A little after 3 a.m. this morning, representatives for NBA players and owners came to a "handshake agreement" to end the 149-day lockout and play a 66-game season, beginning with three already-scheduled games on Christmas Day. Call it a Christmas Miracle, or whatever happens when people realize that sticking to their principles costs billions of dollars. more ›

Earlier this month, the NBA players union rejected a deal from owners that basically put the nail in the coffin of the 2011-2012 season. Perhaps realizing that the public doesn't really care that much, the two sides have been meeting this Thanksgiving week to salvage things and bring back basketball by the end of the year. more ›

Yesterday, Commissioner David Stern reluctantly cancelled the first two weeks of the NBA season as players and owners struggled to come to an agreement over their labor dispute. Knicks star Amar'e Stoudemire is optimistic that the two sides will come to terms and be able to save the season, but he has an alternate plan in case that doesn't work out: “If you don’t go to Europe, then let’s start our own league. That’s how I see it.” more ›

Lots of grim news for basketball fans today: NBA Players Association chief Billy Hunter said that if he "had to bet on it," he'd wager that the entire 2011-12 regular season will be canceled due to the lockout. So what will the Knicks players and officials do in the interim? Oh sure, Amare might be able to play in China, Carmelo could make a reality show about hanging out with Pandas, and Landry Fields would finally have the time for a collaboration with Spike Lee, but the rest of the team would be utterly adrift. And if that weren't bad enough news, here's Knicks owner James Dolan performing his latest hit single..."Fix The Knicks." Watch/listen below: more ›

After months of chewing our fingernails and clutching our Rex Ryan bobblehead, it appears as though the NFL lockout may finally be resolved before the end of the week. If it happens, there is expected to be an immediate frenzied period of trades, deals and player movement across the league. And just as Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie isn't tied down to any one baby mama, he made it clear that he wasn't tied down to any one team. more ›

Call the NBA and the NFL the Dynamic Dolts, because both leagues are about to be locked out. The NBA will join the lockout party today, as NBA player union representative Billy Hunter stated that the owners will lock out the players tonight, officially putting next season in jeopardy. more ›

The NFL is still in lockout mode, and there's no indication that it'll be ending anytime soon, but we are all very desperate for some football news. Shouldn't Rex Ryan have come out with his vanity CD of sweet jams for makin' whoopee by now? Finally yesterday, we got some "real" news: the NFL announced the 2011-2012 season schedule, or as one Times reporter put it, "the worst tease in the history of sports." more ›

The Kobe Bryant Apology Tour continued yesterday, after the N.B.A. star was fined $100,000 for mouthing an obscene homophobic slur at a referee earlier this week. Bryant made a public apology Wednesday, and also personally called the president of the Human Rights Campaign to apologize some more. But Bryant, who has some experience with handling bad PR, took a more forceful stance today, and vowed to eradicate the word from the english language: "It's about getting that message out there man, to kill that word. Just don't use it, just don't use it. And hopefully others can learn from the situation that occured and just knock that word out completely," he said on the Dan Patrick Show. more ›

Thanks, Alphabet! Because the New England Patriots' UGG Spokesman's last name begins with a B, he is listed first in the former players union's antitrust lawsuit to stop the NFL lockout. Which means the suit is named "Brady v. The NFL," something that could potentially ruin the quarterback's reputation. He'll just have to cry himself to sleep on his bed of money with his supermodel wife. more ›

With the NFL and the players union unable to come to an agreement about how to share the more $9 billion in profits that professional football generates every year, the NFL entered its first lockout in more than 20 years. The Jets and Giants both reacted to the news with tempered optimism: "It may take longer than we all had hoped, but New York Jets fans should know that a deal will get done and I remain confident that there will be NFL football in 2011," said Jets owner Woody Johnson, who went on to place blame on the players union for not negotiating more. Giants team president and CEO John Mara released his own statement directed toward Giants fans: more ›

The inevitable has happened: despite postponing the talks for an extra week, talks between the NFL and the players union have broken down, ensuring there will be a lockout in football for the foreseeable future. The NFL Players Association filed papers today to decertify, disbanding the union and giving it the chance to sue the NFL under a lockout. more ›

[Big Update Below] Sometimes a romantic gesture can land you in the hospital. No, not that kind of gesture. The Daily News today has a story about the kind of incident we're talking about. Last night a 30-year-old Romeo tried to visit his girlfriend in Morningside Heights. But when he got to her building around midnight nobody answered the door. But he was there, and it being Valentine's and all, he went for the romantic gesture and climbed up her fire escape. All was well until he got to the third floor, at which point he slipped and fell back to the ground. more ›

It's been an exciting season for NY football fans: Rex Ryan and the Jets will meet UGG boots spokesman Tom Brady and the Patriots in a decisive divisional game next Monday that will likely determine the number one seed in the AFC; the Giants meanwhile are tied for first place in the NFC East with the Eagles. Some are even starting to murmur about a Jets-Giants Super Bowl. Everybody better enjoy it while it lasts, because there's still a possibility that there may be no Super Bowl next year. more ›

Early yesterday morning, a woman fell to her death outside an Upper West Side townhouse. It's believed that 37-year-old woman was locked out of an apartment at 152 West 76th Street, so she tried to climb in from the outside. more ›

A 29-year-old man fell to his death on Wednesday night when he seemingly tried to find a way into his locked apartment in Greenwich Village. The Post reports that Matthew Morahan had been drinking earlier and was "trying to climb onto his balcony from the roof... Though police had not officially ruled out suicide, a police source and neighbors said [he] had told the super he lost his keys -- only minutes before he fell at 11:45 p.m." Apparently there was a "three-foot wall that separates a rooftop walkway from his terrace" and it's suspected he slipped on that and fell 11 stories. Morahan, a bond trader, landed on a truck "with a bang so loud that 911 callers reported hearing an explosion." He was dead by the time responders arrived. Morahan's neighbor told the Post, "This guy was very friendly, very happy... This was a tragic accident." more ›