Former union presidents Troy Vincent and Trace Armstrong and lawyer DeMaurice Smith are the finalists to succeed Gene Upshaw as executive director of the NFL Players Association. The three were chosen from five semifinalists by the union's search committee on Thursday, according to a person ...

In what's shaping up as a contest between former NFL Players Association presidents Troy Vincent and Trace Armstrong, the union narrowed its list to five candidates to succeed the late Gene Upshaw as executive director. The Associated Press learned Thursday that Vincent and Armstrong made the most recent ...

Former NFL Players Association presidents Troy Vincent and Trace Armstrong remain in the running to succeed Gene Upshaw as executive director after the union pared its list of finalists to about nine. A person familiar with a portion of the list said the candidates ...

Four former NFL Players Association presidents as well as Fred Nance, a sports law attorney who represents NBA star LeBron James, are among the list of candidates being considered to replace the late Gene Upshaw as the union's executive director, a person with knowledge of ...