Closing Bell

Longtime USOC CMO Lisa Baird  leaving LA28 joint venture.... Rose Bowl adds points of sale, value-priced concessions.... Pat Bowlen , Gil Brandt  finalists for Pro Football HOF

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“It’s an opportunity to communicate with guys on another level. And at some point, we won’t be soccer players anymore and speaking another language is going to be a plus” -- DC United G David Ousted , on the Spanish-language classes the club is offering ( WASHINGTONPOST.com, 8/23 ).

“You wear it well. Of course, it’s so important” -- NBC’s Savannah Guthrie , to gymnast  Simone Biles , who wore teal at the U.S. Championships this past weekend as a tribute to sexual abuse survivors ( “Today,” NBC, 8/23 ).

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