Sports

For NFL, it's back to no business as usual
The NFL locked out its players again Friday night after its first legal victory in the fight with the players over the future of the $9 billion business. The players who showed up smiling and relieved to be back at work Friday morning are now cooling their heels.
Kansas City rallies for two runs in the eighth to snap a six-game losing streek.
The NFL cleared the way for some of its basic football operations to begin at 8 a.m. EDT Friday, five days after a federal judge declared the lockout illegal and nearly seven weeks after it began.
Vikings stadium funding counts on Twins merchandise sales
The clock is ticking down at the Capitol on a potential deal to build a new football stadium for the Minnesota Vikings, including ways to pay for it. Surprisingly, some of the biggest contributors to that effort may be Minnesota Twins fans.
Judge denies NFL request to freeze lockout ruling
U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson turned down the NFL's request to put her ruling on hold pending appeals and guaranteeing more limbo for all 32 teams, thousands of players and millions of fans.