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NBA Players Association Advises Members of Looming Lockout

The NBA Players Association newsletter sent out last month to all 450 NBA players has eight subheads in all, but it's the first one on the back page that jumped out at this reporter the most. "2011-12 Lockout." No question mark at the end of that sentence. No qualifiers such as "Possible 2011-12 Lockout" or even "Likely...

More Power to the Fans: An Interview with Dave Zirin

For over a decade now, author and radio personality Dave Zirin has tirelessly explored the intersection of sports and politics. He has two main angles of attack: spotlighting the rare athletes who make their views known, and laying out the ways in which politics seep into our discourse of sport. It's an uphill battle, to...

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...