Even at North Dakota State, football is a big deal.
It brought Pittsburgh into the picture of football teams in the National Football League that, ‘OK, you have to deal with us now.’
If the Indy Racing League didn't have the Indianapolis 500, do you think it would have lasted more than six months? No chance.
Sometimes we're the big game in town. Other times, we're kind of a side show. (on Manchester City)
You always hear that tragedies put sports in perspective, that they prove we shouldn't care this much about the successes and failures of a bunch of wealthy strangers. I'm going the other way - sometimes, sports put everything else in perspective.
Statistics are to baseball what a flaky crust is to Mom's apple pie.
I don't think there are many larger lessons to be found in sports.
I'm so sick and tired of people in the media telling us that because of the war, sports aren't important. Fans need sports. We'd have only crime and war to watch on TV if not for sports.
The wonderful thing about delivering sports commentary on NPR was that because it has such a broad audience, I was able to reach people who otherwise had little or no interest in sport - especially as an important part of our human culture.
If you win the conference tournament, it doesn't mean anything.
Tiger is the greatest thing that's happened to the tour in a long time. He has brought incredible attention to golf at a time of year when football and the World Series always take precedence. Everything I've heard about him seems to be true.
Nobody wants to see teams out of contention showcased in December and January. I'm sure this is something that will be discussed again this off-season.
