“Baseball is a 10- or an 11-figure business right now. … You’re no longer in position to separate baseball from the Targets and Walmarts that have been breached” – Int’l Spy Museum historian and curator Dr. Vince Houghton, on the FBI and Justice Department investigating the Cardinals for hacking into the Astros’ computer system (ESPN.com, 6/23).
“I did a great job last year shedding things and getting us into a position where we have this flexibility” – Knicks President of Basketball Operations Phil Jackson, alluding to several salary-dumping trades made during a season that included a team record 65 losses (N.Y. TIMES, 6/24).
“I thought it would be a great challenge. I’m looking forward to sitting down and putting my teeth into a lot of stuff that we have going on right now, the projects” – UCF football coach George O’Leary, on serving as the school’s interim AD (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 6/24).
“I don’t recall, in my 27 years, ever having a game where we were this busy” – Green Bay Police Captain Paul Ebel, on ejecting 250-300 and arresting 25 people during Saturday’s Kenny Chesney-Jason Aldean concert at Lambeau Field (GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE, 6/23).
