AP – NBA arenas are about to be unlocked.

AP – Loyola Marymount knocked off its second ranked opponent of the season Tuesday night. Still, coach Max Good is taking it in stride.

Reuters – Fans outraged over two college sex abuse scandals and frustrated over labor unrest in the NBA are unlikely to go so far as to abandon TV sports, ESPN’s incoming president told Reuters on Monday.

AP – McNeese State coach Dave Simmons saw plenty of progress in his team against No. 24 California on Monday night.

Reuters – The National Basketball Association (NBA) and its players have reached a tentative deal on a new collective bargaining agreement which paves the way for a 66-game season starting on Christmas Day.

AP – Bradford Burgess couldn’t take solace from the fact that VCU hung in there with No. 13 Alabama and his former coach for 36 minutes.

AP – No, the NBA lockout is not over. Not yet, but soon — once owners and players approve the deal that would have NBA games resume on Christmas Day. Here’s a look at some of the most prevalent questions about the state of things in the league right now.

AP – Matt Barkley passed for 423 yards and six touchdowns in his possible Coliseum farewell, Robert Woods set the conference’s single-season receptions record while catching 12 passes for 113 yards and two TDs, and No. 10 Southern California finished its resurgent season with a 50-0 demolition of Pac-12 title game-bound UCLA on Saturday night.

Reuters – NBA owners and players met on Friday to try to reach an agreement that would salvage the league’s Christmas Day marquee schedule.

AP – Brittany Rayburn scored 16 points and No. 15 Purdue outlasted Kansas State 46-42 in overtime on Friday night in the Cancun Challenge.