“Do you care if I ask you stuff about baseball?” – Golfer Nick Watney, who is paired with MLB Giants C Buster Posey at the PGA Tour AT&T National Pro-Am, on the first tee of yesterday’s round (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 2/13).
"It's my claim to fame. It's something no one way can take away. It's proof I lived on this earth that I created 'The Splash Brothers'" – Warriors.com writer Brian Witt, who in '12 coined the nickname for Warriors Gs Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson with an in-game tweet (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 2/13).
“We’re going towards 4,000 in advance, and the crowd should be about 5,000. From an MLS perspective, it’s been successful. MLS teams aren’t used to seeing so many at preseason events” – Austin Aztex CEO Rene van de Zande, on the expansion USL club hosting a preseason tournament this weekend that includes DC United, Columbus Crew SC and FC Dallas (AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN, 2/13).
“People are gambling now on sports teams and doing it through bookmakers, which is illegal. And they are going to do it anyway, so why not make it legal? It doesn’t hurt anybody. It’s not something that’s going to hurt people” – Rockets Owner Leslie Alexander, on being in support of amending the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 2/13).
