The week in quotes

"We're not going to buy a nickel of advertising on NBC until we are confident that the IOC are going in the right direction. Each day they lose a bit more credibility."

- David D'Alessandro, president of the key Olympic sponsor John Hancock, putting the boot in where it hurts.

"Steve."

- The man who sentenced Mike Tyson to serve a year in prison, Judge Johnson, introduces a little informality to the court.

"We have told Lloyds there is no way we are having their logos on our pitch, but they are trying to push the contract down our throats."

- RFU chairman Brian Baister complaining about sponsor demands to paint corporate graffiti on the Twickenham pitch.