They Said It

? Al Davis, Oakland managing general partner, on AFC superiority over the NFC: "The people who refuse to accept it remind me of those Japanese soldiers we keep finding on Pacific islands who won't believe the war is over."

?Birmingham Bulls owner John Bassett, on his six-month suspension by the World Hockey Association for signing underage junior star Ken Linesman: "I guess I'll call up Ted Turner and see if he needs another hand on his boat."