NO PROGRESS IN WNBA CBA TALKS, AS SIDES FAR APART ON SALARY

          The WNBA and its players' association "failed to make
     progress on issues separating them" in their CBA
     negotiations, according to Scott Soshnick of BLOOMBERG NEWS. 
     Among the issues separating the sides are minimum salary and
     the allotment of former ABL players.  A source close to the
     talks said that the league is "offering a minimum salary" of
     $20,000, up $5,000 from last season, but the "union is
     seeking" $45,000, which "represents about" a $2M difference. 
     The league also "wants to allow" 52 ABL players into the
     league, while the union "is proposing" 24 (BLOOMBERG, 3/23).