I think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country.
My dad was a city councilman and a county commissioner, so I grew up involved and engaged in the political process.
Someone wanted me to write a profile for ESPN about the commissioner of baseball, and I said, "He's just some suit! Some Republican. No!" I mean if you want me to write about baseball, boxing or football, I'll write about those things because I watch them, I think about them a lot and I like them. But I don't want to write about Barry Bonds.
I know that sounds really extreme, but if you just look at the history, you will find Harry Anslinger [first U. S. commissioner of the Bureau of Narcotics] going on about satanic swing and how reefer will make black people think they're as good as white people - which to him, obviously, was a very horrible outcome. This is the basis of our drug laws.
I was the first woman British commissioner, the first woman trade commissioner, so I am also proud to be the first woman High Representative.
In my native Boulder County, Colorado, the fracking fanatics are out in force. They are marching door-to-door, petitions and mythology in hand, and they are storming city council and county commissioner meetings.
I've been the longest-serving police commissioner in the history of the department, but it's time in my life to move on. I'm ready for new adventures, new challenges.
