Sentence examples for lockout did not from inspiring English sources

STRONG SUPPORT The lockout did not alienate fans.

But on Sunday, he said that the potential lockout did not factor into the decision.

The N.B.A. lockout did not end Thursday night, but it edged ever closer to a finale, amid tense smiles, light-hearted quips and provocative word choices by the men who are negotiating a new labor deal.

The N.B.A. accused the National Basketball Players Association on Tuesday of not bargaining in good faith as the sides try to end their monthlong lockout, and filed a lawsuit contending that the lockout did not violate federal antitrust laws.

Last year, you might remember, if the lockout did not kill all of your hockey-related brain cells, left us with a No. 8 seed (Los Angeles) as the Stanley Cup champion.

N.H.L. officials said the most recent lockout did not affect the sport's popularity: teams played to 97.5 percent capacity this season, the highest percentage in the league's history, and more viewers watched the N.H.L. regular season on NBC Sports Network than in any previous year since the channel began televising the games in the 2005-6 season.

Touchdown speed was ok, but a leg lockout didn't latch, so it tipped over after landing.

Though the lockout didn't wind up costing players any game checks, McKinnie failed to repay the money -- and then took a $1 million pay cut to stay in Baltimore.

The nastiness caused by the owners' lockout does not appear to have dimmed football fans' ardor for the game, even for preseason games.

(A lockout doesn't help matters).

Here is what the N.B.A. and its many critics can learn from a six-year veteran who is not yet 25 and three years ago signed the league's richest contract that almost by itself forced a destructive player lockout: Don't forget that these young men are individuals, not stereotypes to be herded into some idealized category of consensus.