National Football League Players Association

Are you ready for some football? The first full weekend of NFL games kicks off Sunday, but this won't by any normal opening weekend. Something critical is missing — real NFL officials. The league and its officials have been deadlocked...

The NFL Players Association has asked a federal judge for a temporary restraining order that would allow players suspended in connection with the NFL’s bounty investigation to rejoin their teams in time to play regular season openers.   The union,...

FRANKFORT — He’s heard plenty about the National Guard Border Bowl from former Danville teammates Tevin Raines and Tryston Ford. Now senior lineman Michael Jones is going to have his chance to play in the January football game for Kentucky...

Replacement referees reportedly will be used to start the NFL season, according to a league memo sent to all teams. With the league and the officials still far apart in contract negotiations, particularly in the area of retirement benefits, the league is...

After a considerable amount of haggling, the NFL Management Council and NFL Players Association have agreed to move back the NFL trading deadline and adopt a new rule allowing teams to activate one player from injured reserve. The trading deadline has...

A paycut should strengthen Michael Jenkins' case for making the team, if not solidify it. The Vikings have reduced the salary of the veteran wideout from $2.5 million to $1 million in 2012, according to NFLPA records. The salary drops to $825,000 in...

Young Orlando linebacker prospects Riley Nicholson (2015), a recent transfer to Kissimmee Osceola, and Jonathan Pollock (2016), a summer transfer to Orlando Dr. Phillips, will be on hand for Dawg Night 'between the hedges' tonight at Georgia's Sanford...

The numbers are staggering, like a stiff arm to the face mask. Ray Rice rushed for 4,377 yards in his first four NFL seasons, all before the Ravens running back had celebrated his 25th birthday. His 2,068 yards from scrimmage led the league in 2011. He...

The NFL Management Council and NFL Players Association have determined that the Seattle Seahawks violated the Collective Bargaining Agreement’s offseason workout rules on the prohibition of live contact during one of the club’s organized...

Training camps start to open later this week in the National Football League and the nation's six months of cold turkey withdrawal from the top-rated sports attraction will soon be over. So it was only appropriate that the NFL Players Assn. held its...

Ravens left tackle Bryant McKinnie will have 50 percent of his eligible wages garnished this season, according to a settlement he reached with Pro Player Funding. McKinnie owes the New York-based company more than $4.5 million for loans he took out to...

With 12 career return touchdowns, Ed Reed has earned a reputation for being a tough man to get a grasp on. And this offseason, far from a football field, the Ravens safety has been equally as elusive when it comes to his playing status. Reed wiggled away...