Back-To-Back-To-Back Every franchise, at some point in the campaign, will play three games in three nights. There will be 42 back-to-back-to-backs in all. If that sounds a lot, 66 triples had...

The 2011-12 N.B.A. season schedule was finally unveiled, with 66 games crammed into a shortened season. Some teams will play on three consecutive nights, others will play five games in six nights.

Management vs. employee. Authority vs. subordinate. But also, power vs. power. The 149-day lockout was mostly about money and partly about competitive balance, but with a subtext of control. ...

When the NBA lockout wasn't settled, the players disbanded and sued the league and Boston Celtics power forward Kevin Garnett started missing his $833,333 bi-monthly paychecks. But the prospect of ...

Negotiations to end the N.B.A. lockout have quietly resumed, with the goal of reaching a deal in time to stage a 66-game season that would start Christmas Day.

Toronto city councillors are joining the chorus of politicians who want the NBA to get back to work for the sake of sagging urban economies. Last month, 14 mayors in the United States sent an open ...

N.B.A. players and others discussed the league’s final proposal to the players union on Twitter and elsewhere on Friday, but much of what was said painted an inaccurate picture.

Commissioner David Stern says the league is done negotiating, but many on the union’s side contend that he is bluffing.

After 23 hours of talks over two days, the N.B.A. delivered a revised offer to the players union. If the players approve the offer, a 72-game season would commence in mid-December.

Pushing aside ultimatums, threats and caustic rhetoric, N.B.A. owners and players returned to the bargaining table Wednesday for a 12-hour session that produced modest movement, but nothing close to a...

Thirty players, the designated union representatives for their teams, will gather Tuesday to consider their negotiating options. ...

A letter sent by N.B.A. Commissioner David Stern to the players union Sunday contrasts the proposal on the table with one that would include a massive pay cut.