The WNBPA has accepted a proposed free agent moratorium that delays free agency until a new collective bargaining agreement is signed and shelves a labor law loophole that would have allowed teams to submit low qualifying offers to the 100 pending free agents heading into the 2026 season.

The Magic arrived in Berlin overnight for Thursday’s NBA Global Game, where they are the unofficial “home team” for home reasons. Two of their players, Franz and Moe Wagner, grew up 10 minutes from AEG’s Uber Arena, and a third player -- Tristan da Silva -- was born and raised in Munich. Their oppon...

The distance from Orlando to Berlin is 4,900 miles, the equivalent of 1.09 million NBA 3-point lines.

The WNBA’s collective bargaining agreement expired Friday night without an extension or deal, meaning a player strike -- more likely than a lockout -- is a realistic possibility in the coming weeks or months if negotiations over revenue sharing continue to stall.

On Nov. 30 at 2300 Hours -- with everyone’s fingers tapping -- the WNBA and its players union agreed to a 40-day extension of their collective bargaining agreement. The 40 days are up tonight.

Although nine MLB teams terminated their local broadcast deals with Main Street Sports Group this week, sources told SBJ those teams are expecting revised offers from Main Street on Friday to coerce them to return.

In the first sign that a WNBA player strike or lockout could be imminent, the league’s union has created WNBPA Player Hubs across the U.S. and in Spain so that -- in the event of a work stoppage -- players “can train, recover, and protect their health regardless of league operations.”

Main Street Sports Group has insinuated to the NBA, MLB and NHL that, with its pending sale to DAZN teetering, it is in talks with a second potential buyer that could conceivably keep its FanDuel Sports Network broadcasts afloat, sources told SBJ Wednesday.

The thank you notes Monday began “Deer Peter” -- because PETER FEIGIN leaves Milwaukee now with the Deer District and “Fear the Deer” in his rearview mirror.

Main Street Sports Group has missed its January payments to numerous undisclosed NBA teams, sources told SBJ today, as its delicate sale to DAZN and uncertain future has now trickled from MLB to pro basketball.