Quick Hits....

“We now have a precedent set where a conference has made a conscious decision not to hold a competition during Championship Week because it’s too dangerous for the welfare and being of all the people involved” -- CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein, on the Ivy League cancelling its conference tournament due to the threat of coronavirus (“Moose & Maggie,” WFAN-AM, 3/10).

“They’re like beer when you’re younger. At first it tastes weird but then as you get older you realize it’s cool to drink them” -- Golfer Rory McIlroy, on Pete Dye-designed golf courses such as TPC Sawgrass, which is hosting The Players this week (TWITTER.com, 3/10).

"It's like baseball in that it's not the length of game, it's the pace of play. You want to find a happy medium where the game isn't affected to a large extent, but it creates a little more excitement and a little more action" -- World Curling Federation Athlete Commission member Nolan Thiessen, amid possible "radical rule changes" to improve pace of play (AP, 3/10).