Quick Hits....

"I think you're seeing more guys who are basketball fans purchasing tickets and watching WNBA games because of Brittney" – Mercury Owner Robert Sarver, on C Brittney Griner broadening the appeal of women's basketball (USA TODAY, 6/18).

"This is what's wrong with the NBA in general … because we've seen coaches get fired because players don't like them and we’ve seen coaches get hired because players like them" – ESPN's Hugh Douglas, on Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban attempting to lure free agents by promising to let them help make player personnel decisions ("Numbers Never Lie," ESPN2, 6/18).

"We try not to get too meta. The problem is, I’m such an unabashed St. Louis supporter that it might take people out of the story if Don Draper suddenly is a big Stan Musial fan" – Actor Jon Hamm, a St. Louis native and Cardinals fan, when asked if he has tried to work St. Louis sports references into his role on AMC's "Mad Men" (SPORTINGNEWS.com, 6/17).