Quick Hits....

"It'll be huge for the game, especially on the women's side. Our tour is growing dramatically ever since I turned professional, but to have a combined event, I think it'll bring a huge fan base" – Golfer Lexi Thompson, on the possibility of a combined men's/women's tournament (USATODAY.com, 12/9).

"I don't think it should be allowed all the time. Guys do probably get out of hand and put stuff that shouldn't be promoted on their cleats, so I think that's why we have a structure on what we can wear on our cleats and what we can wear on any part of our body when we're playing in a game" – Titans TE Delanie Walker, on players wearing customized cleats to support charities of their choice (Nashville TENNESSEAN, 12/11).

"There are pros and cons about his election into the Hall of Fame, but I do know that no previous commissioner was as passionately in love with baseball itself as Bud Selig" – The Boston Globe’s Bob Ryan (“Sports Reporters,” ESPN2, 12/11).