"It was leaked by somebody at Nike. We had always had a plan to kind of roll it out over a 30-day period so we're going to start rolling it out" – Dolphins CEO Mike Dee, on the team's new logo (South Florida SUN-SENTINEL, 3/28).
“Miami Hurricanes Claim More Unethical Behavior By NCAA” – Headline in MIAMI HERALD as the Univ. of Miami is set to submit a motion on Friday to the NCAA to dismiss the investigation into the school and its former coaches (MIAMI HERALD, 3/28).
"This is our 15 minutes. Now we've got to capitalize on it" – Florida Gulf Coast Univ. Dir of Corporate Partnerships & Marketing Denise Da Silveira, on using the basketball team's March Madness run to raise awareness of the school (SI.com, 3/27).
"Excellent impression in my world is exactly the same as 'hugely impressed' or 'greatly impressed'" – IOC VP Craig Reedie, referring to his comments about Tokyo and Madrid after site visits earlier this month. Reedie earlier had said that Istanbul had made an "excellent impression" during this week's site visit (REUTERS, 3/28).
