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Court delays have led judges to reject calls from prosecutors to extend the time some people are kept in jail.

Representatives for the men’s and women’s U.S. national teams signed their historic collective bargaining agreements with U.S. Soccer, formally closing a long and acrimonious fight over equal pay.

The long-running dispute is over how much criminal barristers are paid for legal aid work.

The American national governing body becomes the first in the sport to promise both sexes matching money.

The move ends years of often acrimonious negotiations.

The San Antonio City Council approved a new contract for San Antonio Police officers Thursday in a 8-3 vote, immediately putting the new contract into effect.

Council members’ approval is all that’s needed to implement the contract, which would last through September 2026. It includes changes to officer discipline procedures and would raise officer pay by nearly 16%.

The NHL Players' Association has begun a search for executive director Don Fehr's successor.

Following a wave of cancellations for the upcoming season due to negotiations, MLB owners and players have reached a tentative agreement Thursday on a new collective bargaining agreement, ending a 99-day lockout, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.

A key issue is the creation of an international draft, which the league is pushing for but the players' union opposes.

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Oh, November, please come back. The World Series this past season left us all hopeful. An Atlanta team hadn’t choked! Shohei Ohtani won MVP! All was right with the world, and baseball was ready for another quiet, peaceful offseason. This slumber lasted all of 30 calendar days before it was shattered. At 12:01 a.m. on...

The deal includes various changes to officer disciplinary processes, including an attempt to limit an arbitrator’s power to reinstate fired cops. It also 15 percent in annual raises through FY 2026, along with a 2 percent lump sum payment to officers at the start.

The World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist expressed doubt that the $22 million settlement actually guarantees equal pay.

How a flurry of free-agent signings before baseball’s work stoppage could help Houston retain its All-Star shortstop.

The City of San Antonio and San Antonio Police Officer’s Association (SAPOA) met Tuesday for the 28th time since their first sit-down on February 12. The two sides say they’ve made progress toward hammering out a new contract, but details on discipline, pay, and other issues remain.

The stoppage is the ninth in MLB history and the first since a player strike in 1994. But with another lockout in place, a $10 billion industry is now frozen.

Free agency restrictions and player salary disputes could cause MLB to suffer its first work stoppage in more than 25 years.

Time is running short for the NHL to start its season on Jan. 1. Without going into detail, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told The AP “various similar concepts are being discussed” when asked about the 52- or 56-game schedule and mid-January start. Under a mid-January start date, players would have to begin reporting after Christmas, followed by a shortened training camp and preseason. The league initially considered having the season start in late November or early December, before pushing it back to Jan. 1. ___For more AP NHL coverage: https://apnews.com/NHL and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

The proposed settlement will maintain competition in the beer industry in Hawaii benefitting consumers. At the same time, the department filed a proposed settlement that, if approved by the court, would resolve the competitive harm alleged in the lawsuit. If the transaction was allowed to proceed, ABI and CBA would have a combined share of approximately 41 percent in the moderately concentrated Hawaii beer market. As required by the Tunney Act, the proposed settlement, along with a competitive impact statement, will be published in the Federal Register. Any person may submit written comments concerning the proposed settlement during a 60-day comment period to Robert A. Lepore, Chief, Transportation, Energy, and Agriculture Section, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 450 Fifth Street N.W., Suite 8000, Washington, D.C., 20530.

It was a recognition by both sides that we were being confronted with an incredibly difficult, a novel, unprecedented situation. Less than three weeks before NFL training camps are set to open, the league is experiencing push-back from its players on whether to play preseason games next month. Major League Soccer has had two teams already withdrawing from competition because of the number of players testing positive for the coronavirus. I think Don and I both recognize labor peace was something we couldnt even quantify how important it was, Bettman said. The new labor agreement also addressed players demands to gain a post-career subsidy for health care.

FILE - This Aug. 23, 2019, file photo shows International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel watching the opening ceremony of the 2019 Sirius Junior Club World Cup ice hockey tournament in Sochi, Russia. Fasel is encouraged upon learning the NHLs tentatively agreed to labor deal opens the possibility of the league allowing its players to return to Olympic competition. The Olympics are a special event in itself, but having NHL players there, even as actual players, we love to see the best on best. Fasel, whose term as IIHF president was extended a year to September 2021, praised the NHL and players for addressing the Olympics in the CBA. Im happy that in the end they understand this is important for the development of ice hockey in the future.___AP Sports Writer Aaron Beard contributed from Raleigh, North Carolina.

Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly told The Associated Press on Sunday that the NHL and NHL Players Association have agreed on protocols to resume the season. Daly said the sides are still negotiating a collective bargaining agreement extension. A CBA extension is still crucial to the process, and the leagues board of governors and players executive committee and full membership must approve that and the return to play protocols to bring hockey back this summer. If ratified, it will end a pandemic-forced shutdown for 31 teams across North America that began in mid-March. Games would resume in late July or early August with 24 teams taking part in an expanded playoffs, finishing with the Stanley Cup being awarded in October.

