Thursday, July 31, 2008

Over-discussed topics

1) Brett Favre.
2) Manny Ramirez.
Solution No. 1: Tell them to go off into the sunset.
Solution No. 2: Read a good book.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Everyone calm down

It's wonderful that the Rockies are starting to play a better brand of baseball. It's even better that Garrett Atkins is providing some much-needed pop at first base.
But does beating up the likes of Cincinnati, the Dodgers and, perhaps the Pirates (to whom they have lost two straight this week), signal a return of last fall's run to the playoffs?
Not hardly.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Moonlighting referee

Randy McCall has two jobs. His main one is to be athletic director at Cherry Creek High School. The other is to officiate NCAA basketball games during the winter.
Media reports say he will be allowed to miss 37 days of work next year (with a corresponding pay cut of 20%) to referee the games. The district says it's a beneficial arrangement and will use the money to hire someone to sit in McCall's office while he's away.
The reports also implied that the district said there wasn't as great a need for a full-time AD because Creek has such an outstanding record in McCall's 11-year tenure there. What they forgot to include was that Creek has its pick of the top-of-the-line athletes from there and other parts of the metropolitan area.
But we quibble.
What are your thoughts about this arrangement?

Monday, July 28, 2008

No interest, thank you just the same

Dear Denver media:
John Elway played in the Colorado Open golf tournament at Green Valley Ranch over the weekend.
Whopee.

Friday, July 25, 2008

Rod Smith a Hall of Famer?

Someone swallowed the original version of the blog yesterday.
But fear not. With some good curse words and help from colleague Gene Sears, we're back among them again.
It's a new format. But the same rules apply. All comments are welcome, unless you choose to butcher the king's English with foul language.
On the docket for today is the issue of former Broncos wide receiver Rod Smith and whether he belongs in the NFL Hall of Fame. The Denver media would have you believe that anyone who ever played for the Broncos – including the vertically striped socks days – belongs.
What are your thoughts? Weigh in.