I had a very strong staff - Lou DiBella, Kery Davis, Ross Greenburg. My job was sometimes staying out of Lou's way or Kery's way or Ross's way. The more I got into the job, the more I could mess it up. He'll be in charge of all sports except the Knicks and Rangers, and the entertainment side - including Radio City. But you know boxing will remain a pet project.
Nothing touches that.
No amount of cute kids, and cute teachers, can make me forget that some of the things Abraham did as HBO chief were against the grain. But bottom line is that he did help underwrite the dying business, giving I.V.'s of Time Warner money to keep the game alive. He said the corruption he had to face, the people he had to deal with, all that did not get him down. He had lower expectations. His departure could mean a better chance of co-existence between HBO and rival Showtime, a better chance of the two networks agreeing to agree on putting their fighters against each other.