Notes for a Selection Sunday. …
According to some number-crunching firm in Chicago, U.S. companies can expect a loss of $1.2 billion in productivity this week as workers fill in their NCAA Tournament brackets. Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Yeah, baby, we’re going for 2 bill next year. …
OK, so my prediction the Nuggets would win 50 games was, well, a bit off. But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. Not only that, I can outrun Maurice Clarett in the 40. …
The scary part isn’t so much that the Nuggets are 5-10 with Melo and A.I. in the starting lineup. The scary part is they’re 5-10 and they’ve busted their humps to make it work. …
Angels owner Arte Moreno on Gary Matthews Jr.: “Right now, he continues to pass the ball to lawyers or a PR agency. To me, I have fans to answer to.” Imagine that, a major- league owner taking one of his players to task for his alleged involvement with steroids. What’s next, Barry Bonds buying a brewski for his friends in the press box? …
Who knew ex-Nugget Jon Barry dreamed about being a sportswriter when he grew up? Dude is typing for ESPN.com these days. Speaking for ink-stained wretches everywhere, welcome to the asylum, J.B. …
Syndicated columnist Norm Chad, on the smooth delivery of TNT’s voice of the NBA: “If my dog is run over by a truck and one of my ex-wives runs away with one of my ex-lawyers, the man I’d want to tell me the bad news is Ernie Johnson.” …
The impressive news is that defending NCAA champion Florida has lost only one game to a ranked team. Now for the reality check: The Gators have played only three ranked teams. …
I’ve never picked a team coming off back-to-back losses to win the NCAA Tournament, but here goes: Make mine UCLA, the proud owner of nine W’s in 10 games vs. ranked teams. …
Talk about a win-win. Even if your team doesn’t win The Tournament, you can always take satisfaction in seeing the Dukies getting a sand facial. …
Turns out good things don’t always happen to good guys. How do we know? Because, as we speak, Trent Green is being shown the door by the Chiefs. …
How good are the Mavs? They beat the Nets the other day for their 51st W in a span of 56 games. Nothing out of the ordinary there except that no other team in North American professional sports history had done it. …
Conrad Dobler, the performer formerly known as the NFL’s dirtiest player, summing up his career for The San Diego Union-Tribune: “Some people get vasectomies. I used to give them.” …
And you thought Vail had expensive lift tickets: Vlad Radmanovic, fined 500 grand by the Lakers for separating his shoulder during a snowboarding spill in Utah. …
Titans coach Jeff Fisher says he didn’t know about two charges badboy cornerback Pacman Jones faces in Georgia. So it’s official then. In today’s NFL, you can’t tell the arrests without a program. …
Three defensive linemen from North Carolina State were first-rounders in last year’s NFL draft. Now comes another N.C. State D- lineman, DeMarcus Tyler, who also projects as a No. 1. Not that it’s any of my business, but how did Chuck Amato manage to get himself fired with those guys around? …
CBS’s SportsLine.com’s Gregg Doyel, on Dick Vitale’s hoops Hall of Fame candidacy, or lack thereof: “Dick Vitale is always in my television set. Which means he’s already in my living room. So he’s already inside my head like an echo. Or like an ice pick. But in my Hall of Fame? Over my dead body.” …
Then you have the Avs, the hottest team on the frozen pond. They may not have a playoff berth to call their own, but give ’em this: They’ve sure shown some heart. …
And finally, happy trails to Jake Plummer, the best darn ambidextrous quarterback that ever was.
Jim Armstrong can be reached at 303-954-1269 or jmarmstrong@denverpost.com.
