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21 Dec 2009, 9:38 am
Reggie Fleming, a defenseman in the National Hockey League from 1959 to 1974, passed away in July at the age of 73 and was the first hockey player known to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). [read post]
29 Apr 2014, 3:00 pm
Nine former players for the National Hockey League (NHL) filed a lawsuit in a U.S. federal court in Manhattan claiming that the league failed to warn players about the dangers of concussions. [read post]
30 Apr 2011, 5:00 am
The National Hockey League (NHL), in conjunction with the NHL Players’ Association, launched an initiative in 1997 to improve the understanding of concussions. [read post]
16 Feb 2005, 4:02 pm
[JURIST] National Hockey League [official website] Commissioner Gary Bettman announced Wednesday [NHL statement] that the 2004-2005 hockey season has been cancelled because the league and the NHL Players' Association [union website] could not reach a new collective bargaining agreement [text of expired agreement; additional background]. [read post]
19 Oct 2007, 5:00 am
The National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Player's Association (NHLPA) have agreed to sponsor an educational program on sports concussions developed by the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN) and the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA). [read post]
25 May 2011, 12:39 pm
The complaining youth program challenged the local district's adoption of an "outside league rule," which prohibited players from participating in competing hockey leagues. [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 11:51 am
Players associations of the National Hockey League (NHL), Major League Baseball (MLB) and National Football League (NFL) filed suit against the city of Pittsburgh Tuesday, claiming that a tax imposed on athletes in the city is in violation of both the Pennsylvania and US Constitutions. [read post]
14 Jul 2005, 11:45 am
[JURIST] The NHL [official website] and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) [official website] have come to an agreement in principle [NHL and NHLPA joint statement], ending the longest labor interruption in North American professional sports history. [read post]
28 Feb 2009, 6:25 am
The National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) executive board announced that its new interim ombudsman is Buzz Hargrove, former national president of the CAW-Canada. [read post]
27 Dec 2016, 10:09 am
The National Hockey League realized last year that it has a growing problem with increased drug use by its players. [read post]
24 Jan 2007, 6:19 am
[JURIST] A federal judge in Chicago has dismissed [NHLPA press release] a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; JURIST report] filed by a group of NHL players against Ted Saskin, head of the National Hockey League Players' Association [organization website]. [read post]
22 Nov 2009, 10:30 pm
According to news reports, the National Hockey League Players Association has convinced a court to order the union's former Ombuds, Buzz Hargrove, to return all NHLPA-related documents. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 9:23 pm
The National Basketball Association (NBA) had been threatening to lock out long before it became official. [read post]
24 Feb 2010, 1:42 pm
Unceremoniously fired as the executive director of the National Hockey League Players' Association late August, Paul Kelly reached an official settlement with his former employer on Wednesday under which he is to receive $1.5 million in compensation and $200,000 for attorneys' fees. [read post]
21 Mar 2016, 6:05 am
In addition to the NFL, the NCAA has also faced concussion lawsuits over head injuries in college sports, as has the National Hockey League. [read post]
26 Feb 2015, 2:01 pm
In 2014, opening day rosters in the National Basketball Association listed 101 players born outside the United States, Major League Baseball boasted 224 players from countries such as Japan, Korea, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Japan, Cuba, and Mexico, not to mention the many players from other countries in the National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, and the developmental leagues of all of these… [read post]
4 Feb 2013, 4:00 am
He helped end the National Football League referees strike last fall. [read post]
10 Jul 2020, 6:34 am
The COVID-19 pandemic brought all professional sports to a sudden and unprecedented stop; Major League Baseball (“MLB”) paused its season during spring training, the National Hockey League (“NHL”) paused shortly before its playoffs were set to begin, and the National Basketball Association (“NBA”) paused its season, notably just after a player was diagnosed with the virus. [read post]
10 Sep 2012, 4:51 am
NHL Labor Talks on Hold: The Associated Press reports that the National Hockey League and its players' union met on Friday, but since then no new negotiations have taken place. [read post]
17 Mar 2009, 12:54 am
A recent article in the New York Times reported that doctors from Boston University's School of Medicine found another former National Football League player died from a brain injury called chronic traumatic encephalopathy. [read post]
