3-dots welcomes tony bruno

A week trying to listen to sports talk radio in Tampa makes you appreciate what we have here. The all-sports station uses the national guy Tony Bruno 9-noon. Bruno was in the Tampa area all week. For Bruno, sports began and ended with the Hooters babe sitting next to him. He did what I though was impossible: Manage to talk about nothing, every day, every time I turned him on. Same w/the self-styled "chicks'' in the afternoon... conference basketball tournaments busting out all over Friday at 5. They decided to talk about people who annoy them. That was unintentionally ironic, for some of us...

David Ross' evaluation to me of Homer Bailey last Thursday proved prophetic: Ross said Bailey still had lots to learn about setting up hitters and understanding what major league hitters would be looking for on various counts...become a pitcher, in other words, not just a kid with great stuff... I still love Bailey's attitude and think he'll be up sooner than later...but the way he's been knocked around in the last week justifies Wayne Krivsky's handling of him...

Xavier drops to an 11 or 12 now, right? This year, is a 12 beating a 5 in the first round even that much of an upset? We looked at George Mason last year as a pleasant aberration; it could happen again this year, and no one should be surprised. Parity is here to stay and with the right matchups, XU could be playing in the Sweet 16...

And what if K-State is the team that knocks Xavier off the bubble and into the NIT?

Want a sleeper? How 'bout Winthrop? Lost in OT at Wisconsin and by 7 to North Carolina, on a neutral floor...

Sorry, still don't buy the Bengals spin re free agency, namely that they spent this year's money last year, to lock up Willie Anderson, Levi Jones and Bobbie Williams... the fact remains, free agency is one tool to fill obvious needs, and the Bengals have ignored it. Especially if they lose Kevin Kaesviharn, their most underrated player. As long as they refuse to get even a little creative with the cap, the Bengals will likely never be as good as they should be....

Griffey's injury has prevented the Reds from evaluating his CF skills this spring. Which means he'll be in center on Opening Day, because nobody, still, is willing to take him on. It's surprising, the deference offered a guy who most team insiders agree would help the club best playing RF...

Anyone seen the new animated gladiator movie "300"? I could use a review...