Brandon Marshall undoubtedly hoped the drama that preceded his exit from Denver would be forgotten once he landed in Miami. But no such luck. Overnight on ESPN Radio, host Mike Salk was looking for an example to demonstrate that the NFL is tougher on prima donnas than is the NBA…
Andrew Romanoff’s confirmation that the White House floated three jobs past him after he announced his intention to challenge Senator Michael Bennet in the 2010 Democratic primary isn’t his favorite subject, and he admits that he tried to avoid talking about it for as long as possible. “I declined to…
On the eve of going to court in its effort to protect internal investigations records of police officers from public scrutiny, the City of Denver has agreed to settle a lawsuit by forking over many of the documents sought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado…
Last November, the Denver Police Department announced the arrest of more than thirty African-American men and women for allegedly participating in racially motivated attacks on Caucasians and Hispanics; click here to see a mug shot gallery. Now, Channel 4 has obtained startling video related to such an attack — surveillance…
Would you love to check out posts from Denver blogs? Hope so, ’cause here are three of them. Kyle at Bronco Talk sees the release of QB Tom Brandstater like so: “Perhaps the Kyle Orton trade rumors will settle down, and the Broncos can move forward with unmitigated focus with…
Although Andrew Romanoff has been getting loads of attention for revealing details about the White House allegedly offering him a job if he stayed out of the Democratic senatorial primary, Republican senate hopeful Jane Norton still can’t take him seriously. Instead of focusing on Romanoff in her release on the…
Each week, we introduce you to the week’s biggest shmuck. Whose turn is it to shine? Read on. Cheryl Fugett didn’t show up in court on Thursday. No, the sixty-year-old former director of the Jefferson County Children’s Alliance missed the ending of her case, in which a jury convicted her,…
All too often, we stupid Caucasian Americans look at Middle Easterners and assume they’re all alike. But hatreds know no border in the region, with folks occasionally despising each other due to nationality, religious origin and more. Which helps explain why Fahad Alqusumi, 21, and Majed Alnufaie, 29, have been…
There is nothing quite as pure as the love of a coach for a promising new player. The Tim Tebow-Josh McDaniels man-crush that has been recorded in recent news conferences is about to go live. These fervent football refrains will be proffered at the Broncos Bunch Summer Kickoff Event this…
Last week, we told you about allegations that JonBenét Ramsey false confessor John Mark Karr, who’s reportedly undergone a sex change and now goes by Alexis Valoran Reich, is trying to create a cult of JonBenét lookalikes he’s calling “The Immaculates.” This week, the mainstream media picked up the story…
Puppies: They’re wonderful to hug. But cuddling up with the guy in Wheat Ridge who’s been chatting up kids about them would be infinitely less enjoyable. According to the Wheat Ridge Police Department, a middle-aged man has been asking girls ranging from seven to ten years old if they could…
On Wednesday, we told you about allegations made against three Grand Junction Police officers accused of vandalizing property at a homeless camp. At the time, homeless advocate Jacob Richards stressed how important it was for the officers to be held accountable — and they were. Yesterday, GJPD chief of police…
During yesterday’s announcement about her intention to retire in November, Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey said a vigorous campaign against her and three other justices had nothing to do with her decision. That’s Mullarkey malarkey, counters Matt Arnold of ClearTheBenchColorado.org, the organization spearheading the Supreme crusade. “Any claim…
Rhonda Fields says nothing could ever fill the void left when her son, Javad Marshall-Fields, a material witness in a murder case, was gunned down in Aurora in 2005. But she says Marshall-Fields lives on through a scholarship at CSU, which she struggled to keep afloat until a surprise $300,000…
The Littleton Police Department and federal authorities in Detroit believe that Franklin Gonzalo Sierra-Rodriguez was responsible for the apparent assassination of a man in Littleton, now identified as Joaquin Lucero-Carillo. But there’s a lot more to the story than that. The murder took place amid a DEA drug investigation that’s…
Local pro-skier-turned-swinger-magnate Scottie Ewing grabbed headlines after federal charges were filed against him last week for allegedly failing to pay taxes on the Denver Sugars and Denver Players Club, a high-end prostitution service he owned and sold in 2005. Along the way, attention is being drawn to former Westword staffer…
Denver weathermen are predicting this weekend will be hot, hot, hot. But fear not, not, not! (Sorry, couldn’t help myself…) The city’s sixteen outdoor pools open tomorrow at noon, just in time to beat the near-ninety degree heat. It’s too bad they weren’t open last weekend, when a group of…
This week’s medical marijuana dispensary review — William Breathes’ critique of Arvada’s Special Kinds — will take you on a trip to the days when purchasing brick weed from a stranger’s house was the only game in town. But today, there are options aplenty, and our newly updated dispensary directory…
This dispensary has closed. As Colorado’s medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer’s college dorm room. To help keep them all straight, Westword is offering a no-holds-barred look…
Those bizarre DIA conspiracy theories, which got a boost from the installation of the demon steed known as the Blue Mustang, should blast into the stratosphere thanks to the installation this week of Anubis, god of the dead. The 26-foot statute is intended to promote a King Tut exhibit coming…
We plucked these posts from three Denver blogs. In a wide-ranging state-of-the-Broncos essay on Mile High Report, BroncoTiLLIDie writes that Tim Tebow “is going to be the franchise quarterback we want him to be, or he is going to die trying.” Of course, Tebow believes in eternal life… ColoradoPols.com shares…
A few weeks back, Mayor John Hickenlooper announced that the city would sell Cableland, a swanky bachelor pad turned official mayoral residence, which had been donated to Denver by the late cable baron Bill Daniels. Proceeds would go to a scholarship foundation. But not so fast. Last night, the Denver…
