NBA negotiators talking again in small groups (AP)

With perhaps days left to avoid further damage to the NBA schedule, negotiators for owners and players are talking again in hopes of ending the lockout. The sides returned Monday in small groups after taking a day off following talks Friday and Saturday. The weekend passed without the “enormous consequences” Commissioner David Stern warned of [...]

No NBA deal after day of salary cap talks (AP)

With a month until the NBA season, players and owners don’t sound much closer to a labor deal than they did when the lockout began. They’re so far apart on money they decided to leave it alone Saturday and focused mainly on the salary cap. They couldn’t solve that one, either. “I wouldn’t say there [...]

NBA players, owners meeting for 2nd straight day (AP)

With exactly one month until the season is scheduled to start, NBA owners and players are meeting for a second straight day in hopes of ending the lockout. Negotiators returned Saturday for further talks after the sides met for more than four hours Friday. All-Star players such as LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony [...]

With eye on clock, NBA owners, players seek deal (AP)

They don’t have a deal yet, and they are just about out of time. After some two years of on-and-off negotiations, that’s about all NBA players and owners agree on. The gaps in their financial proposals have been so great that they sometimes decide it’s best to just talk about something else. Go to Source

NBA lockout heads to key stretch this weekend (AP)

Regular-season games could be at stake when NBA owners and players meet this weekend. And those might not be all that is lost, Commissioner David Stern warned, without real headway toward a new labor deal. “All I’d say to that is that there are enormous consequences at play here on the basis of the weekend,” [...]

NBA, players meet; talks to resume Wednesday (AP)

Smiling widely but even resorting to a memorable NBA cliche to avoid specifics, David Stern provided little insight into the direction of the league’s labor situation. That, he hinted, could come Wednesday. Negotiators for the NBA and its players met for only about two hours Tuesday and plan to resume the talks early Wednesday. Go [...]

Source: NBA sides to meet again Tuesday (The Canadian Press)

NEW YORK, N.Y. – With one round of cancellations behind them and more significant ones looming without a new labour deal soon, representatives for NBA players and owners will meet Tuesday and perhaps Wednesday for talks aimed at ending the lockout. Go to Source

AP Source: NBA sides to meet again Tuesday (AP)

With one round of cancelations behind them and more significant ones looming without a new labor deal soon, representatives for NBA players and owners will meet Tuesday and perhaps Wednesday for talks aimed at ending the lockout. The union has canceled a regional meeting with players Tuesday in Miami so its negotiators can meet with [...]

Yao Ming joins the fight in attempting to ban shark fin soup (Yahoo! Sports)

Former Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, along with billionaire Richard Branson, attended a press conference on Wednesday in Shanghai to raise awareness about a dish you may not have even heard of — something called “shark fin soup.” Yao is … Continue reading → Go to Source

Video: Poet pens ‘First Draft of Yao Ming’s Retirement Speech’ (Yahoo! Sports)

“Why wouldn’t I stop talking? Y’all been telling me my own story for so long, I figured no one wanted to hear it from my lips anyway.” Of course, these words don’t come from Yao Ming’s lips, either; they were … Continue reading → Go to Source

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