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Amid reports that the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association had agreed on a seven-year extension of their collective-bargaining agreement, NBA commissioner Adam Silver clarified that while both sides are closer, a deal has not yet been reached.The current collective bargaining agreement between the NBA and the NBPA runs through June 2021, with both sides holding the right until Dec. 15 to express an intent to opt out in 2017.The reports arent far off, but were not quite there, yet, Silver said Tuesday morning on ESPNs Mike & Mike. I think weve had very productive meetings ... both sides came to the table with a spirit of partnership, with a sense that things are going very well in the league right now. As I just mentioned, weve had a huge influx of money because our new television deals and I think both sides understood that we would both be blamed if we screwed this up, given the amount of money we were dividing between the teams and the players.The conversations have been productive. Were not finished, yet, but I think were close to an understanding on the key issues. Theres a few weeks of negotiating left to happen, but I feel really good about it. I think Michele Roberts, who came in to run the players association, I think she approached it the same way as her star players, you know, lets get down to business; lets focus on whats best for the league, for our fans, the players, so Im fairly confident were going to get that done in the next month.Negotiations on the last CBA led to a five-month work stoppage that lasted until December 2011 and shortened the 2011-12 season by 16 games, marking only the second time in league history that a labor impasse led to a reduced schedule.With the league in a healthy state and money flowing into the game at unprecedented levels, there is strong motivation on all sides to avoid a work stoppage this time around.Adrian Peterson Youth Jersey . -- Kyrie Irvings last-minute 3-pointer helped seal another victory for Cleveland -- and the Cavaliers longest winning streak since LeBron James left. Brian ONeill Jersey . Michell Burger, a woman who lives on an estate next to Pistorius gated community, said she and her husband were awoken by the screams in the pre-dawn hours of Feb. 14 last year, when Pistorius killed Reeva Steenkamp by shooting four times through a door in his bathroom. http://www.authenticvikingspro.com/Dru-samia-vikings-jersey/ . Wall made the comment in a speech to a Regina business crowd that included Lesnar. The U.S. wrestler and retired mixed martial artist says he was visiting his brothers farm in Saskatchewan and decided he wanted to hear what the premier had to say. Cris Carter Jersey . How great will be revealed in the next couple of days at the board of governors meeting in Pebble Beach, Calif. Cris Carter Vikings Jersey . Klitschkos management company says the bout will be the Ukrainian fighters 25th world championship fight. The 1.83-meter (6-foot) Leapai defeated the previously unbeaten Denis Boytsov in November to become the WBOs mandatory challenger.CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Nigia Greene scored 14 points and Laura Cornelius added 13 to lead four players in double figures, and No. 14 Miami beat Loyola of Chicago 81-43 on Tuesday.Senior guard Adrienne Motley, who entered the game with 1,497 points in her Miami career, scored 12 to become the ninth player in program history to reach 1,500. Erykah Davenport finished with 10 points and nine rebounds.The Hurricanes (8-1) shot 33 of 71 and hit 10 of 31 from beyond the arc, taking charge with a dominant third quarter. Miami also ruled the glass 48-31 and registered seven blocks.The Ramblers (0-8), picked to finish last in the Missouri Valley Conference preseason poll, stayed close for one half but were trounced 29-8 in the third. Katiie Salmon led Loyola with 12 points, while freshman guard Kaitlyn Williams, the teams leading scorer, finished with only six and zero assists.ddddddddddddThe Hurricanes gained an early lead, closing the opening period with an 11-2 run for a 20-11 edge.The Ramblers stayed within striking distance in the second and trailed 32-22 at the break. But after Salmons jumper cut the Miami lead to 32-24 to start the third, the Hurricanes allowed only three more baskets in the period as they pulled away.Keyona Hayes hit a short jumper and Cornelius followed with another to start the decisive third-period surge. ' ' '