“In a lot of ways, we think we're restoring baseball to when it was most popular” -- MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, on the league's new rule changes helping keep the game relevant and exciting (“GMA,” ABC, 3/28).
“The hope is for a sale that happens and that happens where the terms are normal and acceptable, like with Denver and the Bowlen family to the Waltons” -- Colts owner Jim Irsay, on his expectations for Dan Snyder’s sale of the Commanders (WASHINGTON POST, 3/27).
“The teams in this year’s Final Four are Miami, Florida Atlantic, UConn and San Diego State. The only way your brackets got those four teams is if you filled it out this morning. I’ll be honest, I think two of those teams might just be online universities. CBS is like, ‘Just to keep people interested you guys mind wearing these jerseys that say Duke on the front?’” -- NBC’s Jimmy Fallon (“The Tonight Show,” NBC, 3/27).
“He sits down at the table and then reporters are reading off Twitter, ‘By the way, Lamar Jackson has requested a trade,’ which obviously Harbaugh knew about but having to respond in real time was really fascinating and it did ramp up the intensity of what was already a crazy and bizarre situation” -- NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, on Ravens coach John Harbaugh, speaking at the NFL owners meetings, addressing the tweet from Ravens QB Lamar Jackson in which he noted he asked to be traded earlier in the month (“NFL Total Access,” NFL Network, 3/27).
