Staffs of NBA, union to meet Wednesday (AP)
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Representatives for NBA owners and players will meet twice this week, perhaps only days before training camps would have to be postponed without a new labor deal. Staffs from both sides will meet Wednesday without leadership from either side, a person with knowledge of the plans said Tuesday. Commissioner David Stern, Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver, union executive director Billy Hunter, president...
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NBA, union to continue talks Wednesday (AP)
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Negotiators for the NBA and its players have met for about two hours and will talk again Wednesday. Both sides said the shortness of Tuesday's meeting is not cause for concern nor optimism but that they needed time to think about what had been discussed. Commissioner David Stern hints that Wednesday's session will determine when more discussions are warranted.
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NBA owners, players begin 'huge' day (AP)
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Owners and players are meeting on a "very huge day" in the NBA, with perhaps the fate of the league's 82-game schedule at stake. With both sides acknowledging they are nearly out of time to save the Nov. 1 opener, some level of progress seemed essential Tuesday by their full bargaining committees.
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NBA Cancels
National Basketball Association cancels first two weeks of the regular season due to a labor dispute with players. The NBA and the players union have not been able to reach a collective bargaining agreement. In a statement, the NBA said the cancellation includes all games originally scheduled to be played through November 14. Ref. CNN
NBA cancels first 2 weeks of season (AP)
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Two weeks of NBA games are lost. Many more could be in jeopardy. There's a "gulf" that separates owners and players, and they will have to close it quickly to avoid further damage to the schedule. Sticking to his deadline, Commissioner David Stern wiped out the first two weeks of the season -- exactly 100 games -- after more than seven hours of negotiations Monday failed to produce a...
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NBA players, owners meet with mediator (AP)
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NBA players and owners are meeting with a federal mediator, and Commissioner David Stern believes more games could be canceled if there isn't movement toward a new labor deal. George Cohen tried to resolve the NFL's labor dispute. Now he's overseeing basketball's negotiations for the first time.
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NBA: Union, not Cuban, proposed no cap (AP)
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The NBA players' association, not Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, proposed the elimination of the salary cap during negotiations aimed at ending months of labor strife, a league official said Tuesday. NBA senior vice president Mike Bass said union executive director Billy Hunter made 'several misstatements" during an hour-long podcast with ESPN.com on Monday.
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Ben Wallace pleads guilty but no felony (AP)
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Prosecutors on Tuesday dropped a felony gun charge against Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace, who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of drunken driving and possessing a firearm while under the influence of alcohol. Wallace had no prior record and was cooperative with police when his Cadillac Escalade was stopped Sept.
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