This note’s for you, Carmelo. You richly – no pun intended – deserve it. …
Which reminds me. Memo to Melo: You’ve got the endorsements, you’ve got a max-out deal and you’ve got a city to call your own. Well done, young man. Now can you do us all a favor and lose the losers? We don’t need four more years of Carmelo’s Dumb Friends League. …
This business about the Nuggets pursuing Allen Iverson got me thinking about the 2005 NBA All-Star Game, when I set out to write a column on A.I.’s tattoos. Then I saw him up close and personal. One column on A.I.’s tats? That’s like eating one Cheeto. Dude has more tattoos than the U.S. Navy. …
Know this, sports fans. If the Nuggets deal Marcus Camby, rebounding would become a major issue. Camby averaged 11.9 boards in 33.2 minutes per last season. Nene, who would figure to take his spot, averaged 11.8 prorated over 48 minutes in 2004-05, his last healthy season. …
Even the best teams in baseball don’t have enough pitching, but Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi tells ESPN radio that the No. 5 slot in the Jays’ rotation has accounted for 14 losses in 15 starts. …
Remember in 1993 and 1994, when sales of white Broncos soared in the aftermath of O.J. Simpson’s arrest? Sure enough, I pulled up to a stoplight the other day and there were Honda Elements on both sides of me. …
It took a while, but I finally figured out something I have in common with Barry Bonds. I was dropped on my head as a baby and, judging from the looks of him, Bonds was dropped on his head as an adult. …
I don’t want to say Bonds is in a jam, but rumor has it ESPN is about to launch another reality-TV series: “‘Bonds on Trial.” …
That sound you just heard was the 15-minute clock running out on the guy suing Michael Jordan for $416 million because people keep mistaking him for His Airness. …
In case you didn’t know, Major League Baseball needed Ryan Howard to win the Home Run Derby. Because, in case you didn’t know, young African-American megastars are few and far between in today’s big leagues. Word is, they couldn’t ask for a nicer kid to be a spokesman for the game. …
It’s Friday night and I’m watching another solid pitching performance go down the drain for the Rockies. Not that their pitching has been otherworldly, but they are third in the league in ERA even with long-lost Zach Day‘s 10.80 ERA in three starts….
Bottom line on Da Rox: If they ever want to see first place again, they need to run off a winning streak. Baseball History 101 says you do that with stud starting pitching, which the Rockies have. Their problem is they don’t have enough hitting to put together a streak. …
So long, Greg Buckner. Good guy, pretty good player. And a dead ringer for Ben Vereen. …
On second thought, maybe there is hope for mankind. Five weeks later, none of Ben Roethlisberger’s teeth has shown up on eBay. …
Just wondering: How many trees have died and how much cyberspace has been polluted to chronicle the exploits of Danica Patrick and Michelle Wie, neither of whom have watched a Sunday sunset with a victory to call her own? …
As expected, the media have gravitated toward Jay Cutler and Javon Walker. So which one is the key to the Broncos’ season? That would be neither of the above. To win the West, the Bronx need Gerard Warren to dominate in the middle of the D-line, something he did occasionally but not consistently in Cleveland. …
Brewers reliever Matt Wise was recently sidelined after cutting his right middle finger on a pair of salad tongs in the clubhouse. (Insert punch line here.) …
You’ll be glad to know I finally tracked down a die-hard soccer fan. My neighbor just got a puppy and named him Fifa. …
This just in: Enough already with the minute-by-minute Barbaro updates from ESPN. …
And finally, happy trails to Denver Post NBA writer Adam Thompson, who’s leaving Our Town for a sports-business gig at the Wall Street Journal.
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.
