working on his swing here is jason kidd, fresh off the dallas mavericks championship season. the veteran point guard discussed what he really thinks of mavericks owner mark cuban, and how it felt finally getting that championship ring. >> it's a dream come true. as a kid growing up, you always dreamed about winning a championship. and i thought i would do it after i got drafted. but it took me 17 years to do it. and i'm happy that i did it with the group of guys in dallas, the team that drafted me that. >> is just terrific. has it changed your life? >> unfortunately, no. i'm waiting, though, i'm waiting. i think it changes once you get the ring. and so hopefully that is soon. >> wow. as one of his players, describe mark cuban's style of ownership. he has been on the program many times. do you think his distinct style is good for the nba sports or not? >> i think cuban's the best. i think he is by far one of the best owners in sports. and he needs to get more -- he should go out and buy the dodgers. it's hard to pay that, but he would be great in baseball. circumstances that ri

these are the dallas mavericks. not the dallas cowboys cheerleaders.one needs to see dirk nowitzki in higher definition. it was a difficult series for lebron james. at this point, lebron james could have shot bin laden and people would be like, but you only took one shot. the governor of ohio today issued resolution praising the dallas mavericks, who do not reside in ohio, as far as i know, for beating the miami heat, without naming lebron james specifically, the resolution commended the mavericks for their loyalty, integrity and team work and made them honorary ohioans. ohioans? which i guess is an honor? the resolution also singled out mvp dirk nowitzki for choosing to re-sign with the mavericks and skip free agency, this remaining to the team, city and fans for whom he played the entire career. obviously lebron james did not do that. when did the state of ohio become a crazy ex-girlfriend? [ laughter ] it's time to get over this. the best thing to happen to your state is a basketball team from another state winning the nba title, things are not nece

the fact is, the dallas mavericks' payroll last year was $85 million which is well over the $58 million salary cap. they paid a luxury tax to bring in all of these high-priced veteran players who also got them a championship. so they wanted that much far away from buying a championship. >> hunt: sally, we talked about the players, we talked about the owners, you write about the fans. what what is at stake and what is the affect on the fans in all of this? >> well, the one thing we know the n.b.a. nation negotiations or lack of them and the n.f.l. notions is that there's one party here who's not going to be made a concession to and that's the ticket buyer. whatever happens here, the one group that's not going to catch a break is the fan. because all of these costs of these negotiations are going to trickle down when the n.b.a. and the n.f.l. talk about the incredible growth that they've had in the last ten years and they expec in anothe ten years i mean, their revenues have skyrocketed each and ever year. all of that revenue is other people's money. that fact tends to get lost in these n

. >> the center from the 2011 champion dallas mavericks tyson chandler. >> jimmy: wait a minute, dide first lady of nails? and that wasn't all. >> from bravo's hit show "the real housewives of new jersey," caroline manzo. >> penn gillette. marcus allen. and miss universe 2006, miss zuleyka rivera. >> jimmy: oh, of course. is this the miss usa pageant or the cast of next season's "celebrity rehab?" because it's hard to tell. a 21-year-old from california won miss usa. so in your face, uglier states. [ applause ] she will now go on to compete in the miss universe competition. while her runner-up miss tennessee will go on to marry an orthodontist, so congratulations. meanwhile, miss alaska, bristol palin, is back in the news. she's releasing a memoir tomorrow called "not afraid of life: my journey so far." she told the story how she lost her virginity. she says she lost it on a hike while drinking wine coolers. wine coolers? where did theyhike, back to 1988? because -- bristol and her boyfriend levi johnston were on a camping trip, drunk on wine coolers. when she woke up in the morning,

finals between the dallas mavericks and the miami heat drew some of the best t.v. ratings in years.ld be the last basketballçç fans see of their favorite pro players for quite some time. labor talks between players and owners broke down last week, and effective 12:01 am friday, the owners issued a lock out. n.b.a. commissioner david stern: >> i don't know that it went from there to here. we had a great year in terms of appreciation of our fans for our game. it just wasn't a profitable one for the owners and it wasn't one that many of the smaller market teams particularly enjoyed orçç felt included in. >> woodruff: at issue, owners want to set a firm limit on player salaries. share a smaller portion of the league's roughly $3.8 billion in annual revenue with the players and implement shorter player contracts. but with the october start of the 2011-2012 season now in jeopardy, player representative derek fisher said the goal is not to miss any games.çç >> any games at this point, still don't like the prospect of a lockout. we don't like it either. it's something our owners feel l

