Interesting story in today's Denver Post: the relationship between athletes and media, the locker room rules and etiquette, and a breakdown of how certain individual Broncos conduct themselves with reporters. It includes a diagram of the Broncos' locker room at Mile High. It's a little weird, a little informative, and may or may not be relevant to readers, who don't necessarily need to hear us air our gripes about doing this job. (There's not a lot of that, but a little bit.)

Do you care about this sort of thing? Does it matter to you who talks a lot, who doesn't, who only talks after he gets dressed and whatnot? Does knowing how we work a locker room make a difference in how you receive your news? I can see where it might. I can also see where it can unfairly influence how an athlete is perceived. Who knows how the course of baseball history could have been altered had reporters decided that it wasn't all that important for everybody to know how rude Barry Bonds was to the writers? Or if reporters had made that factor dictate how they wrote about Ted Williams or Joe DiMaggio?

I know, I shouldn't be fretting over this. I should be wondering how and why they've played almost an entire half in Philly and T.O. has barely had a ball thrown his way. It might have something to do with the fact that he's not an Eagles defender, because Drew Bledsoe seems to be finding them easily enough. Yet with a minute to go, the Cowboys are up 21-17.

At least I think so. My hotel here in Denver has a spotlight on the lobby floor reminding us that we're 5,280 feet above sea level. No, really, get outta here! It also has markers on the walls next to the elevators on every floor, telling us the continued ascent into the atmosphere. Ninth floor means above 5,400 feet. I might just be a little lightheaded.

Hey, the Ravens are playing here tomorrow night! Good thing I decided to come here when I did. By the way, we're being monitored by the Post's bloggers. Jamison Hensley's story this morning, Peter Schmuck's column, and Mike Preston's blog, all now within easy reach of Denver readers. Now I might have to say something inflammatory. Of course, with the commentary above about their reporters-in-the-locker-room story, maybe I already have.