"I made a mistake starting tackle football at 9 years old. Now, CTE has taken my life away. Youth tackle football is all risk with no reward" -- Pro Football HOFer Nick Buoniconti, on his battle with dementia and advice to youth football parents (PALM BEACH POST, 1/19).
"Most of this stadium is going to be digitized. So we're going to be able to, in simple terms, flip and switch and make it really Chargers oriented. We're not to that point right now, but that's our goal" -- Chargers Chair Dean Spanos, on the team's upcoming joint stadium with the Rams in Inglewood (ESPN.com, 1/18).
"Thomas is completed humbled by this. We set the goal earlier this morning, thinking it was a large number and that we wanted to be aspirational. It is not even 12 hours later and we have crushed it. It's pretty cool" -- What You Give Will Grow Exec Dir Dennis Lomonaco, who heads up Saints P Thomas Morstead's foundation, on Vikings fans donating more than $150,000 to Morestead's charity after he played through torn cartilage in his ribs in last Sunday's playoff game (NOLA.com, 1/18).
