SportByte Archives
March 2010
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Posted 03.12.10 "Good
sportsmanship and reasonable standards of
conduct are important." Ted Turner, cable TV
entrepreneur, baseball team owner and yachtsman
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Posted 03.11.10 "I
think I'll take another bite of my coffee."
Frank Gifford, Hall of Fame football player and
NFL broadcaster, while announcing the famous Ice
Bowl game
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Posted 03.10.10 "Playing
in the U.S. Open is like tip-toeing through
hell." Jerry McGee, professional golfer
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Posted 03.09.10 "It
relieves the manager of all responsibility
except to post the lineup card on the dugout
wall and make sure everybody gets to the airport
on time." Red Smith, sportswriter, on the
designated hitter rule
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Posted 03.08.10 "If the
on-deck batter is standing too close to home
plate, you brush him back." Brent Kemnitz,
baseball coach, who was suspended for the rest
of the season after one of his pitchers ended
the career of an on-deck batter with a beanball
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Posted 03.07.10 "In
ancient Rome, citizens befuddled by the
complexities of the waning empire found in
battles waged by the gladiators precisely the
simplistic relief from the government problems
of their day." James Michener, author
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Posted 03.06.10 "How
many guys we got in this league 1,500? Well,
that means there are 1,495 guys he can't lick."
Bill Parcells, football coach, referring to
his kicker, who had told the media he wanted to
get in some hits
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Posted 03.05.10 "Gentlemen,
you are about to play football for Yale. Never
again in your lives will you do anything so
important." Tad Jones, football coach
(1909-27), addressing his team
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Posted 03.04.10 "You
would have to take a stun gun or whatever and
shoot him to get him off that court. He's going
to leave it all out there." Jeff Van Gundy,
basketball coach, about Patrick Ewing,
basketball player, who played a game with a torn
Achilles tendon and led his team to a win
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Posted 03.03.10 "The
reasons I was playing the game have always been
the same. The game was all I cared about; it
never felt like a job." Dennis Rodman,
basketball player
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Posted 03.02.10 "The
most difficult aspect of dealing with
sportswriters is their assumption of moral
superiority. They insist on advising everyone."
Glenn Seaburg, Chancellor, University of
Southern California
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Posted 03.01.10 "It's
in the mindset of the players and managers to
cheat whenever they get a chance. They believe
it is the equivalent of their First Amendment
right to cheat." Durwood Merrill, baseball
umpire
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