What I need to do and what I owe the world is my very best because it gave me the very best it had when I really needed it. And it's my job to give back the very best that I've got.

[Talented ESPN.com columnist Bill Simmons will be at Borders in Mission Valley at 6 tonight to sign copies of his book,] Now I Can Die in Peace. ... Think of it as the director's cut of a DVD, with the footnotes serving as the commentary.

Even though a decision has been made, the war is not over. Some of those jobs we are confident will stay here.

That's one less headache for parents.

as if they're better people because they root for a baseball team only because A) they grew up within two hours of Yankee Stadium, B) they jumped on the bandwagon as a kid because they wanted to be associated with a winner or C) they have no soul.

Even when all those things happened, they refused to give up on me. When most people would say, 'You stole from me. You're gone.' They refused to give up on me.