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NBA unveils 2011-12 schedule, lockout permitting

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 12:02 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) -- The NBA champion Dallas Mavericks will open the season - if it begins on time - at home on Nov. 1 against MVP Derrick Rose and Chicago, then host Miami in a finals rematch Christmas Day.

NBA releases 2011-12 schedule

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 12:24 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) -- The NBA champion Dallas Mavericks will open the season - if it begins on time - at home on Nov. 1 against MVP Derrick Rose and Chicago, then host Miami in a finals rematch Christmas Day.

NBA AM: Labor Talks Resume Friday

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 06:20 AM PDT

The first face-to-face negotiations since the lockout will take place on Friday. TWolves target Mike Woodson? Evan Turner refining his shooting stroke. Celtics lose assistant

NBA champ Mavs open season vs. Bulls

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 04:18 PM PDT

The NBA has released its complete 2011-12 schedule despite being in a lockout that could last months and cause it to be scrapped.

TNT sets its NBA schedule with Shaq in the booth

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 06:01 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap) - TNT announced plans Tuesday to open its 2011-12 NBA regular-season broadcast schedule November 1 with a double-header featuring the defending champion Dallas Mavericks playing the Chicago Bulls, and the L.A. Lakers playing the Oklahoma City Thunder.

NBA Fails To Learn Another Lockout Lesson, And It's A Bit Frightening

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 07:03 AM PDT

The NBA lockout continues with the two sides still yet to hold a formal bargaining session. What gives? Also in The Hook, a basketball battle between Lionel Hollins and Jason Williams and a regular reminder that amateur basketball is a haven for scum. Today in The Hook: the NBA ignores a lesson of the 1998-99 lockout, Lionel Hollins goes toe to toe with Jason Williams (?!) and your regular ...

Lockout impact likely topic at NBA-FIBA meeting

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 07:31 AM PDT

With the NBA lockout threatening to impact this summer's qualifying tournaments for the 2012 Olympics, commissioner David Stern is scheduled to meet Tuesday with the president and the secretary general of FIBA, the sport's international governing body.

Factbox: Yao Ming retires after eight NBA seasons

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 11:34 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Houston Rockets center Yao Ming retired on Wednesday after eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Yao Ming confirms NBA retirement in China

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 06:42 AM PDT

SHANGHAI — Wracked by injuries that curtailed his playing time in the NBA, Yao Ming called it quits on his basketball career Wednesday during a packed news conference in his hometown.

NBA, players' association staffers to meet Friday

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 06:20 PM PDT

Staff members from the NBA and players' association will meet Friday, the first session related to collective bargaining since the lockout began July 1.