Sports - National Basketball Association Breaking News - 6/29/98

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>Monday, June 29, 1998
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>Breaking News
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>NBA TO IMPOSE LOCKOUT
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>(AP) - With negotiations on a new labor agreement at a
>standstill, the NBA announced Monday that a lockout will be
>imposed Tuesday night when the clock strikes midnight. The move
>came as no surprise. Players had been told all season to expect a
>work stoppage, and talks between the league and the union broke
>off more than a week ago. The lockout will, in essence, shut down
>the league. Teams will be barred from talking to their players,
>trades and free agent signings will be prohibited and summer
>leagues will be canceled. "Regrettably, the players have rejected
>all of (the league) proposals. The NBA will not operate until we
>reach a new agreement that is fair to both parties," deputy
>commissioner Russ Granik said in a statement after conferring by
>conference call with the league's Board of Governors.
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>The union did not immediately comment on Monday's announcement.
>This will be third lockout in the history of the NBA, the only
>major American professional sports league never to have lost a
>game to a work stoppage.
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