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 Playing Hardball: Sports Labour Disputes |
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It's always about the money. The big business of professional sports has meant frequent battles between players and owners for a piece of the multimillion-dollar pie. The 2004 hockey lockout is the first in a decade, but over the years sports labour disputes have plagued professional football, baseball, basketball and hockey — resulting in shortened seasons and furious fans. |
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 For the first time since the Majors came to Canada, it's a summer without baseball. (TV; runs 4:09) |
 American fans react to Canadian football replacing NFL games. (TV; runs 4:46) |
 NFL team owners hire replacements for striking football players. (Radio; runs 9:00) |
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 The playoffs are back on the ice after players and owners resolve a ten-day walkout. (Radio; runs 8:36) |
 Shoeless Joe author W.P. Kinsella has a hard time with millionaire baseball players picketing multimillionaire owners. (TV; runs 8:07) |
 The World Series is cancelled, and the league-leading Expos' dreams are dashed. (Radio; runs 4:39) |
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 Peewee players side with the NHL stars as a hockey lockout gets underway. (TV; runs 14:11) |
 Basketball owners and players lock horns over a proposed salary cap. (Radio; runs 3:13) |
 NHL commissioner Gary Bettman shuts down the 2004-05 season. (TV; runs 7:17) |
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