terry fran cohn, their manager, parted ways. stunning collapses and they're both on the outside looking in now. >> let's go to the nba, the lockout. talks this weekend that include star players like lebron jamesdwyane wade. are those stars getting involved? is that a good sign? >> it helps to have players of that stature. it raises the ego quotient. not a lot got done yesterday. we'll see what happens on monday. you know, these players are fielding offers to play overseas. that's not the case with the nfl. in the nba, though, you've got these ore markets that will pay a competitive wage. that's a really interesting component. these players can go elsewhere if there's no reason. >> there's a report that the commissioner, that david stern that had he had threatened players with cancellation of the entire season if no progress was made. and the league denied that. but are we that close, john, to losing an entire season? >> yeah, you know, 12 years ago, we had a labor situation, they played a 50-game season. that meant losing more than a third to have the games. so we've got some time left. the commissioner was very adamant to say, no, i did not make that threat. clearly, some progress has got to