October 28th, 2011 
Russ Loede 
Posted in Prepare to get your College basketball fix for the month of November, NBA fanatics. With talks between the NBA’s locked-out players and owners breaking off Friday without a deal, commissioner David Stern has announced the cancellation of games through Nov. 30th and that the NBA will not play a full season “under any circumstances.” “It’s [...]
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Sources: NBA to announce more cancellation of games
With talks between the NBA’s locked-out players and owners breaking off, commissioner David Stern will announce the cancellation of more games Friday, sources told ESPN The Magazine’s Chris Broussard. While the two sides made major progress on the “system” issues during talks Friday, the split of basketball-related income is still holding up a deal, sources [...]
Friday’s the Day!
NEW YORK – Setting up the next and most pivotal day in the NBA labor talks, negotiators will convene Friday with what commissioner David Stern described as “resolve” to finally close the gap and agree to the two key elements of a new collective bargaining agreement: the system and the split of revenues. “I can’t [...]
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Source: NBA to cancel at least two more weeks of Regular Season
UPDATE: Reps for NBA owners & players did indeed conduct a lengthy talk Monday, sources said. However, it’s unclear whether or not it was done in person or via phone. No future meetings have been scheduled. The NBA plans to cancel two more weeks of its regular season, a source told the New York Daily [...]
NBA Lockout Resumes; Talks Still At A Standstill After Players Reject 50-50 Split
Three days and 30 hours’ worth of talks ended on a nasty note Thursday in NBA labor negotiations. And only one thing seemed fairly certain: more games were likely to be cut. Possibly even the season. Players insist that’s the outcome owners wanted all along — “preordained,” as union executive director Billy Hunter said. “We’ve [...]
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NBA and Its Players to Meet with Mediator
The federal mediator who sat with the NFL and its players during their labor dispute will try to push opposing sides of the NBA lockout closer together in the latest bid to save the season. George Cohen, who serves as director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and was an early staple of NFL [...]