It's drunk night at the stadium

I'm not a big fan talk radio, just like I'm not a fan of the yellfests that wind up on cable TV. The rule that one person speaks at a time on TV (supposedly because only one person can be heard at a time) or that talk radio can produce intelligent dialogue is very old-fashioned, I guess.
But I did catch an item the other day in which the moderator was wondering why people who pay good money to attend sporting events wind up so blitzed that they don't remember what happened.
We've seen them – the ones who wind up sleeping it off on the shoulder of a complete stranger, the ones who get thrown out of a game without seeing it to completion.
Jump in ... love to know why you think people behave like that.

Race track idea resurfaces

Saw in the paper that the idea of building a race track in the Denver area is back before the masses.
This one would be closer to DIA and seat 65,000 people to start.
Do you think the Denver area would support something like this? Jump in and sound off.

Not what ESPN/ABC or the NBA wants

While very exciting – perhaps the best playoff basketball in years – there is the chance that Kobe Bryant of the Lakers and LeBron James of Cleveland won't meet in the finals.
Translated: a ratings disaster for ESPN/ABC.
If Denver wins, it would be a wonderful thing for the Nuggets and their fans. If Orlando wins, it's the first trip to the finals in 20-something years.
But ABC/ESPN would much rather see the Lakers and Cleveland. Two star players, two major television markets. It would be just the thing to boost ABC's poor overall ratings.

No Roy is a good thing

Saw this morning that former Colorado Avalanche goalkeeper Patrick Roy won't be coming back as coach or general manager – at least not now.
it's a good thing for this reason. Roy has no experience in an NHL front office. He was a wonderful goalkeeper, but that doesn't translate into a good coach.
Especially here, where the Avalanche need a little stability and some luck to turn things around.

Back to work

Here's hoping you had a wonderful holiday weekend and that you had a chance to think about the reasons for the weekend. The service to honor America's war dead in Fort Lupton yesterday was just such a reminder.
Two things came to mind yesterday during a long afternoon of TV viewing ...
* How about the Nuggets? Winds are hard to come by in Los Angeles. But Denver certainly has played better than the Lakers in all four games.
* How about them Rockies? How about them Dodgers? How do the Dodgers – they of a strong pitching staff since time immemoriam – walk 11 batters and still win by 10 runs? Answer: when they play the Rockies. I'm not sure the Rockos have tuned out their manager. But surrendering – in the span of eight days – separate innings of 10 runs, nine runs and an eight- and a seven-spot in the same game doesn't exactly produce a lot of inspiration.

Roy as an NHL coach?

What do you think?
Speak up.

1.5 innings of pure, unfiltered babble

The worst fears of many of us have come true.
For a full 1 1/2 innings Sunday night, alleged analysts Joe Morgan and Steve Phillips were debating about whether a New York Mets player was or wasn't a team leader. (Riveting stuff, I'm here to tell you)
Never mind the game was in progress. Never mind they missed two or three plays. Never mind the two of them will always be infatuated with the sounds of their own voices.
Even though Morgan has spent 19 years mastering the art of repeating the same point ad infinitum, there was always a limit, namely the next play, the next inning. Now that Phillips is part of the show, discussions like that are likely to be repeated.
We said it before, but it bears repeating. Two in the booth is a crowd. Three is stupid.