I think the greatest all-around athlete ever was Jim Brown. He played lacrosse, basketball and ran track at Syracuse. He played professional football for the Browns.

Muhammad Ali is a combination of personality and athlete who is probably better known around the world than any other. He became a great hero.

I predict that many teams will go out of business and the size of the leagues will be greatly reduced.

I've been very fortunate to be involved in all the Super Bowls, to see some World Series, to cover heavyweight championship fights; I've been to the Olympics and seen every sporting event there is.

The ability of players to jump teams when their contracts are up has hurt fan loyalty.

When I started at the Globe 40 years ago, there were seven newspapers in Boston and now there are only two. There were only three or four television stations in Boston and now there are a dozen.

The one good thing about television is the money; you can make a lot more money than in newspapers.