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NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA and its players’ union met at a hotel Tuesday to continue discussions on reaching a new collective bargaining agreement, with a deadline to get the season started on time at hand.
The meeting comes on a day that the league has said at least a handshake agreement on a labor deal would need to be done to start the season as scheduled.
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