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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]
28 Oct 2016, 1:41 pm
Both teams belonged to their respective youth hockey associations and both associations were part of USA Hockey, the national governing organization. [read post]
19 Apr 2016, 2:31 pm
A National Football League official recently agreed publicly for the first time that there is a link between blows to the head and CTE, and a federal appeals court this week upheld a legal settlement that is predicted to involve as much as $1 billion in payments in coming years to former NFL players who suffered concussions. [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]
17 Dec 2015, 7:43 am
Over the past few years, the National Football League and the National Hockey League have been involved in lawsuits brought by players, alleging that the league failed to adequately prevent and treat serious head injuries that can lead to life-threatening diagnoses, including Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). [read post]
17 Dec 2015, 3:29 am
Washington, DC—Professional and amateur sports leagues have finally begun to make key changes to protect players against traumatic brain injuries, largely as a result of major litigation against the National Football League (NFL) and other organizations, according to a new report by the American Association for Justice (AAJ). [read post]
13 Oct 2015, 3:10 pm
Free agency, with regards to the major sports leagues such as Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL), was not always so free and star players in the early days of professional sports were much more likely to play their entire career with one team. [read post]
13 Oct 2015, 3:10 pm
Free agency, with regards to the major sports leagues such as Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL), was not always so free and star players in the early days of professional sports were much more likely to play their entire career with one team. [read post]
13 Oct 2015, 6:18 am
About 60% of those pay to pay, creating what the Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA) calls a $4 billion industry (other reports suggest the number is much higher). [read post]
1 Sep 2015, 7:40 am
Panelists:Anthony “Tony” Clark, Executive Director, Major League Baseball Players Association (“MLBPA”)Donald Fehr, Executive Director, National Hockey League Players’ Association (“NHLPA”)Michele A. [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]
15 Nov 2014, 7:50 am
” That’s why the NFL finds itself in the company of other professional sports organizations like the National Hockey League (NHL), the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) and Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) – in case you’re wondering, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association and Major League Soccer are not section 501(c)(6) organizations. [read post]
28 Oct 2014, 10:31 am
“Five for fighting” – The National Hockey League’s Liability for Fighting and Enforcers As the season changes to winter, many Canadians turn their attention to the national pastime: hockey. [read post]
14 Jul 2014, 10:17 am
It was Eagleson’s impetus to form a union for players that birthed the National Hockey League Player’s Association in 1967. [read post]
3 Jun 2014, 1:04 pm
Representatives from the National Football League (NFL); the NFL Players Association; the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA); Major League Soccer (MLS); and the U.S. [read post]
21 May 2014, 4:25 am
A new study on football players shows why the National Football League, and other professional sports, have been so active in workers' compensation to limit their exposure.According to a paper published by the Journal of the American Medical Association last week, there is a relationship between playing football and having a smaller hippocampus.The hippocampus is a part of the brain which is associated with memory - sometimes called the memory… [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]
21 Apr 2014, 8:44 am
The players filed a class-action lawsuit last week alleging that the National Hockey League promoted fighting while subsequently downplaying the risks for head injuries associated with the [promoted] violence. [read post]
27 Mar 2014, 6:59 am
A while back, some junior players in the Canadian Hockey League considered forming a union for amateur hockey players. [read post]
3 Feb 2014, 4:20 am
In another article published that same date in the LA Times it was disclosed that the deadline for filing continuous trauma claims against NFL teams resulted in over 1,000 new claims being submitted.In the first two weeks of September, current and retired players filed 569 claims against NFL franchises, 283 claims against Major League Baseball clubs, 113 against National Hockey League teams and 79 against NBA squads, a Los Angeles Times analysis of state… [read post]
