NBA season likely to be canceled, union chief says at seminar

NBA Players Association executive director Billy Hunter said Wednesday that if he "had to bet on it," he would wager that the entire 2011-12...

NBA stars considering playing overseas could learn a thing or two from WNBA players

Kobe Bryant has yet to call Sky center Sylvia Fowles.

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  NBA season likely to be canceled, union chief says at seminar

Ex-Bull Chandler takes big loss on home

Former Chicago Bulls center Tyson Chandler who was part of this year's NBA...

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  Chicago's elite home buyers & sellers

Deng cleared to play for Britain in European tournament

LONDON — Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng has been cleared to play for Britain in the European Basketball Championships after...

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  Luol Deng in action

Noah set to join French team for European Championship

PARIS — Rehabbing Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah should be ready to join his France teammates later this week, the French...

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  Joakim Noah in action

Greenstein: Falk aims to break 80, and outpace MJ

My shot into the Merit Club's third green measured 135 yards, slightly uphill and into a breeze. What should I hit — a big 9-iron or...

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  Video: Eighteen holes with David Falk (and Michael Jordan)

FIBA will clear NBA players to play overseas

GENEVA -- Basketball's governing body said Friday it will clear NBA players under contract to play in its leagues during the lockout, as...

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  2011-12 Bulls schedule

Surgery eases Thibodeau's pain

Being of single-minded focus, Tom Thibodeau is preparing for next season as if there isn't a lockout. Whenever that ends, expect the...

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  Tom Thibodeau in action

NBA's labor issues harder to reconcile

If the NBA lockout were to last as long as the NFL's four-moonth version, it would run until Nov. 13.

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  NBA lays off about 114 league employees

18 Holes with … Gar Forman

I offered to take Gar Forman to a fancy club. Perhaps somewhere with valets, chateaubriand sandwiches and complimentary aftershave in the...

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  Bulls GM Gar Forman talks golf

Rose, other NBA stars win exhibition in Philippines

Three days after flying to the Philippines, Derrick Rose and his fellow locked out NBA players defeated a team called the PBA stars 131-...

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  Photos: Derrick Rose

MJ, Magic and Bird to cover 'NBA 2K12' game

ATLANTA — This time, Michael Jordan won't be the only one to cover a 2K Sports basketball video game.

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  At 48, MJ still dunking with ease at fantasy camp

French officials send Bulls' Noah home for ankle rehab

Joakim Noah has returned to the United States after French basketball officials requested the Bulls' big man further rehabilitate the...

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  Photo gallery: Joakim Noah in action

At 48, MJ still dunking with ease at fantasy camp

Michael Jordan no longer walks on "Air" when he attacks the basketball hoop, but the former Chicago Bulls star showed this week that he...

There are couple of quirks in Bulls schedule

After a 62-victory season and an unexpected trip to the Eastern Conference finals, the release of the 2011-2012 NBA schedule should be a...

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  2011-12 Chicago Bulls schedule

Magic's Howard strongly considering career overseas

FAIRBURN, Ga. -- Dwight Howard's frustration with the NBA lockout has caused the Orlando Magic star to strongly consider playing overseas.

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  Report: Bulls to open season Nov. 1 at Dallas

Bulls open with Mavs, play Lakers on Christmas Day

The last time the Bulls opened their season against the defending NBA champions, they destroyed the Miami Heat 108-66 on Oct. 31, 2006.

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  Chicago Bulls in action

Report: Bulls to open season Nov. 1 at Dallas

ESPN.com reports: Despite the NBA lockout, the league office will release the full 2011-12 schedule on Tuesday afternoon....

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  Chicago Bulls in action

Ex-Illini guard Williams signs deal with Turkish team

Former Illini star Deron Williams tweeted that he signed his deal with Turkish...

NBA lays off about 114 league employees

NEW YORK — The NBA laid off about 114 people over the last two days, planned cost-cutting moves that a league spokesman said...

Report: Jordan could face $1 million penalty on golf course

The Reno Gazette-Journal reports: Michael Jordan is set to tee it up in the American Century Classic in Tahoe, Nev., this...

NBA union memo supports players going overseas

NEW YORK -- When it comes to playing overseas during the NBA lockout, Billy Hunter has a simple message for the league's players: Enjoy your...

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  Former Illini guard McCamey inks 1-year deal with Turkish team

Report: Depressed Rose shut self in after playoffs

The loss to the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals hit Derrick Rose harder than even he could've expected.

Noah to play for France in European Championships

Joakim Noah is following through on plans he discussed as a possibility at various points last season and will play for the French...

Haugh: Playing in Europe a foolish risk for NBA stars

Nobody questions former Illinois player Deron Williams' right to sign a one-year deal for up to $5 million to play professional basketball...

