“There’s no other team in the Mid-South. There’s a huge opportunity for us to build a fan base in Little Rock, in Jackson, in Nashville and be a regional, Mid-South team” – Grizzlies Vice Chair Steve Kaplan, on his reasons for investing in the team (Memphis COMMERCIAL APPEAL, 4/27).
“Geography was considered to be a little bit more important than it was the last time because the footprint keeps getting bigger” – Univ. of Michigan AD Dave Brandon, on the Big Ten adopting an East-West breakdown in new divisional alignments (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 4/28).
“If you really want to be serious about it and find about what’s really going on, we need to do blood testing. I think it’s disgraceful, to tell you the truth. The golf associations have to get together and step it up” – Greg Norman, on golf’s anti-doping procedures (THE AUSTRALIAN, 4/29).
“If Jeannie Buss takes control, the Lakers will be back” – ESPN’s Magic Johnson, on what the Lakers can do this offseason to improve the team (“NBA Countdown,” ABC, 4/28).
“The baseball season is a lot more interesting when the Red Sox are good, rather than awful” – The N.Y. Daily News’ Mike Lupica (“The Sports Reporters,” ESPN, 4/28).
"I had nothing to do with the decision. I was informed of the decision by the baseball department. I told them it was their call" – Marlins Owner Jeffrey Loria, on a report that he had ordered a change to the starting pitching rotation for last Tuesday's doubleheader against the Twins (FOXSPORTS.com, 4/27).
