Since Gary Bettman took office in 1993, no other major sports league has been as self-destructive as the NHL.
DETROIT — Wanna fight? If you're an NHL player, you can probably find somebody to drop the gloves....
The lockout is in the rear view. That's official. That's a fact. Done. Finee. Kaput. You can bet your Tuuka Rask on it.
Now that the deal is done, I refuse to look in the rear view mirror. I refuse to judge the owners or the players or try to decide if there was a winner or loser in this mess.
Fixing this brand can be as easy as recognizing the problem, addressing it, and reconnecting with your talent pool. Just like the NHL, you need to get back into the game even if you've taken a hit.
Columnist George Will, who has written a number of excellent books on baseball, once stated that, "Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence." These days, it seems just the opposite.
The Australian Open is underway. Novak Djokovic, bidding for his third straight title, easily won his opening round match.
NEW YORK -- NHL hockey is finally back, and this time it's official. Nearly one week after a tentative labor deal was agreed to by the league and its...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — After rejoining his Buffalo Sabres teammates on the ice for the first time in some nine months, goalie Ryan Miller had a few lin...
NEW YORK — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman secured unanimous ownership support for the pending labor deal, then apologized to everyone hurt by the...
Finally, hockey is back. After a labor dispute that spanned 113 days, NHL owners and the players' association reached an agreement to put an end t...
The newly-settled NHL lockout has kept a lot of U.S. pro hockey players off the ice this season, but it hasn't slowed down Pavel Datsyuk. On Sunda...
PHILADELPHIA -- Flyers All-Star Claude Giroux received the wakeup call he waited to hear for 113 days. Locked out for months, the NHL was indeed read...
-- June 29 – Bargaining begins. July 13 – Management's initial proposal would reduce players' share of hockey-related revenue from 57 pe...
NEW YORK — They walked into a Manhattan hotel, knowing they were running out of time to save their season. After 16 hours of tense talks, the N...
NEW YORK -- The NHL and the players' association met separately with a federal mediator throughout Friday morning and well into the afternoon with no ...
If there's one thing that hockey fans can all agree on, it's that enduring another lockout is a horrible way to start the new year. As league leade...
NEW YORK — The NHL and the players' association met deep into Wednesday night after the union made its second counteroffer of the week in an eff...
The NFL has it right. 12 teams make the playoffs. But for those other 20 teams it feels as if the sky is falling. For some reason in the other sports, the consequences for not making the playoffs don't seem quite as harsh.
NEW YORK -- The NHL has kicked the ball back to the players' association in the form of another counteroffer as the sides play pingpong in the search ...
In a way, the NHL conflict is a classic union dispute: the owners make their fortunes off the backs of the players. It's the scale of the thing that upsets me. And in the end they risk losing it all because they alienate the good will of the working class folks who fill the seats.
NEW YORK — The NHL could be one step away from canceling another hockey season because of a labor fight with the players. In the latest round o...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Most everywhere Lou Billittier turns these days, the Buffalo restaurateur is reminded of the NHL lockout, and its impact on his ...
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is urging the NHL and the players' association to "do right by your fans" and find a solution to the league's loc...
