Quick Hits....

“Merril Hoge doesn’t work here or coach here. He has no say. Media is media” – Browns WR Josh Gordon, on the ESPN analyst’s comments that the team should bench Gordon for lack of effort (AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 12/15).

"How do I benchmark this? In the 40 or so years in athletics, there have been big moments. Ben Johnson in 1988, Marion Jones, this is up there and nobody is remotely suggesting these allegations are not serious" – IAAF VP Sebastian Coe, on allegations of widespread doping and cover-ups by the governing body (REUTERS, 12/15).

"That’s not a fair fight" – Red Sox COO Sam Kennedy, on if it comes down to the Krafts and the Red Sox to host the Winter Classic (“The Mustard & Johnson Show,” WEEI-FM, 12/13).