...treatment.RISING CAP: The NFL salary cap for 2013 will rise to $123 million from $120.6 million in 2012, an NFL Players Association official familiar with negotiations over the figure told The Associated Press on Thurs day.The official spoke...

...acrimony it has caused between the league and the NFL Players Association.He added that he hoped doing so would allow...the appointed hearings officer, agreed with the NFL Players Association that previously issued discipline was inappropriate...

...knees, Goodell noted, can result from improper tackling techniques used by players and taught by coaches.The NFL Players Association needs to allow testing for human growth hormone to go forward so it can finally start next season, which Goodell...

...attracted me to him, is Michael is a competitor. Nick is, too. You want guys who want to compete."CHARGERS: NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith says the union is still concerned about team doctor David Chao even though...

...10-year labor contract paved the way for HGH testing in professional football once certain parameters were set, the NFL Players Association wants a new study before it will agree to the validity of a test used by Olympic sports and Major League Baseball...

...assigned to each team to divide home and road games.Pash said "details need to be worked through" with the NFL Players Association.TE'O HOAX: Ronaiah Tuiasosopo said all his energy went into pretending to be the woman the Notre Dame linebacker...

...He had been the Colts' full-time starting center since 2000. He became a fan favorite, a key figure in the NFL Players Association and one of Peyton Manning's closest friends.Saturday, a six-time Pro Bowl selection in 14 seasons, was...

...that's a "very encouraging sign" and he's hopeful Stewart will return to practice today.BOUNTIES: The NFL Players Association asked a federal judge for a temporary restraining order that would allow players suspended in connection with...

...Roger Goodell has the authority to discipline New Orleans Saints players for their role in a bounty system.The NFL Players Association challenged Goodell's power to impose penalties for what the league says was a three-year bounty program that...

...declined to do so," Pash said.Pash added that Ginsberg referred to an independent investigation conducted by the NFL Players Association "and we invited them to share it, but they did not."What the NFL shared Monday also included former Saints...