Dan Rather to Prove Cuban's Claim: NBA Fixed?

By now everyone has heard that Dan Rather's days at CBS are over:

CBS is expected to announce Tuesday that former "CBS Evening News" anchor Dan Rather will leave the company after 44 years at the network. Rather's contract runs through November but he is expected to leave the network immediately to pursue other opportunities.............

The interesting part of the story seems to be that Rather may become a blogger and join Mark Cuban's HDNet:

Rather is said to be talking to others about opportunities, including doing a one-hour newscast/interview show for HDNet. HDNet chief Mark Cuban confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Friday that he was talking to the former CBS News anchor...............

Speaking of Cuban, after his team went down 3-2 against the Heat, Cuban is claiming that the NBA is fixed:

Cuban then turned to Stern and other NBA officials who were seated at the scorer's table and was overheard to shout venomously in the jubilant din, ``[Bleep] you! [Bleep] you! Your league is rigged!''

Greg Cote of the Miami Herald makes a great observation over the location of the Dallas team and the greatest of grassy knoll conspiracies:

There could not be a more perfect locale than Dallas for these NBA Finals to resume tonight. Just a few miles from the basketball arena is the infamous grassy knoll, national Mecca of conspiracy theorists. We presume that when the Mavericks' owner, coach and players talk these days about looking at film, it might not be game film but rather Abraham Zapruder's grainy home movie...........

Now back to the Rather-Cuban possible partnership. I believe that the biggest of recent conspiracy frauds blossomed and then fell apart in Texas back in the fall of 2004 via Rather's last story........................If Rather does join Cuban's HDNet, can a Lucy Ramirez "type" giving Rather documents at a live stock auction that proves the NBA is in fact fixed, be far off...................

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Look for the Cuban "NBA Fixed" story to "heat-up"......................95-92 Miami wins the championship.................grassy knoll rocket juice............

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WaPo has a wrap on Hurrican Dan's career written by Howard Kurtz. It includes a quote from Cuban:

"We hope to do a deal where he produces a show that uncovers news. Information with a payoff. . . . I will tell you that there won't be any corporate considerations. No earnings per share issues. No worries about advertisers and what they might think," Cuban wrote....................

God help us.............the Rather - Cuban connection could be "very" entertaining................

Cuban responds to the NBA rigged claim over at his blog maverick:

Two other things. Apparently the Miami Herald is reporting i screamed at the NBA comissioner after the game the other night. Didnt happen. Didnt say a word to the man. Not a single word. And that was absolutely by intention. Apparently this “reporter” has written he has several “sources”. Well they must be the same sources the tabloids use to find two headed babys and aliens, because it didnt happen...............

Rather, Cuban and stories about two headed babies and aliens...................can't wait.........................