MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — This NFL players-owners feud has developed into one of the all-time nasty disputes in sports, given the strength of their convictions, the intensity of their rhetoric, and the money, power and popularity at stake.

Now they're taking it to court.

With the work stoppage at three-plus weeks and no end in sight, attorneys for the NFL and its locked-out players will go before a federal judge Wednesday in the first round of their fight over the future of the $9 billion business — including the 2011 season.

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