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Can baseball help bring US and Cuba together?

WASHINGTON—"Pingpong diplomacy" thawed relations between the United States and China in 1971. Can "baseball diplomacy" help do the same for the U.S. and Cuba? Americans ranging from 12-year-old ballplayers to softballing senior citizens are visiting ...

From FREDERIC J. FROMMER, Boston Globe,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Baltimore Orioles,  Barack Obama,  Livan Hernandez,  Peter Angelos,  Bill Clinton

NFL's Goodell seeks change in labor law

Frustrated by court decisions that blocked the suspension of two football players who tested positive for banned substances, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is asking Congress for help. "We believe that a specific and tailored amendment to the ...

From FREDERIC J. FROMMER, eTaiwan News,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NFL,  Minnesota Vikings,  New Orleans Saints,  Roger Goodell,  Pat Williams

NFL commissioner seeks change in labor law

WASHINGTON—Frustrated by court decisions that blocked the suspension of two football players who tested positive for banned substances, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is asking Congress for help. "We believe that a specific and tailored amendment to ...

From FREDERIC J. FROMMER, Boston Globe,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NFL,  Minnesota Vikings,  New Orleans Saints,  Roger Goodell,  Pat Williams

APNewsBreak: Goodell to seek change in labor law

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell plans to ask Congress for legislation that would protect collective bargaining agreements from state law challenges, like the one that led to blocking the suspensions of two players who tested positive for banned ...

From FREDERIC J. FROMMER, eTaiwan News,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NFL,  Minnesota Vikings,  New Orleans Saints,  Roger Goodell,  Pat Williams

NFL's Goodell to testify on Vikings suspensions

WASHINGTON—NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is returning to Capitol Hill next week, this time to testify about the case of two professional football players whose suspensions were blocked by the courts. Goodell and DeMaurice Smith, head of the NFL ...

From FREDERIC J. FROMMER, Boston Globe,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: NFL,  DeMaurice Smith,  Roger Goodell,  Minnesota Vikings,  Kevin Williams

Goodell: NFL to offer free medical follow-up work

WASHINGTON (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell plans to tell Congress that the league will offer free follow-up medical work to 56 players who reported dementia, Alzheimer's disease or other memory-related problems in a recent survey that helped ...

From FREDERIC J. FROMMER, NevadaAppeal.com,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: NFL,  David Weir,  DeMaurice Smith,  Roger Goodell,  U.S. Democratic Party

Conyers wants review of football head injury data

WASHINGTON - A House committee chairman said Wednesday he'll seek records on NFL head injuries from the players union, the NCAA, high schools and medical researchers, to better understand football's health risks. ...

From FREDERIC J. FROMMER, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: NFL,  John Conyers,  National Collegiate Athletic Association,  Lamar S. Smith,  U.S. Republican Party

NFL to aid ex-players who reported mental problems

WASHINGTON—When a recent study conducted for the NFL suggested that retired pro football players may have a higher rate than normal of Alzheimer's disease or other memory afflictions, the NFL was quick to point out that the study did not prove a link ...

From FREDERIC J. FROMMER, Boston Globe,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: NFL,  David Weir,  DeMaurice Smith,  Roger Goodell,  U.S. Democratic Party

NFLPA: No battle with league on head injuries

WASHINGTON—The head of the NFL Players Association said Tuesday his union has differences with the NFL over how to address head injuries suffered during pro football games, but they're not fighting about it. One day before a congressional hearing about ...

From FREDERIC J. FROMMER, Boston Globe,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: NFL,  DeMaurice Smith,  Roger Goodell,  U.S. Democratic Party,  New York Giants

Hatch urges Obama to investigate college's BCS

WASHINGTON - A senator whose undefeated home state school was bypassed for the college football national championship last season urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday to ask the Justice Department to investigate the Bowl Championship Series, citing ...

From FREDERIC J. FROMMER, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Orrin Hatch,  U.S. Department of Justice,  Mountain West Conference,  Bowl Championship Series

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