Welcome to Tuesday...

Nice walk off win for your Reds last night. They are what they are right now, about a .500 team that, with an added bat in the line up and a solid pitcher to the bullpen (don't let last night fool you. there's one guy out there Baker can trust on a continuous basis and it's Rhodes) they might be able to contend. Will they make that move? Check out this from mlbtraderumors.com. It'll give you a good glimpse into the financial situation the Reds will be dealing with, the rest of this year.

Brand new Broo View Podcast has been published to the front page of my web site www.kenbroo.com. My guest is Joe Lemire from sportsillustrated.com. And we talk about the inequities of punishment in Major League Baseball, specifically, to Reds pitcher Edinson Volquez. What Lemire has to say might surprise you.

Hope you've had a chance to listen to my latest Broo View Podcast. My guest is Jerry Palm from collegebcs.com. We analyze the BCS from the University of Cincinnati point of view. You can hear it by heading to www.kenbroo.com. The podcast is on the front page. But here's a link, if you're in a hurry.

Is Michael Phelps the great Olympian ever? If you listen to some of the commentators on NBC this week, there is no doubt, he is. But, I don't think so. Catch my thoughts here, in my latest Broo View Podcast. And while you're at it, check out my web site: www.kenbroo.com.

Just back from doing a couple of stories on two Cincinnati Olympic rowers off to win the gold, we hope in Beijing.

Pat Todd and Brian Volpenheim will be the subjects of two stories in our Channel 5 O-Zone (Olympic Zone, come on!!!) specials next month.

But...I thought you'd like to see this piece of video of me, walking away from a rather embarrassing episode at the US Rowing center in Princeton, New Jersey last week.

I had just returned from being squired around a county Lake in New Jersey, watching Pat Todd practice with his Olympic team mates. I had one foot on the dock, one on the boat...and well, you probably know the rest of the story. I'm walking to get some dry clothes, trying to avoid eye contact with a bunch of snickering rowers. It was actually pretty funny...

Bob Huggins says he only feel a little more emotion than usual Wednesday night when he coaches against UC for the first time since getting run out of Clifton (which may be a reason why he stiffed me on a radio appearance Sunday.) But it's hard to believe he doesn't want to win this game against UC badly.


It's been three years and two jobs since Huggins was effectively run out of UC by school president Dr. Nancy Zimpher. Their pubic feud deeply damaged the school's basketball program, only recovering from the fallout. Huggins bigger moment will come next season, when West Virginia must come to Cincinnati. That will be an event. But Wednesday night's game in the hills of West Virginia will be 'must see TV' for any basketball fan in Southwest Ohio.

And it's not like Mick Cronin isn't getting his 'love' in the hills. Check out this story in the Charleston Gazette.

Countdown to Opening Day continues. Check out the clock! Nice piece on the outlook for the 2008 Cincinnati Reds on mlb.com.

More cool stuff on my web site: www.kenbroo.com

Just posted on my web site www.kenbroo.com is the latest editions of The Broo View podcast, as well as Broo v. Broo, the most opinionated podcast in cyber space.

Check it out....and to make it easier for you, here's a direct link to The Broo View podcast.

The Reds left the winter baseball meetings without making a blockbuster deal. In fact, they left the meetings without any of the things they really needed: a closer, a centerfielder and a fifth starting pitcher. But they also left the meetings with the most intriguing pick up of the off season.

In the Rule V draft, which basically allows a team to snag an unprotected player off another team's roster, the Cubs picked up outfielder, Josh Hamilton. Immediately, they dealt Hamilton to the Reds for money.

Hamilton was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1999. He was a phenom, can't miss the kind of player you'd build a franchise around. Hamilton hasn't played in an organized game of professional baseball in almost five years.

He was suspended for four of those five years for repeated drug use and missed all of last season with a knee injury. Sober now for just over a year, the Reds are taking a flyer on the former 'can't miss kid'. Hamilton was drafted as a outfielder, but recently has spent time at catcher and he can pitch. He's done all of that, while playing for independent league teams.

Hamilton got a signing bonus of almost $4 million in 1999. As of last summer, he had about $85,000 of it left.

He's never played above "A" ball. The Reds will take him to spring training and if he looks like he's got anything left (he's only 26), they'll attempt to work out a deal with the Devil Rays, who'd get Hamilton back if he failed to make the Reds major league roster.

It's not an amazing story. It's a sad story, that has a chance for a happy ending, if Hamilton doesn't blow this latest chance.

Though Kelley Washington should be back by Sunday (he didn't practice in the 11 on 11 drills today), the other injured Bengals might have to get another weekend off. It doesn't look like CB Deltha O'Neal or OT Levi Jones will answer the bell against the 2-10 Raiders.

I'm off to see the my Ohio Bobcats take on the University of Louisville Friday night in Freedom Hall. I'm also staying to watch the 'Cats take on Bellermaine on Saturday. Coach Tim O'Shea's team got its first road win Wednesday night, a squeaker at St. Bonaventure. They'll play a third game in the 'ville on Sunday afternoon, against St. Joe's of Pennsylvania

Keep an eye on my web site www.kenbroo.com for a new Bengals Report Podcast. It should be posted by mid day Friday. Also on Friday, we'll have a new Broo vs Broo, the most opionionated sports show in cyberspace.

Ken

Just added to my web site today is the latest edition of The Broo View podcast. Log onto www.kenbroo.com and download it. I've got some thoughts on the state of the Bengals and you'll hear from some of the players about being 5-5 and their playoff chances.

Also just added today, the latest Bengals Report podcast. Bengals Report executive editor, Marc Hardin and I discuss the Bengals win in New Orleans last Sunday. We've got some comments from the players on this podcast as well.

Check it out at www.kenbroo.com. Or, if you'd prefer, click here for a quick download of The Broo View.

Ken