61.   Miller, the former head of the baseball players union, watched the give-and-take, not feeling particularly attached to the moment.

62.   Negotiators for the National Basketball Association and its players union resumed bargaining Thursday, this time facing a Tuesday deadline imposed by the union.

63.   New York Knicks center Patrick Ewing once tried to decertify the players union.

64.   Nevertheless, the baseball players union has a powerhouse lineup of its own, including Boggs.

65.   No one has ever proposed a rule calling for penalties for leaving the dugout, but the players union would most likely oppose it.

66.   National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern said the players union is trying to trade a marijuana policy for economic concessions, while the union said Stern was simply posturing.

67.   NFL owners will know their revenues for the next eight years and can now begin to negotiate in earnest a new collective bargaining agreement with the players union.

68.   Negotiations between officials of the league and the players union were promising late last week but hit a snag Tuesday, jeopardizing the resumption of talks.

69.   Negotiations with the players union for a new collective bargaining agreement are ongoing, added Harrington.

70.   Nowhere has Selig suggested the players union will be consulted.