By Chris Sheridan Billy Hunter will be in Beverly Hills, Calif. today, expecting to brief about 50 players on the state of negotiations. David Stern will presumably be relatively dormant, because Mount Stern rarely erupts on consecutive days — and Stern went volcanic Thursday with his statement that his “gut” tells him there will be no NBA games by Christmas if a deal isn’t reached by next Tuesday. (UPDATE–Stern went on ESPN radio this morning and repeated his phrase from Monday night
More on lockout from Orlando radio
By Chris Sheridan I went on the radio in Orlando this morning on 740-The Game to discuss what happens next in the NBA lockout, and I left out the part about asking President Obama whether he’d care to intervene. I also referenced the unease I saw on the faces of the principle negotiators, which I wrote about late Monday night after I returned home from the failed lockout talks. For those wondering what the next steps will be, for now it looks like
Lockout update: The Obama solution?
By Chris Sheridan President Barack Obama is a huge NBA fan, and it is fair to say he holds some sway over the National Labor Relations Board, which spent the summer investigating complaints by both sides (the players filed a complaint first, then the owners filed one of their own) alleging unfair negotiating tactics. Let’s just imagine Mr.President had Nov. 1 circled on his calendar (Bulls at Mavericks), and the commander-in-chief was dismayed as everyone else when negotiations broke down Monday night and commissioner David