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New York Knicks guard Andy Rautins is trying to save up his money during the NBA’s lockout. So he’s done with many young Americans have done: he’s moved back in with his folks.

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NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan, current owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, has become the voice of the owners looking to rip the current players of their fair share of generated league revenue. For so many reasons, this makes Jordan a sellout.

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With little hope for resolution, life must go on for the faction of players unable to earn a living in the NBA this season. Let’s look at some possible new careers as players prepare for a winter without basketball.

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If NBA owners and players don’t come to an agreement by Monday to put an end to the current lockout, the first two weeks of the regular season will be canceled.

Complicating matters is the fact that talks won’t take place on Friday or Saturday in observance of the Jewish Holiday of Yom Kippur.

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Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, 33, has reached a verbal deal to play in Italy during the NBA lockout, said Italian team Virtus Bologna.

“There’s still some things to arrange but at this point I’m very optimistic. I would say it’s 95 percent done,” Virtus president Claudio Sabatini told a local radio station, adding, “This is an important investment and a unique chance for the city of Bologna and all of Italian basketball.”

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Still in the midst of a lockout, the NBA canceled all preseason games from October 9th to the 15th. Originally scheduled to begin October 3rd, player training camps for the 2011-12 season have been postponed indefinitely. With a new CBA agreement nowhere in sight, this probably won't be the first NBA announcement of canceled games.

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Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant is currently overseas holding youth basketball clinics. Bryant says he may stay overseas and play basketball professionally if the NBA lockout continues to threaten the 2011-2012 season.

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The NFL lockout, and negative off-the-field issues were all put to bed on Thursday evening, as the New Orleans Saints, and the Green Bay Packers, put on a memorable opening night show.  

The Packers came away victorious, 42-34, in a match-up of the last two Super Bowl Champions.

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What a long, strange trip it’s been this NFL offseason. It seems like only yesterday the news was filled with talk of  a lockout and threats of a fall and winter without football. It’s now all in the past with nothing left to worry about but the fate of your favorite team

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With the lockout continuing, NBA players have been forced to look elsewhere to fulfill their basketball jones. In the case of Dwight Howard, this journey took him to Japan, where the Orlando Magic center recently dunked on an 11-foot hoop which had been attached to the neck of a 12-foot stuffed giraffe, during an exhibition at a Tokyo mall.

Yes, it all sounds a bit strange, but the crowd gets really into it.

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