Michelle Akers of the United States was named as the grand jury's female player of the century and the Chinese star Sun Wen as the other female player of the century from votes on the Internet.
Mark Elder conducted the Hallé, and this year also saw the inauguration of the new orchestra prize, awarded independently of the jury by its players.
Monday's ruling — in which the jury awarded the players $7.1 million in compensatory damages and $21 million in punitive damages — involved only the union's handling of licensing revenue, but it will almost certainly affect future negotiations between the two groups.
He was reacting to a trial in November in which a jury awarded retired N.F.L. players $28.1 million in a licensing dispute.
Hernán Crespo, Gilberto Silva, Slaven Bilic and Dietmar Hamann are among the leading names on a jury comprised of international players, journalists, broadcasters and Guardian correspondents.
The lawsuit by Jeff Novak against Stephen Lucie, a former team doctor for the Jacksonville Jaguars, which was decided nine days ago by a jury, resonates for the players.
The players and jury then repaired to an Italian restaurant and partied well into the night.
PAGE A25 SPORTS A CALL TO STRENGTHEN The N.F.L. Players Union A jury's finding in favor of more than 2,000 retired N.F.L. players in a class-action lawsuit underscores the need for an aggressive advocate like baseball's Donald Fehr to succeed Gene Upshaw, above, the longtime union leader who died in August, William C. Rhoden writes in Sports of The Times.
This girl has told the jury that she kissed the player on the second occasion and also described more serious sexual activity.
B3 OBITUARIES B8 SPORTS D1-8 Carolina Player Convicted A jury in Charlotte, N.C., convicted the former Panthers receiver Rae Carruth of conspiracy and two other charges in the killing of his girlfriend, but acquitted him of murder.
