American Morning
How close is the NFL to ending its four-month lockout?
In a major step toward ending the four-month NFL lockout, Commissioner Roger Goodell announced last night that NFL owners have approved a labor deal and a 10- year revenue-sharing agreement with players.
Since the lockout began on March 11th, the two sides have faced off in courts and around conference tables.
The major issues have revolved around how to divide the billions of dollars of revenue reaped via the league each year, rules of free agency, a possible rookie wage scale, retirement benefits and a host of other matters.
The agreement must now be approved by the players.
Today on American Morning, Jon Wertheim, senior writer for Sports Illustrated, explains how close the NFL is to ending the lockout and weighs in on if the football season will officially start on September 8th as planned.
Three players for the U.S. women's soccer team talk World Cup loss
The United States women's soccer team faced off with Japan for the Women's World Cup on Sunday in a game that progressed through overtime, into a shootout and ultimately ended with Japan claiming its first Women's World Cup title.
Despite the heart-breaking loss, the team has come home to a broadened fan base in a country with a new respect for women's soccer.
Captain Christie Rampone, midfielder Carli Lloyd and midfielder Megan Rapinoe join Kiran Chetry and Ali Velshi on American Morning today to discuss the game, their reception by the American public, and where the team is headed next.
Star goalie Hope Solo weighs in on the World Cup final
An exciting match on Wednesday propelled the U.S. women's soccer team into the World Cup final after two goals late in the game secured their win over the French team.
On Sunday, the women's team will go head to head with Japan, a team they've never lost to, for the World Cup title.
Star goalie Hope Solo joins American Morning from Frankfurt, Germany today to discuss Wednesday's game and to weigh in on the the team's World Cup ambitions.
Assist of a lifetime: Student gives basketball contest prize money to classmates
Allan Guei, a star student basketball player, won a foul-shooting contest and $40,000 in college scholarship money in a contest created to show students at Compton High School in LA how to create community spirit.
So what did Allan Guei do with his prize-winnings? He donated all of it to the seven other finalists.
Guei and Court Crandall, a partner at the Southern California advertising firm WDCW that sponsored the contest, join American Morning today to talk about Guei's decision and to explain why he chose to give the money away.
Weekend politics: The GOP leadership conference & the Obama/Boehner golf summit
While President Obama and Speaker Boehner were teeing off this weekend, many 2012 GOP candidates and would-be candidates were attending the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans.
Hank Sheinkopf, veteran political consultant, and Republican strategist John McLaughlin offer insight into the details of these latest political maneuverings this morning on AM.
'Golf summit:' The political history of the game
Bouncing off reports that President Obama and Speaker Boehner will be having their own "golf summit" on Saturday, our anchors gear up this morning for a round of putt and pass!
Joined by John Avlon, Newsweek columnist, and Mike Walker, senior editor at Golf Magazine, Kiran and Christine discuss the importance of relationship building and problem solving through golf, tracing the historical role the game has played for Presidents as they negotiate deals and legislation ideas.
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