CASE QUOTED IN THURSDAY'S USA TODAY

Robert Case, coordinator of the sport management program at Old Dominion University, was quoted in Thursday's edition of USA Today.

Case, who has studied the way the International Olympic Committee awards the games, commented on the impending selection of either New York or San Francisco to be the American candidate to host the 2012 games.

"New York is such a visible city on the world stage and has such tremendous economic potential," he said. "But San Francisco has similar capability."

The full text of the article can be viewed at: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/summer/2002-10-31-usoc-decision_x.htm