Sean McDonough on navigating politics at 4 Nations Face-Off: ‘I felt like I had to say something’
"There needed to be some acknowledgment."
"There needed to be some acknowledgment."
"The one thing that's very interesting to me is that Apple really does listen to the constructive criticism."
"I've been aware of what's been written, a lot of it is misinformed."
"It's different rules for Stephen A."
"Whatever [the criticism] is, I think it's borne out of jealousy more than anything else."
"If I had a debate team, I would make him my captain."
"At times I just wanted to laugh out loud and call B.S. ..."
"I really like the chemistry that we have, I really like the structure that we have. A little more freedom, and I think it's going to make for a better show."
" ... You get to know the reporters, you get to know the journalists because they care."
"I've enjoyed it over the last two years, three years as I have during any time of my career."
"We'd have a place for her to sit, and she could take as long as she wanted."
"If he does want to do this, and I would love for him to do it because I think it's good for broadcasting in general, I think he'd be really good."
NBC Sports exec Molly Solomon gave Dwyane Wade a ringing endorsement coming off the Paris Olympics.
"There's nothing worse than when information is being put out there that's false that you never reported, but somebody took it that way."
"The women's soccer world is a bit of a bubble. It's almost like you're not allowed to say something because it may offend somebody or it may hurt somebody."
"ESPN does more than anybody else, both in terms of hours of women's sports programming, rights packages, coverage, etc., and also they could do more."
"If there’s anybody who was ever created in a computer to be a top analyst at a network, I think it’s Drew Brees."
"The numbers have always kind of been a little bit lower than you would expect, given how big the Knicks are in New York."
"The question that's facing the NBA is do they have enough prime real estate?"
"It's not about what Pat said, it's about how Norby was involving himself with a major piece of talent that the company clearly wanted to succeed."
"We've got to be expansive around the way we're defining fandom."
"For the coordinating producers on those shows to see women's college basketball being a hot topic and people wanting to talk about it and wanting to jump in the conversation after the show is over, that's a good sign."
"I don't see (gambling) to be so special that it cannot fund journalism."
"I can't tell you how many years he will be there, but it seems inconceivable, to me, that he would be there for all 10."