The NBA and National Basketball Players Association will contribute $1 million to support relief efforts in response to the destruction caused by the tornado in the Oklahoma City area, according to a release.

It also names the National Basketball Players Association and Jamie Wior, Fisher's publicist, and says Fisher and Wior worked after the lockout ended ''to terminate his employment without cause and in violation of his contract.

Billy Hunter, former Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association (R) has filed a lawsuit that includes Derek Fisher, President of the National Basketball Players Association, as a defendant. (Image credit: Getty Images via ...

Former National Basketball Players Association Executive Director Billy Hunter sued the union and its president in California state court alleging the union's head, Derek Fisher, engaged in secret negotiations with team owners to end the 2011 lockout, ...

Joseph Lombardo, founder of Prim Capital Corp., which advises the National Basketball Players Association, faces U.S. criminal charges that he obstructed a federal grand jury probe of a $3 million fraud scheme.

The Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office alleges that Kaufman was one of the principals of Prim Capital Corp. which attempted "to defraud the National Basketball Players Association of $3 million through the use of a fraudulent retention contract." The ...

Following a commercial break, Schieffer was joined by Domonique Foxworth, the president of the NFL Players Association, Ted Leonsis, the owner of three Washington sports franchises, Chris Stone, the managing editor of Sports Illustrated, and New York ...

Momentum had been growing in recent months for an active player in the National Football League, National Hockey League, National Basketball Association or Major League Baseball to come out. NBA player comes out of the closet. Navratilova: Collins ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) - NBA players union president Derek Fisher made secret deals with team owners during the 2011 lockout, for his own benefit, then "waged a personal campaign" to replace G. William Hunter as the union boss, Hunter claims in court.

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- A Gates Mills financial adviser who handled $250 million in investments for the National Basketball Players Association is accused of trying to defraud the union of $3 million through a bogus contract and then lying about it to a ...