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  Ex-Illini guard McCamey close to signing with Turkish team

Heisler: Doomsday not what it used to be

There really is a doomsday scenario for the NBA lockout ... orchestrated as this has been, following the NFL lockout that didn't turn out so...

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  NBA lockout leaves draft picks with plenty of time to fill, minus a paycheck

NBA lockout has begun, and so has the posturing

Oh, no, am I here all alone?

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  NFL labor outcome could be a bellwether for NBA dispute

NBA locks out players from team websites, too

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  Kobe, Boozer might take part in exhibition games in China

NFL labor outcome could be a bellwether for NBA dispute

As the NBA lockout took hold Friday, legal experts said the NFL's four-month-long labor dispute and ongoing antitrust case would play a...

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  Kobe Bryant might take part in exhibition games in China

Kobe, Boozer might take part in exhibition games in China

Kobe Bryant and his agent, Rob Pelinka, are trying to put together a tour to China by NBA players, says Minnesota Timberwolves rookie...

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  NBA lockout strips team websites of player images

NBA locks out its players after negotiations on labor deal fail

In what could be a bigger threat to its season than football's current labor stoppage, the NBA imposed a lockout of players at 9:01 p.m....

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  Mark Heisler: While NBA and players squabble, fans can only sit back and take it

With lockout on, Scalabrine likely headed to Europe

Late in the regular season, Brian Scalabrine told the Tribune he might play in Europe next season as his professional career enters its...

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  NBA lockout begins as sides fail to reach deal

Shannon Brown terminates final year of contract with Lakers

Lakers backup guard Shannon Brown informed the team Thursday that he was terminating the final year of his contract to become an...

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  Three rookies and others get chance to impress the Lakers

Knicks reportedly interested in Kurt Thomas

Whenever NBA free agency starts, the Bulls will have some competition to re-sign center Kurt Thomas.

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  Kurt Thomas in action

A lockout is coming to NBA and it'll be here for some time

Only a last-ditch negotiating session Thursday on a new collective bargaining agreement stands between the NBA and the midnight EDT deadline...

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  Three rookies and others get chance to impress the Lakers

Bulls' Watson on lockout, Jimmy Butler and throwing out the 1st pitch

Butler: 'I want to be that guy who is coachable and will listen'

Jimmy Butler said he can play shooting guard at the NBA level. General manager Gar Forman said he expects Butler, whom the Bulls selected...

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  Bulls GM Forman on drafting Marquette's Butler

Bulls GM Forman on drafting Marquette's Butler

NBA union: We won't take bad deal to avoid lockout

NEW YORK -- With NBA stars from veteran Kevin Garnett to Rookie of the Year Blake Griffin standing behind him, union president Derek...

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  Bobcats, Bucks, Kings work 3-way deal

Bobcats, Bucks, Kings work 3-way deal

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Bobcats agreed to send top scorer Stephen Jackson to the Milwaukee Bucks in a three-way trade involving the...

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  NBA union: We won't take bad deal to avoid lockout

K.C. Johnson's Bulls mailbag

Who are the Bulls going to draft? Is Dwight Howard even a realistic possibility? How come everyone ripped Carlos Boozer so much? We...

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  Ask K.C. Johnson

Chicago athletes recall dads' influences

When Shaquille O'Neal ceremoniously announced his retirement in May, he thanked both his parents for all their support. But, in...

Dan McNeil: Bruins, Mavs 'hollow' victories

In lieu of a rally in Grant Park, or a ticker-tape parade down Michigan Avenue, many around here are celebrating the championship series...

Haugh: Nowitzki has more than talent on his side

David Haugh: Outside of Dallas and Cleveland, no city should have savored the Mavs' win more than Chicago. Outside of cavalier...

Pistons fire coach

DETROIT -- The Detroit Pistons fired coach John Kuester on Sunday, four days after Tom Gores completed an agreement to purchase the team...

Is it smart for Howard to remain in Orlando?

Four writers debate.

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  Chicago Bulls in action

Haugh: Bulls, Hawks and Bears went down, but each overachieved

All that was missing from the Bulls' loss to the Heat was Maurice Jones-Drew questioning Derrick Rose's decision-making on Twitter.

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  Bulls player photos | 2011 Chicago Bulls results

James surrounded by more talent than Jordan: Van Gundy

Former NBA coach and current TV analyst Jeff Van Gundy on Scottie Pippen's comment that LeBron James could be better...

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  Video: LeBron discusses MJ comparisons

Robin disses Batman: LeBron over MJ

David Haugh: The last person you would expect to have such a short memory is the guy who enjoyed such a long run in Chicago winning...

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  Michael Jordan through the years

Haugh: James backs up big talk

How fitting that Derrick Rose would end Thursday night by making a final mistake.

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  Video: Rose says 'dumb decisions' to blame for elimination