Well, I was hoping to wake up this morning to a headline reading: "WNBA, Players Settle on Contract." It didn't happen.

We are getting down to the wire. There's no specific drop-dead time -- it's just the end of the day today. Both sides, meeting in midtown Manhatten, worked into the night last night. It could be another late night tonight.

Mechelle Voepel says they aren't far apart, and that the biggest sticking point remains the free agency question.

Augusta-hater Martha Burk has been campaigning for the players. And yesterday she took aim at Portland owner Paul Allen for folding the Portland Fire. Allen not only refused to keep the team going himself, he also refused a $1 million buy-out from Clyde Drexler and others. Have to agree with Martha on this one -- that was a terrible and unfair decision.