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“I have no problem with the name. And if they’re willing to help our youth, that’s good, too” – Chippewa Cree Tribe Chair Rick Morsette, on the Redskins providing the tribe with a $200,000 playground (USA TODAY, 8/1).

“I know it’s been there. I heard there were some upset people” – Bulls G Derrick Rose, on lingering tension between some members of his inner circle and the team’s front office (ESPNCHICAGO.com, 7/31).

“We can't do the work of FIFA and UEFA. We hope that in the near future these structures take the corresponding decisions” – Ukrainian Football Federation spokesperson Pavel Ternovoi, on three soccer teams from the Crimea region playing in Russian leagues this season (AP, 8/1).

"He made the classic, the worst, the most self-destructive mistake. The one made by nearly all public figures who do not survive after they do bad things. He never said what happened" – ESPN's Keith Olbermann, on Ravens RB Ray Rice's press conference ("Olbermann," ESPN2, 7/31).

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SBJ I Factor: Gloria Nevarez

SBJ I Factor features an interview with Mountain West Conference Commissioner Gloria Nevarez. The second-ever MWC commissioner chats with SBJ’s Ross Nethery about her climb through the collegiate ranks. Nevarez is a member of SBJ’s Game Changers Class of 2019. Nevarez has had stints at the conference level in the Pac-12, West Coast Conference, and Mountain West Conference as well as at the college level at Oklahoma, Cal, and San Jose State. She shares stories of that journey as well as how being a former student-athlete guides her decision-making today. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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