congratulations to the dallas mavericks. they're the champs.ongratulations to those guys. [ cheers and applause ] what a game. man, what a game between the mavs and the heat last night. i actually missed most of it, but then again, so did lebron, so -- [ laughter ] [ audience ohs ] on the bright side, it looks like lebron finally made cleveland fans happy so, that's -- that's good. [ cheers and applause ] took him long enough. you guys, it's been a week and the media continues to beat on weiner. [ laughter and applause ] this weekend, anthony weiner announced that he's taking a leave of absence but that he's leaving the door open. uh -- no word on what he's using for door stops. but he's -- apparently anthony weiner, he won't decide if he's resigning until his wife comes back from her trip to africa with hillary clinton. i don't know what's more ridiculous -- that he thinks he can stay in office or that he thinks his wife is coming back it's just -- [ laughter ] -- funny. speaking of hillary clinton, a new comic book about hillary came out this

right now the owner of the heat, mark cuban, owner ever the dallas mavericks, ryan storr, who owns thejames dolan, even though it knicks are terrible, making money hand over fist, these -- yes? oh, come on. >> talking about -- get out of here. >> look, look -- look, this is james dolan, the sort of guy who speaks about his youthful indiscretions with drugs and alcohol. then you look at fine print and find out he was 49 during his youthful discretion. this is -- dave dolan made his money the old-fashioned way. inherited it. i have no respect for james dolan. >> and i don't think any of this la to do weren't anything. >> i'm sorry. >> the knicks, two all-stars. who you got? >> off on the knicks, i'm not responsible for my actions. the point is, dylan's correct. at the end of the day, it's the fan who takes it on the chin in all this, because these are tough time. we actually need sports. for community cohesion, for distractions, just to put our feet up and forget about the day. the nba just had its best season in memory. the idea there won't be ball this fall? it's horrific to me and, he

. >> reporter: two and a half weeks after the dallas mavericks beat the miami heat for the championship, it looks like that might be the last nba action fans see for awhile. >> i don't think we're closer. in fact, it worries me that we're not closer, and that we spent all this time trying to get closer. we have a huge philosophical divide. >> reporter: nba players are now locked out, joining professional football players who are in the same boat. >> what we're doing on the business of football on the macro scale is about getting a fair deal done, and trying to get back to the game of business of football as quickly as possible. >> reporter: heading into this holiday weekend at a time fans would be dreaming of players who might join their team next season -- >> i think the fans should have a lockup. >> reporter: it's the first time since the winter of '94-'95 when it was hockey and baseball. >> i'll read the paper, watch other tv programs. i'll live without it. >> reporter: three weeks from now football was supposed to open training camps. highly unlikely now. the cry for sports fans, th

no major problems in dallas, as the mavericks held their victory parade today.e than 200,000 fans gathered in 100 degree heat to welcome their heros home. they were serenaded by their gentle german giant and mvp, dirk nowitzki. ♪ we are the champions ♪ we are the champions ♪ no time for losers ♪ because we are the champions ♪ of the world >> jimmy: what a beautiful singing voice he has. like when young frankensteinin sang "putting on the ritz." suddenly shaq's rapping doesn't sound so bad. the big news today, the resignation of congressman weiner in new york. weiner resigned from congress this afternoon, weeks after accidentally posting a close-up photo of his underpants online. you know what? new york's 9th district's loss is bally's total fitness's locker room's game. i guess the pressure was too much for him. you know, it's funny. president clinton had sex and lied about it, he kept his job. anthony weiner didn't have sex and lied about it and he lost his job. i guess the lesson here is, if you're going to lie, you might as well have sex. >> about 20 years ag

we've got some -- i guess you would say some pretty rabid dallas mavericks fans. what's your name? emma. >> i hope that's makeup or else you've got to see a doctor. >> yeah. >> good. >> let's check your weather, shall we? and we're see that for today the week ahead below normal out west. in new england, the mid section of the country, showers and thunderstorms through the southeast. mid week period above normal temperatures spreading. staying cool out west. as we get toward the latter part of the week, much of the country above normal temperatures and showers in new england into the mississippi river valley. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good monday morning to you. well, this foggy start will probably make for a rough commute if you're waking up in san francisco. i do think inland locations will lose that cloud cover probably by about 9:30 today. we're going to see a nice day with temperatures maxing out in the upper 70s, low 80s. then we continue to climb all the way throughout the remainder of the week, getting hot in here thursday through sunday. up to 96