The check’s in the notes column. …
Now that the book on Barry Bonds’ steroids exploits is out, can the movie be far behind? Just think, they could call it “Gone With The Winstrol.” Or maybe “Animal House II” in honor of those cattle steroids Bonds allegedly was taking. …
Cattle steroids? Does that mean this doesn’t qualify as a stupid human trick? …
Not just cattle steroids, but women’s fertility pills. My Godfrey, whatever happened to scuffing up the ball or stealing a few signs? …
If this cattle-steroids business is true, I say Bud Selig banishes Bonds to the Durham Bulls for life. …
What do you say we do what Bonds apparently didn’t do. As in, take a sensible approach to steroids. When you do that, when you take a common-sense approach, you’re left not with an answer, but a chilling question: If Bonds and all those other stars – good morning, Mark McGwire – were on the juice, how many marginal players have used ‘roids to try to buy some time in the big leagues? Countless is the first answer that comes to mind. …
All right everybody, on cue: Our bad, Jose Canseco! Little did we know that he was the one telling it straight. …
Former commish Fay Vincent, among others, has called on Bud Selig to launch an independent investigation into Bonds and the BALCO mess. Sorry, but the time for Selig and the owners to be proactive was 15 years ago. The way things stand today, Selig is helpless to do anything but watch Bonds break every home run record in the book. …
So now we know why it took till March for Syracuse to wake up. Jim Boeheim was obsessed by what a bunch of Journalism 101 students were writing in the student newspaper. …
We also know why the Saints jacked up ticket prices last week. Word is, when it’s all said and done, Drew Brees will be pitchin’ the pigskin on the bayou. …
From the looks of things, only one local player is a lock to be a first-day pick in the NFL draft. That would be CU tight end Joe Klopfenstein. …
Who ya got? Another Buff, Jeremy Bloom, will run on the Southern Cal track for NFL scouts April 1. The next day, Reggie Bush will go under the stopwatch on the same track. …
George Karl on life with Reggie Evans and Ruben Patterson: “There’s no question the rebounding force, the presence, seems to be out there all the time now. Now, can we sustain that, can we build on that? I think we can.” …
Seems like ancient history, but the Nuggets were 32-8 under Karl last season. One of the keys to the run was their sterling fourth-quarter defense. Said Karl, when asked if he felt this team could be that good at crunch time: “I think we can be better than that.” …
From the sounds of things, CSU 7-footer Jason Smith doesn’t have any plans to test the NBA waters come June. Good thing. Playing at a have-not hoops school is one thing, but Smith has something else working against him in the eyes of the scouts: He doesn’t come from some European country with a hyphen in its name. …
The first shutout of the season isn’t going to wait until April, when the Rockies hit the road. It will come tonight when Air Force and CU, fresh off disastrous performances in their conference tournaments, don’t get to do The Dance. …
On the other hand, the NIT isn’t so bad. … What’s that? OK, OK, I’m trying to be nice. The only fate worse than going to the NIT is getting injected with cattle steroids. …
If – the biggest word in sports, by the way – the Broncos come out of this with John Abraham, Gerard Warren and Courtney Brown on the defensive line, they’re the team to beat in the AFC West. But here’s hoping they get T.O., too, just to, you know, make things interesting around here. …
And finally, welcome to town, Jose Theodore. Your new boss says you’re the best goalie in the business, but, just so you know, some of us need a little more convincing.
Catch Jim Armstrong from 6-9 a.m. during “The Press Box” on ESPN 560 AM. He can be reached at 303-820-5452 or jmarmstrong@denverpost.com.
