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  • NFL, union hold 2nd day of mediated negotiations

    NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, union executive director DeMaurice Smith and members of their negotiating teams participated in a second consecutive six-hour session with a federal mediator Saturday, trying to spur progress less than two weeks before the league's labor deal expires.


  • FILE - In this March 20, 2010, file photo, George Cohen, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), appears in Washington. The NFL and its players' union agreed Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, to mediation in their labor dispute, two weeks before the collective bargaining agreement expires. The FMSCS, an independent U.S. government agency, will oversee negotiations in Washington beginning Friday. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)

    NFL, union hold 1st session with federal mediator

    NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and union head DeMaurice Smith met in front of a federal mediator for about six hours Friday, a bid to jump-start contentious and slow-moving labor negotiations two weeks before owners could lock out players and threaten the 2011 season.


  • NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell arrives for the first negotiating session involving a federal mediator on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

    NFL, union resume mediated negotiations on 2nd day

    The NFL and its players' union met for the second consecutive day in front of a federal mediator Saturday, an attempt to get negotiations going with less than two weeks until their labor contract expires.


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