Knicks fell in Orlando last night to Dwight Howard and the Magic, 116-110. Craig is not worried though, he is still just thankful that the Knickerbockers are giving us something to talk about.
Giants co-owner John Mara joined the NFL group negotiating with the players' union Tuesday, the first team owner to participate since a federal mediator began overseeing the talks.
Less than 72 hours before the NFL's collective bargaining agreement expires, the league and the players' union were scheduled to resume negotiations in front of a federal mediator.
If the collective bargaining agreement expires at the end of Thursday, as expected, rookies will not be able to sign contracts, attend minicamps, offseason workouts or even pick up playbooks until there is a new CBA in place.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and the league's top labor negotiator used this week's annual scouting combine to update owners on the collective bargaining negotiations.
The NFL and the players' union have made "some progress" over seven consecutive days of face-to-face meetings, "but very strong differences remain," and negotiations will resume next week, mediator George Cohen said Thursday.
When the NFL and the players' union agreed to federal mediation, they knew it was voluntary. In theory, either side could walk away at any time. Instead, they keep coming back to the table.
At least one person participating in the federally mediated NFL labor negotiations was willing to say something — anything — about how he felt after more than 25 hours of meetings over four days. "Things are going well right now," said Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch.
The NFL and its players' union met with a federal mediator for the fourth day in a row Monday, trying to make progress toward a new collective bargaining agreement before the current labor deal expires.
