I can't recall seeing more jockeying for position for a game ticket than in the last few days. I was just recently reminded of how many friends and colleagues in the state of Texas whom I have lost touch with. |
I don't think the WNBA is going to disappear from the sports landscape anytime soon. It's likely to keep chugging along. It's never going to be part of the mainstream in pro sports leagues, but it can find its place as long as expectations don't get too high. |
I feel sometimes that we don't give children enough credit to deal with complicated issues. I don't think we should be in the business of sheltering young people from the past. If young people don't know the past, then we are not doing an honest job of confronting the full richness of history. |
I'm excited. UCLA is one of the best schools out there in both sports and academics. |
I've had several years where I have not been where I want to be. You have to look at yourself and see where you can get better. For years I didn't improve and others went past me. |
If anything should go on the historic register, this farm should. It was a showplace. |
If people remember these games, they're going to think back on them as the ones where Americans fell flat on their face literally and figuratively. The advertisers are going to be reticent to use these athletes, even the ones who did well. |
In order for baseball to succeed in this latest attempt to go global, you need the players and their agents to get behind it. You need players to market the game, not diminish the game's stature. |
Is there risk if they don't live up to the hype? Yes. But there's dramatic upside if you can convince someone who is 13 or 14 to start wearing your shoes or get their parents to get them your cell phone because of that endorsement. |
It's a very appropriate admission that she's in the entertainment business and a global entity. |
It's an incredible challenge and an incredible burden. |
It's hard not to be bullish on Los Angeles, |
It's just going to have to come out of my profits for now, and hopefully the prices will drop soon, ... I think this is price gouging. They are trying to get what they can while they can. You have to have gas, so what are you gonna do? |
It's played out about as well as the commissioner hoped for. You've had good match-ups, upsets and nationalism. |
Michael Ovitz brings three major things to the table that the NFL likes. He brings political savvy, business connections, and a tremendous amount of money, |