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<title><![CDATA[Games We're Watching -- Full speed ahead]]></title>
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Provided there aren't any hiccups, the new NFL collective bargaining agreement will be ratified today, giving veteran free agents the green light to practice with their teams. For big name guys like Donovan McNabb and Chad Ochocinco, a fresh start begins.]]></description>
<pubDate>August 04, 2011 03:44:28 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Games We're Watching -- The NFL frenzy begins!]]></title>
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Today marks the first day NFL teams can sign rookies and undrafted free agents, so expect lots of activity. We've also got a full slate of MLB action and the WNBA returns from the All-Star Break. Here are the Games We're Watching.]]></description>
<pubDate>July 26, 2011 05:22:06 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WNBA president Laurel Richie: Potential NBA lockout won't affect WNBA]]></title>
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The WNBA's new president says an NBA lockout would not cause a disruption to the season for the women's league.]]></description>
<pubDate>June 28, 2011 12:52:35 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Games We're Watching: Basketball action provides NFL distraction]]></title>
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Men's college basketball: A big night of college hoops tips off at 7 p.m. with Tennessee at South Carolina (ESPN). The Vols have won the last eight me...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 03, 2011 06:48:12 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WNBA players officially ratify new six-year labor deal]]></title>
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The WNBA players union ratified its new six-year collective bargaining agreement with the league on Tuesday.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 29, 2008 13:15:16 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Early CBA in hand is, uh, Dream come true]]></title>
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Forget the fine print and legalspeak, the guarantees and incentives. For now, the biggest issue about the new collective bargaining agreement is simply that it's done.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 29, 2008 08:22:20 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Veterans' salaries still a key concern for Starbird]]></title>
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Storm players still had issues after the WNBA and its players union signed a new collective bargaining agreement early Friday.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 25, 2003 16:25:38 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hours before draft, WNBA, union sign deal]]></title>
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The WNBA and its players' union signed a collective bargaining agreement Friday, hours before their scheduled draft.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 25, 2003 02:41:10 PDT</pubDate>
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The Cleveland Rockers won the WNBA's draft lottery Thursday, as the league and the Players' Association worked out the final details of a new collective bargaining agreement.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2003 12:01:39 PDT</pubDate>
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Five days after reaching what the players association termed an agreement in principle on a new collective bargaining agreement, lawyers for the WNBA and the union were still working on final details Wednesday.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 22, 2003 09:36:34 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ackerman skeptical about labor deal by Sept. 15]]></title>
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WNBA commissioner Val Ackerman expressed skepticism Monday that the league would be able to reach a collective bargaining agreement with its players by the time the current deal expires in mid-September.]]></description>
<pubDate>July 15, 2002 18:18:45 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Smith: Looking for that special agent]]></title>
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The WNBA Players Association performed another very important function just a few weeks ago -- the process of certifying agents, writes ESPN.com's Michelle Smith.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 28, 2000 10:51:35 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[About Last Night: Turning up the Heat]]></title>
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NBA: The big 3 showed up in Miami Thursday night but not LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. It was Orlando's 3-point shooting that took the spo...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 04, 2011 00:54:42 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Coach who sued Fresno St. for sex discrimination lands GM job in CBA]]></title>
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A former women's basketball coach who sued Fresno State for sex discrimination announced Thursday has been hired as the general manager of a minor league professional men's team -- and she's negotiating a movie deal.]]></description>
<pubDate>July 17, 2008 13:23:57 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Players nearing approval of new labor deal, including  flexible salary cap]]></title>
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The WNBA players union neared ratification of a new six-year contract with the league Monday in a deal that includes increases in wages and a dual salary-cap system.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 28, 2008 10:27:33 PST</pubDate>
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