...Athletic Conference orphans Idaho and New Mexico State as football-only members. With 12 football members, league commissioner Karl Benson expressed interest in creating two divisions and having an annual conference championship game...

...contracts. The union wants to ensure that those are all paid in full without affecting future player contracts. League Commissioner Gary Bettman expressed a willingness to discuss the "make whole" provisions on existing contracts, but only...

...contracts. The union wants to ensure that those are all paid in full without affecting future player contracts. League Commissioner Gary Bettman expressed a willingness to discuss the "make whole" provisions on existing contracts, but only...

NEW YORK - Roger Goodell sent a message to every coach and player in the NFL: safety first. The league commissioner stuck with his punishments for New Orleans' pay-for-pain bounties Monday, rejecting Saints coach Sean Payton's appeal of...

...involvement in a cash-for-injuries scheme.Four current or former New Orleans Saints were suspended this week by league Commissioner Roger Goodell for their part in the team's "bounty" program, in which players were offered cash for injuring opposing...

...resigned to the potential damage that it can cause to our league, all of the people that earn a living from our league," Commissioner David Stern said. "As we get deeper into it, these things have the capacity to take on a life of their own...

...wherever it is and whichever one it is, I'm disappointed and concerned because that's not who we are as a league," commissioner John Swofford said. "When you have those kinds of problems, you don't step back from what your cornerstones...

...Goodell told ESPN on Saturday. "I've explained that to some college head coaches, athletic directors and league commissioners. Any underclassman who is hearing differently is probably hearing it from an agent or from another source who...

...much as 10,000 from past years for South Carolina prep football title games. Still, South Carolina High School League commissioner Jerome Singleton said Wednesday that Clemson "went above and beyond in their accommodations" in hosting the Weekend...

...Troutman said the ECHL has assured him that it will "look at all options" concerning the future of the team, but league commissioner Brian McKenna said Wednesday that an ECHL team has never folded in the middle of the season, and the league...