Sabres G Miller calls NHL lockout ‘waste of time’
After rejoining his Buffalo Sabres teammates on the ice for the first time in some nine months, goalie Ryan Miller had a few lingering frustrations to get off his chest regarding the NHL lockout.
After rejoining his Buffalo Sabres teammates on the ice for the first time in some nine months, goalie Ryan Miller had a few lingering frustrations to get off his chest regarding the NHL lockout.
Flyers All-Star Claude Giroux received the wakeup call he waited to hear for 113 days. Locked out for months, the NHL was indeed ready to drop the puck.
The NBA legal fight between players and club owners officially ended on Monday after US District Judge Patrick Schiltz dismissed an anti-trust lawsuit.
The NBA champion Dallas Mavericks opened training camp on Friday, but like all the league’s teams their excitement at finally getting on court was tempered by uncertainty.
The NBA has announced its compressed 66-game schedule, which will force every team to navigate demanding stretches at home and on the road that they would not normally endure in a full season.
NEW YORK—NBA owners and players reached a tentative agreement early Saturday to end the 149-day lockout and hope to begin the delayed season on Christmas Day.
Neither side provided many specifics, but said the only words players and fans wanted to hear.
“We want to play basketball,” Commissioner David Stern said.
Power Balance Pavilion, among the oldest in the NBA and known in eras past as Arco Arena, looks more beat up than ever.
NBA All-Stars LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony will headline a four-game US exhibition tour next month while the league remains shut down in a dispute over money.
The NBA Players Association on Monday rejected the owners’ latest offer and have launched a drive to disband their union, throwing the entire 2011-2012 pro basketball season into jeopardy.
The NBA Players Association on Monday rejected the owners’ latest offer and have launched the process to disband their union, throwing the entire 2011-2012 pro basketball season into jeopardy.
With the NBA at a standstill because of the increasingly rancorous dispute between owners and players, a poll released on Monday found that 76 percent of Americans are getting along fine without the league.
NEW YORK—NBA players and team owners returned to the bargaining table on Saturday amid talk of hardline positions on both sides putting the already-shortened 2011-2012 season at risk of being called off. Club owners met in the morning to consider the state of talks before meeting with players. Federal mediator George Cohen joined them as [...]
If you have that old hopeful feeling that the NBA will start soon, banish the thought. The noise of millionaires arguing with billionaires over money goes on. League Commissioner David Sterns and his bosses—the team owners—remain consistent with their stand: give no quarter to the players when it comes to sharing the NBA’s $4-billion-plus basketball related income (BRI) every year.
