In an interview with ESPN, Rick Carlisle, head coach of the Dallas Mavericks and a member of the competition committee, said the NBA is “open to anything that is in the best interest of the overall game” — including expansion of instant replay.
“There’s nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.”
In the late 1970s there was an advertising campaign for the brokerage firm E.F. Hutton that featured the tag line, “When E.F. Hutton talks, people listen …” That’s what happens to me when I see filmmaker Ken Burns. Make no mistake, I am no Ken Burns; nor am I a filmmaker. What we do have in common is a passion for storytelling — and baseball.
If Twitter had a social media Hall of Fame, Nick Swisher would be the modern day Babe Ruth. He has 1.67 million followers on Twitter, more than any active Major League Baseball player.
“All I care about is happy Mets fans. That is my motive in life. And if they’re unhappy, believe me, I am even more unhappy.”
