MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (guh-DEHL')
and NFLPA head DeMaurice (deh-MOHR'-ihs) Smith resumed negotiations
on a new collective bargaining agreement this morning, about six
hours after concluding a 15-hour session. The NFL lock out is in
its fourth month.
NEW YORK (AP) - The NBA is the second of the four major
professional sports leagues in the U.S. to lock out its players.
Owners took action after the collective bargaining agreement with
the players union expired at midnight Eastern time.
CLEVELAND (AP) - The NBA's Cavaliers cleared out a logjam at
power forward before the lock out began, trading J.J. Hickson to
the Sacramento Kings for forward Omri Casspi and a future
first-round pick. Hickson spent three mostly productive seasons in
Cleveland, but his days were numbered when the club drafted Texas
forward Tristan Thompson with the No. 4 overall pick last week.
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - The two berths in the men's
championship will be filled before the day is done at Wimbledon.
Second-seeded Novak Djokovic (JOH'-kuh-vich) is facing No. 12 seed
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (SAHNG'-guh) in the first semifinal. They'll be
followed onto Centre Court by defending champion and top seed
Rafael Nadal and No. 4 seed Andy Murray.
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) - The first-round co-leaders are on the
course for round two of the AT&T National outside of Philadelphia.
Adam Scott and Hunter Haas carded 4-under-par 66s and began the day
sharing a one-shot advantage over four golfers.
