NFL owners voted unanimously Tuesday to end their labor agreement with the players' union in 2011. The league and union, however, insisted the next three seasons won't be interrupted by a contract dispute and both sides are working toward a new deal. ...more

May 20, 2008

Even without the presence of a single overwhelming candidate, the 2008 Pro Football Hall of Fame class is a strong one. ...more

February 3, 2008

Gene Upshaw has heard the war cry from Denver's Pat Bowlen and other NFL owners unhappy with the labor agreement hammered out in March 2006. ...more

February 1, 2008

He is the model for professional sports commissioners. Pete Rozelle, a compromise candidate to replace Bert Bell as NFL commissioner in 1960, would become the most powerful man in pro football. During his 29-year tenure, Rozelle oversaw the NFL-AFL merger and the birth of the Super Bowl. He weathered labor strife in the 1980s, a gambling scandal in the 1960s, and an ill-advised decision to allow games the weekend John F. Kennedy was assassinated. ...more

December 26, 2007

Higher earning, higher learning. That's the way head football coaches should look at the difficult transition from the college ranks to the pro game, especially with the recent departures of Nick Saban and Bobby Petrino still reverberating in NFL executive suites. ...more

December 16, 2007