THE BROO VIEW with Ken Broo

Random thoughts on this random Monday...

I dont' think Pacman, I'm sorry, ADAM Jones is going to begin a holy reign of terror in Cincinnati, now that he's signed with the Bengals. The guy has to know this is his last chance. He's been out of West Virginia since 2005 and has played just a little more than two seasons. Nobody, it seems, except the Bengals wanted this guy. In fact, some noted NFL minds like Michael Lombardi from the nationalfootballpost.com and the NFL Network and foxsports.com's John Czarnecki both told me this weekend on my radio show on 700 WLW that they think Jones is nothing more than a return guy and will have a tough time making the final roster.....

Still, I'm waiting for the Deja Vu to put up the welcome sign for Jones....

How sad has it become for Tiger Woods that he has to hold a news conference to announce that the neck injury that forced him out of the Players Championship this weekend has nothing to do with the neck injury he suffered on that infamous night in Orlando last November?......

How cool is it that the Cyclones, down 0-3, have battled back to make this a competitive series with the Reading Royals. The team's PR flak, John Hamel checks in with this stat: only three times in professional hockey has a team that's been down 0-3 in a best of seven series come back to win the series. The Cyclones still have a boatload of work to do before that happens. But having game six and, if necessary, game seven at US Bank Arena is a big plus.....

One of our guests last night on Sports Rock was UC head football coach, Butch Jones. He says part of the training for his team involves video games, using a video game simulator to let players see how plays develope. He also says Facebook has become the latest way to recruit......

Best thing I saw this past weekend was the Suns' Steve Nash playing with only one good eye. A collision caused a gash over Nash's other eye, swelling it almost completely shut. The Suns completed the sweep of the Spurs and I didn't hear Nash says once "Cut me Mick"......

That was a Rocky reference, for the unknowing....

The Reds have been the "Drama Kings" of baseball this season, winning nine of their 16 wins in their final at bats. But they've also won a large share of those games on home runs. This was supposed to be a team that was moving away from the long ball, when Adam Dunn was sent packing. But the dimensions of Great American Ball Park are such that you can't ignore the home run. It just doesn't make sense.

The Tacoma (Washington) News has a story today that the Mariners are seriously considering releasing Ken Griffey, Jr. According to the story, not only is Junior not hitting, he was unavailable for pinch hitting on one occasion because he was asleep in the clubhouse. Two unnamed Mariners players confirmed the story. Read more about it, here.

This time of the year, I want to want two players: the Lakers Kobe Bryant and the Penguins Sidney Crosby. They are, to each of their sports, money players at the money time of the year.

My buddy Freekbass is catching some heat for this. But he's also getting a ton of praise. Commissioned by Notre Dame to bring its marketing into the new millenium, Cincinnati's funk master came up with this video that will play in the stadium this fall and is already being used as a marketing tool.


I love Freekbass's Reds Fan video. I think this is right up there.

More coming later, including the latest Broo View Podcast...