When Major League Soccer and its players came to agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement back in February, there was a genuine feeling of accomplishment on both sides. Those pre-pandemic positive vibes are now gone, at least in how the players feel toward the league and ownership. The Major League Soccer Players Association ratified a revised CBA this week that will allow the league to resume this summer with a tournament in Florida but they did so with bitter feelings about the strategies used by MLS. FC Cincinnati player rep Nick Hagglund told reporters the lockout threat didnt create panic but was taken seriously by the vast majority of players. MLS players had a median salary of $163,750 in 2019, according to the union salary survey.

One week after agreeing to a new 10-year collective bargaining agreement with team owners, the National Football League Players Association is starting the process of repair its union. And the rebuild could include the search for a new executive director, according NFLPA executive committee member Lorenzo Alexander. Donald S. Prophete is a labor lawyer and partner at Kansas City-based Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete. And with new members recently added to the executive committee, including Cleveland Browns lineman J.C. Tretter as union president, he said a change is possible. The executive director's title is under the command of the executive committee.

The National Football League is close to reaching a labor deal with the player's union for the next decade that would entail pay increases and a 17-game schedule. Players voted to approve the new CBA in a 1,019 to 959 vote. Last month, NFL team owners approved terms of the new CBA, which includes a 17-game regular-season schedule and two extra postseason games. Lower-paid players will benefit from the deal, which also improves pension pay and health care for retired players. According to a a person with knowledge of the situation, other players also disapproved of the agreement and wanted more favorable terms for the added 17th game.

Add Seattle Seahawks star linebacker Bobby Wagner to the list of players who reject the proposed collective bargaining agreement (CBA) from the National Football League. "I voted no," Wagner said, echoing his teammate, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, who indicated the deal is being rushed through for final approval. "You have guys suffering from 16 games, and you're going to add more games? "If you're at a job and you're not maxing out your employee match on your 401K, you're leaving equity on the table. Wagner famously negotiated his contract extension, a three-year, $54 million deal, with the Seahawks in 2019.

DeMaurice Smith the Executive Director of the National Football League Players Association speaks during the NFLPA press conference on January 30, 2020 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beack, FL. DeMaurice Smith, the National Football League Player Association's executive director, is caught in the middle of union politics surrounding the proposed collective bargaining agreement (CBA), which top NFL stars have rejected. Under the new terms, players will receive 47% of league revenue, which the Wall Street Journal reported amounted to roughly $16 billion over the last year. The projected payout would be $5 billion to players throughout the 10-year deal, according to the new terms. Media experts said owners want to force a deal with players in efforts to start working on renegotiating NFL media rights.

On Sunday, February 16, Team LeBron and Team Giannis will compete in the 69th NBA All-Star Game, a midseason showdown between the top players in the league. The 2017 CBA, which will be in effect until the 2023-2024 season, declared that "for their participation in an All-Star Game, players on the winning team shall each receive $50,000 and players on the losing team shall each receive $25,000." In 2018, the NBA doubled the compensation for the winning team, from $50,000 to $100,000, perhaps to make the game itself more competitive. A spokesperson for the NBA confirmed to CNBC Make It that the bonus payout is the same for 2020: $100,000 for the winning team and $25,000 for the losing team. Team LeBron is playing for the Chicago Scholars and Team Giannis is playing for After School Matters.

The contract, which begins this season and runs through 2027, will pay players an average of $130,000 and guarantees full salaries while on maternity leave. #BetOnWomen https://t.co/4RwzC7cjhV Elena Delle Donne (@De11eDonne) January 14, 2020In August, Delle Donne's teammate, Natasha Cloud, spoke to CBS News about the disparities in treatment between male NBA players and WNBA players. Male players have access to private planes, while WNBA players fly commercial. "It was collaborative effort,'" WNBA players' union president Nneka Ogwumike said. Engelbert said players can get paid at the market rate even if the NBA franchise is affiliated with a WNBA team.

The contract, which begins this season and runs through 2027, will pay players an average of $130,000 and guarantees full salaries while on maternity leave. #BetOnWomen https://t.co/4RwzC7cjhV Elena Delle Donne (@De11eDonne) January 14, 2020In August, Delle Donne's teammate, Natasha Cloud, spoke to CBS News about the disparities in treatment between male NBA players and WNBA players. Male players have access to private planes, while WNBA players fly commercial. "It was collaborative effort,'" WNBA players' union president Nneka Ogwumike said. Engelbert said players can get paid at the market rate even if the NBA franchise is affiliated with a WNBA team.