LOS ANGELES — Eighteen years haven't dulled the memory for Charlie Ebersol. He can vividly recall his final conversation with his 14-year-old brother, Teddy, as their 18-seat charter jet was taxiing down that snowy Colorado runway.
Charlie, returning to college at Notre Dame, was in the back of the plane, and Boston Red Sox-obsessed Teddy was sitting near the front with their dad, legendary TV executive and lifelong New York Yankees fan Dick Ebersol.
"My dad and Teddy are talking up front," Charlie said. "We haven't taken off yet. And my dad says to Teddy, 'Why baseball?' And Teddy said, 'I wanted something that you and I could talk about.' And my dad said, 'Wow,' and then my dad thinks for a second and says, 'OK, but then why the Red Sox?'
