May 19, 2013

NBA News and Notes: David Stern says NBA’s decision on future of Kings pushed back to May

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — NBA commissioner David Stern told reporters Friday that a decision on the fate of the Sacramento Kings and the franchise’s possible relocation to Seattle will be pushed back until May. On April 3, Stern told reporters that the decision would not be made at the league’s Board of Governors meetings on [...]

NHL Lockout: 30 Thoughts – Lockouts chock full of familiar refrains

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Commissioners from different sports like David Stern, left, and Gary Bettman often speak the same language in labour disputes. (Bruce Bennett and Jesse D. Garrabrant/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Does any of this sound familiar? A commissioner saying there are “enormous consequences at play … we think that we made very fair proposals.” [...]

Live: Updates from Saturday at the Olympics

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — U.S. WOMEN AHEAD… KOBE IS TEXTING (4:20 ET): NBA Commissioner David Stern and Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver are at the USA-France women’s gold medal game. USA men’s hoopsters Kobe Bryant and Chris Paul and France’s Boris Diaw are also here. Bryant and Paul just participated in the wave, too. Bryant [...]

NBA: NBA Board approves small changes

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The NBA Board of Governors approved a new look for uniforms and a couple of changes in the use of video replay. Commissioner David Stern met with the media Thursday after the Board of Governors held their annual summer meeting. He said the league is looking to add possibly $100 million [...]

Stern: Silver makes worthy successor as NBA commissioner

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NBA Commissioner David Stern speaks with the media prior to the game between the Indiana Pacers and the Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena on February 8, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (February 7, 2012 – Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images North America) ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — David Stern will reveal only two things about his [...]

Details of NBA deal; work ahead

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(L-R) Maurice Evans, Derek Fisher, Billy Hunter, NBA Commissioner David Stern, NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver, and Peter Holt speak to members of the press to announce a tentative labor agreement to end the 149-day lockout on November 26, 2011 in New York City. (November 25, 2011 – Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images North America) [...]

Quietly-resumed NBA talks aim for games by Christmas

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NBA Commissioner David Stern (R) speaks to members of the media after a press conference after the NBA and NBA Player’s Association met to negotiate the CBA at The Helmsley Hotel on November 10, 2011 in New York City. (November 9, 2011 – Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — [...]

NBA’s competitive-balance plan is lacking

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(L-R) Kevin Garnett #5, Jermaine O’Neal #7, Ray Allen #20 and Paul Pierce #34 of the Boston Celtics look on against the New York Knicks in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals during the 2011 NBA Playoffs on April 24, 2011 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. (April 23, 2011 – Photo [...]

NBA: Owners present revised offer, players break off talks

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NBA Commissioner David Stern (C) and NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver (L) speak to members of the media after a press conference after the NBA and NBA Player’s Association met to negotiate the CBA at The Helmsley Hotel on November 10, 2011 in New York City. (November 9, 2011 – Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images [...]

Where do NBA talks go now?

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — So close. But any closer? As the NBA labor negotiations progress and regress at a maddening rate, league executives and union officials have crawled closer to a collective bargaining agreement that would end the lockout, now in its 123rd day. But the sides remain divided on the split of basketball-related [...]