Dan Rather (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/dan_rather/index.html?inline=nyt-per), whose agreement to leave CBS News after 44 years could be final as soon as this evening, said in an interview today that he was seriously considering an offer from Mark Cuban (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/mark_cuban/index.html?inline=nyt-per), the unbridled owner of the Dallas Mavericks, to be the host and producer of a one-hour weekly news program for HDNet, a high-definition television channel that Mr. Cuban's company owns.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/16/business/media/16cnd-rather.html?ei=5094&en=83f6c355e0c698f3&hp=&ex=1150516800&adxnnl=1&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=1150486161-p7WW7fMYWmAamCjA9JxJlg

Dan Rather Bows Out With a Blast at CBS

Newsman Leaving Network After 44 Years

More Here (http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=10221)

Dan Rather couldn't carry Walter Chronkite's jock strap...