“The tournament will continue. It’s too important for us. This is a marquee event for us” – LPGA Commissioner Michael Whan, on this being the last year that Kraft will title sponsor the Kraft Nabisco Championship. The tournament gets underway this week at Mission Hills Country Club in California (Palm Springs DESERT SUN, 3/29).
“I would like to see it, in all honesty, like baseball. If there’s a kid that wants to come right out of high school that’s ready to go, he might be able to do that, and if not, he goes to college three years” – Wizards coach Randy Wittman, on the NBA’s age limit (WASHINGTON POST, 3/30).
“Sometimes I think young people need to learn how to relax. That’s one of the things we hope baseball offers. I don’t think baseball will ever lose its place, but we have to continue to fight for its place” – Triple-A Int'l League Columbus Clippers President & GM Ken Schnacke, on where baseball fits in today’s changing culture (COLUMBUS DISPATCH, 3/31).
"I don’t think Tom Hicks prepped Jon Daniels really well and oversaw the relationship enough to make sure it got off on the level that it probably should have" – Astros Exec Advisor Nolan Ryan, on why his relationship with MLB Rangers President of Baseball Operations & GM Jon Daniels during his tenure with the team was tumultuous (FT. WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, 3/30).
