Quick Hits....

“Please don’t turn off your TV sets, America” – TNT’s Charles Barkley, on the Cavaliers' 72-31 halftime lead over the Celtics in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Friday (“Cavaliers-Celtics,” TNT, 5/19).

"You can’t count on that every year. That’s the reality. But it really is good to see, because the optics have changed over the last five years. We needed that as a league” – ACC Commissioner John Swofford, on the conference's success in football last year (USATODAY.com, 5/21).

"Everybody in the group is cognizant of not interfering with the history of the game, but to look at ways to improve it by focusing on things such as pace of play and dead time" – Red Sox Chair and MLB Competition Committee member Tom Werner, on discussions the group is having about improving the game (BOSTON GLOBE, 5/21).