“It hasn’t been bothersome from a sponsorship standpoint, yet, that I know of. I know it could be if it continues to keep going, but it’s the wrong brother” – NASCAR driver Kyle Bush, on his name mistakenly being used in media reports about his brother Kurt Busch's domestic abuse probe (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 1/27).
“If I ever was going to miss the start of the Super Bowl, I guess being in one of the final groups, with a chance to win a PGA Tour event, would be the best-case scenario” – Golfer Keegan Bradley, who is a Patriots fan and plans to attend Super Bowl XLIX following the conclusion of the Waste Management Phoenix Open (N.Y. TIMES, 1/27).
“You can’t tell people where to play and it will never happen. That’s just people coming up with ideas of how to create more offense” – Indians manager Terry Francona, on MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred saying he would consider banning defensive shifts in baseball (Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, 1/27).
"I was trying to blend in. There's not a lot of brown dudes at ski races" – Tiger Woods, on the reason for wearing a skull mask to girlfriend Lindsey Vonn's race last week in Italy (CBSSPORTS.com, 1/27).
