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The NBA today announced that the league's 66th season will tip off Christmas Day with a five-game slate, contingent on timely ratification of the new collective bargaining agreement. Kia NBA Tip-Off '11 will launch on TNT with one of the NBA's oldest and most intense rivalries. The Boston Celtics, featuring their ...

Chris Bosh enjoyed just about every second of his jampacked offseason. Nonetheless, he's ready to go back to work. Bosh said Saturday that he expects the Miami Heat to reconvene sometime soon, even though the NBA lockout has entered its third month with no apparent ending in sight. This would ordinarily be ...

The last time "lockout" was on the lips of so many NBA players, team owners and fans, Kevin Garnett still really was a kid, befitting an early nickname that has fallen by the wayside over time. He was 22, three years removed from his senior prom, an historic ...

Dwyane Wade's sore right ankle is not sore enough to present a problem for the Miami Heat. Wade was able to practice Monday and pronounced himself ready to go when the Heat open their post-All-Star schedule at home Tuesday night against Sacramento - one of several pieces ...

Heat forward Mike Miller returned to Miami Wednesday, one day after leaving his team's game against the Indiana Pacers after taking a blow to the head. Tests performed in Indianapolis, including an X-ray and CT scan, showed no abnormalities. Miller was hurt Tuesday after getting elbowed by ...

Charlotte Bobcats guard Stephen Jackson has been ejected late in the second quarter against Boston for picking up consecutive technical fouls. After Jackson complained about being called for a foul on Kevin Garnett, referee Kane Fitzgerald hit him with a technical. Jackson continued to complain and referee ...

The NBA and its players' association will meet next month during the All-Star break as they try to make progress on a new collective bargaining agreement. NBA spokesman Tim Frank said Thursday that the sides will have a negotiating session during the Feb. 18-20 weekend in Los Angeles. Deputy ...

Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers and Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder top the Western Conference, while Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic and LeBron James of the Miami Heat lead the Eastern Conference after the first returns of 2011 NBA All-Star Balloting presented ...

Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett, who was criticized last month for trash-talking that was seen as mocking cancer patients, spoke to Nuggets coach and cancer survivor George Karl after Wednesday night's game to explain the comments. "I went up to him as a man, and what I said is ...

Boston coach Doc Rivers feels what is said on the court should be left on the court. Detroit's Charlie Villanueva took it to Twitter on Tuesday night, writing on his account that Kevin Garnett called him a "cancer patient" during Boston's 109-86 road win. Villanueva suffers from alopecia universalis, a ...