WASHINGTON -- The NFL has removed a hurdle for professional football players who may be thinking of coming out as gay, banning discrimination based on...

WASHINGTON — Quarterback Donovan McNabb eagerly bounded onto the practice field with his Minnesota Vikings teammates in Mankato, Minn., on Thurs...

NEW YORK — With yet another deadline approaching, NFL players and owners still are debating drug testing, benefits and the player conduct policy...

WASHINGTON — After months of public nastiness and private negotiations, of court filings and rulings, of players and owners squabbling over more...

WASHINGTON — Sorry, football fans. The NFL is stuck in a holding pattern, with work still to be done to end the lockout. Heck, the players have...

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — The country's most popular sport is in limbo for at least another day. NFL owners overwhelmingly approved a tentative agree...

Noting that "progress has been made," NFL owners and players wrapped up a round of intensive talks Friday without a full agreement to end the league's...

NEW YORK — Calling the players' offer "fair for both sides," star quarterbacks Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees – plaintiffs in an...

NEW YORK — The NFL and its players held talks Tuesday in New York, seeking a resolution to the labor impasse. Three people familiar with the me...

WASHINGTON — Unable to decide how to divvy up $9 billion a year, NFL owners and players put the country's most popular sport in limbo Friday by ...

If NFL owners expect NFL players to act like partners by sharing their investment in the game, then NFL owners must treat NFL players as partners by sharing the benefits of that investment.

WASHINGTON — Timeout, NFL. And NFLPA. Buying time to try to close big gaps on big issues, the NFL and the players' union agreed Friday to exten...

WASHINGTON — America's favorite sport is still in business – for another day. The NFL and the players' union decided Thursday to keep the...

President Barack Obama weighed in on the NFL lockout situation on Thursday, the last day before the current collective bargaining agreement expires. ...

WASHINGTON — America's favorite sport is still in business – for another day. The NFL and the players' union decided Thursday to keep the...

MINNEAPOLIS — Just as a fourth-quarter turnover can swing the momentum of a game, NFL players got a big gain at a key point in their labor fight...

WASHINGTON — With time running out on the NFL's labor contract, one team owner – the New York Giants' John Mara – joined mediated ne...

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Pack is back. NFL football? Well, nobody's quite sure when that's going to return. Led by quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the...

It does not matter which side initiates a work stoppage, each side ends up hurting itself as much as the other side. NFL owners will not lockout players in 2011 because there is a better option.