I'm sure he told them that not to out himself as a retirement-age fanboy, but an in-his-prime one. I mean, does anyone doubt his vanity?
I'm sure the paper contacted Wise through TFN and he forwarded the reporter to the other quoters. USA Today has been using the net for quotes for a long time. They got my name off alt.dvd way back in 1997 for a DVD article, so I can only imagine how reliant they are on fan outlets for quotes now.