Look at him and you'd think he's 16. Talk to him and you think he's 26. Talk baseball with him, and you'd think he's 36.

My best girl is dead.

It was an ideal day for football - too cold for the spectators and too cold for the players

I've had many writing heroes, writers who have influenced me. ...When I was very young as a sportswriter I knowingly and unashamedly imitated others ... But slowly, by what process I have no idea, your own writing tends to crystallize, to take shape. Yet you've learned some moves from all these guys and they are somehow incorporated into your own style. Pretty soon you're not imitating any longer.

Baseball is what we were, and football is what we have become

I like both sports. It depends on the season. We had a good football season, and the baseball team is playing exceptional.