NEW YORK — Not a lot to tell you at this late hour as the owners and players enter their 14th hour of negotiations, two shy of their record set one week ago, but here are the developments from the lobby of the lockout talks:
_ Chris Mannix of SI.com tweeted: “Sides are still navigating the system issues, source said, but believes a middle ground “is within sight.” BRI split still needs work.
_ Henry Abbott of ESPN.com TrueHoop ate a slice of the pizza after this picture was posted. Brave man.
_ Marc Berman of the New York Post ate one of the mushroom slices at 2:23 a.m. “That was a mistake,” he said.
_ The pros have arrived. And no, we are not talking about basketball players.
_ The free food pipeline has dried up. Paging Larry Coon.
_ The Sheridan boys, John and William, are sound asleep, unaware that the man driving them to school in a few hours will likely be operating a motor vehicle on zero hours of sleep.
_ Danica Patrick will be receiving a few angry tweets from my followers after my site went down at midnight for a few minutes.
Is there a pretty good feeling that they are going to come out with a deal tonight?