"Listen, there was a lot of media hysteria about conference realignment. Our donors, supporters and alumni are committed to UConn. It's never been an obsession among them (to get out of the American) because they realize so much of it is out of our control that we can't change" – UConn President Susan Herbst, on why the school is content as a member of the AAC (HARTFORD COURANT, 4/6).
"The coaches in this league, in this day and era, are soft; the players are soft, how can you build something?" – Former NBAer Charles Oakley, on the current state of the NBA (BOSTON GLOBE, 4/6).
"(It) always has been the highest-rated and most anticipated golf tournament of the year. That was true before Tiger played in it. It's true when Tiger (plays) in it and it will be true when Tiger is no longer playing" – CBS Sports Chair Sean McManus, on how Tiger Woods' absence from The Masters will impact the tournament's appeal (L.A. TIMES, 4/6).
"These colleges are greedy, man. They want to keep a kid ... in school if they start to win" – Basketball HOFer Oscar Robertson, on why he thinks colleges are selfish for wanting to keep basketball players from going to the NBA (AP, 4/5).
"My question is, are we ever going to get to a point where an athletics director and a president says, ‘I don’t care about the money'?" – ESPN's Doris Burke, on why she is disheartened by the Univ. of Maryland's upcoming move from to the Big Ten (Baltimore SUN, 4/6).
“From the National Anthem playing (on) electric guitar to the bikini clad dancers suspended in midair throughout the game, The L.A. Kiss delivered” – ESPN’s Bram Weinstein, on the AFL team’s home debut yesterday (“SportsCenter,” ESPN, 4/6).
