“There’s definitely a little component of NASCAR or Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. There’s going to be crashes and burns, and things will change rapidly.” -- Eric Giddens, NBC’s canoe analyst, on the debut of kayak cross at the Paris Games (WASHINGTON POST, 8/3).
“Washington as an institution, whether it knows it or not, is a Big Ten institution. Washington has more in common with the other Big Ten schools than the eight other Pac-12 schools that aren’t going with the four to the Big Ten” -- Washington AD Pat Chun, on the move to the Big Ten, which became official on Friday (SEATTLE TIMES, 8/2).
