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Posted on: Friday, October 23, 2009

NBA: Refs ratify agreement, will return to work


Associated Press

NEW YORK — The NBA and its referees union have reached agreement on a two-year contract, ending a lockout of more than a month.

The officials approved the deal that was reached earlier this week in a vote Friday night. No details of the vote were provided, nor were terms of the agreement.
The referees will have a training camp this weekend and be ready when the regular season starts Tuesday. The league had been using replacement officials during exhibition play.