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NBA, players have tentative deal to end lockout (St. Petersburg Times)

**Times wires**

Saturday, November 26, 2011

NEW YORK -- Now that there's a handshake deal on a labor agreement,
commissioner David Stern and union executives must persuade owners and players
to approve it in time to start the season Christmas Day.

After a 149-day lockout, owners and players reached the tentative deal around
3 a.m. Saturday. It comes at a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars for
both sides, on top of the fans and jobs that were lost during the stalemate.
And it leaves the NBA with its second shortened season because of labor
problems. The league hopes to play a 66-game schedule instead of 82.

A slew of issues still must be worked through, though -- players must drop a
lawsuit against the league and reform their disbanded union -- and the owners
and players must vote on the deal. But the deal is expected to be approved,

After a 15-hour negotiating session Friday into Saturday, Stern accepted
congratulations, headed for another short night of sleep, then planned to
brief his owners on a plan that could change the way they do business.

"We're very pleased we've come this far," Stern said. "There's ...

St. Petersburg Times