Sentence examples for lockout with the from inspiring English sources

"It's very much a parallel from last year's N.B.A. lockout with the ABC triple-header on Christmas," Adgate said.

He also said the league never intended to finance a lockout with the television money and planned to use only a small portion of it.

A former St. John's star from Brooklyn, Mullin played 16 seasons in the N.B.A., experiencing the 1998-99 lockout with the Indiana Pacers.

Meanwhile, the N.B.A. interrupted its lockout with the news that the Timberwolves had finally fired Kurt Rambis, roughly three weeks after everyone on earth knew he would be fired.

They were briefed by league officials in a meeting Thursday evening on how to operate in the event of a lockout, with the league emphasizing that team personnel are not allowed to have contact of any kind with players during a lockout, including players who are rehabilitating injuries.

N.B.A. players are finding different ways to amuse themselves during their lockout, with the Clippers' Blake Griffin using his spare time to intern at Funny or Die, but the Lakers' Ron Artest has found insurance has become a road block to his playing for a team in England.

In her original order, Nelson addressed the end of the lockout with four words: "The lockout is enjoined," with a lack of detail that two legal experts said Tuesday accounted for much of the head-scratching about how to proceed.

The league estimated that it had lost about $800 million in revenue as a result of the lockout, with 26.5 percent of the regular-season schedule gone.

In this season of the lockout, with needs on the defensive line and at safety, and with three key receivers potentially free agents, he could elect to draft players for specific positions.

The Capitals have a first-time head coach, Adam Oates, who worked during the lockout with Hershey in the A.H.L. Perhaps he can revive Alex Ovechkin, now a distant third behind Crosby and Malkin in the race for world's best player status.

Several issues became the cause of the lockout, with team owners insisting on a 50-50 split revenue share, while players had proposed a 52.5% share.