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NBA Union, Owners Open Labor Talks

A committee of NBA owners will meet Tuesday in New York with representatives from the players union to open up negotiations on the league's collective bargaining agreement. The contract is set to expire in 2011, and with fiscal strain high, the L-word -- "lock-out" -- has been floated about.David Aldridge of NBA.com has a...

Union Pushing for Shorter NBA Season?

USA Today's Chris Colston took a look at the pending NBA collective bargaining agreement negotiations through the prism of one of the league's current, fleeting points of concern (or annoyances, depending on the range of your perspective): a lot of players are hurt. The epic Bulls-Celtics series itself is missing Kevin...

Union Asserts Its Voice Into NBA 'Doomsday 2011' Talk

To date, nearly all the thrusts which concern the matter of the NBA's next collective bargaining agreement -- due in the summer of 2011 -- has represented owner interests. In fairness to David Stern, Secaucus has kept its nose remarkably clean: despite it being in his potential negotiating interest to present dire straits...

The Rotation: Is NBA's Doomsday Real?

The Rotation is a weekly study on the NBA by one of our All-Star voices. In rotation this week is Tom Ziller.NBA owners continue to scream bloody apocalypse. The year 2011 marks the doomsday date, with the L-word -- "lock-out" -- graduating from whisper to constant ink. Non-basketball losses and flagging attendance (see...

NBA, Players Union Aware of League's Coming Cata$trophe

For a year now, the L-word -- lockout -- has been bandied about NBA circles. It's nothing that immediately threatens the league, as the collective bargaining agreement between the owners and the players association runs until June 30, 2011. But it's out there, and everyone is adjusting accordingly.Some say the mini-max...

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NBA Players Union Under Investigation

The union that represents NBA players said Friday it is being investigated by the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan.

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05/22/12 Sources: Spending by NBPA's Hunter is probed Source: ESPN NBA players union executive director Billy Hunter utilized union funds to support former NBA forward Charles Smith's attempt to overthrow the National Basketball Retired Players Association, sources say, one of several maneuvers that inspired union president Derek Fisher to call for a business review of the union's activity.
05/15/12 Revealed: the alarming extent of sectarianism in... Source: Belfast Telegraph - Belfast - County Antrim - UK Sectarianism still remains deeply rooted within the private sector workplace in Northern Ireland, a new report has found.
05/07/12 Family cemetery to celebrate 130th anniversary Source: Press Argus-Courier - Van Buren AR Three cousins have come together to build a memory garden in honor of their family cemetery, which will celebrate its 130th anniversary this year.
05/03/12 Family feud in the NBA? Source: The St. Louis American - St. Louis MO This NBA season will be one many will soon like to forget.
04/28/12 Whitney scores winner in overtime - Sat, 28 Apr 2012... Source: The Spokesman-Review - Spokane WA Former Spokane Chief Ray Whitney scored 14:04 into overtime and the Phoenix Coyotes survived another late goal in regulation to open the Western Conference semifinals with a 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday night in Glendale, Ariz. Phoenix was 33-1 when leading after two periods during the regular season, but has struggled to close out playoff games.