The Summer of LeBron is almost upon us, and NBA fans know that once free agents LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh settle on their new basketball homes, the focus will immediately shift to next summer — when the Nuggets’ Carmelo Anthony will be the valedictorian of a much-less-memorable…
Denver-based sportswriter Rick Reilly, the punching bag of the sports blogosphere but a dean among old-school sports scribes, is touring America to promote his latest book, Sports from Hell. The book centers around Reilly cruising the world in search of bizarre competitions like ferret-legging and chess-boxing — “not bad work…
There’s been lots of news about all the medical marijuana dispensaries opening around town, but some of the existing operations have been closing, too. While there’s no easy way to compile a complete list of which dispensaries have crashed and burned, a good point of reference is Westword’s dispensary directory…
The finger-pointing over the massive oil slick threatening the Gulf Coast is spreading almost as fast as the spill itself. While critics on the right chortle over Department of the Interior chief of staff Tom Strickland’s ill-timed trip to the Grand Canyon, the White House and the DOI have been…
Yes, that’s former congressman Tom Tancredo hosting a VIP opening celebration at the new Water 2 Wine winery in the Shops at Greenwood Village next month. But don’t think Tancredo is about to trade rabble-rousing for a career as a mild-mannered businessman. Once Tancredo came uncorked over immigration, you could…
“Ask a Mexican,” Gustavo Arellano, May 6, 2010 Mexican Standoff Gustavo, I’ll boycott your column instead. Kudos to Arizona for passing a mostly good law. Joe Denver What you are writing is a lie. No one is stopped in this country without probable cause, a reason to be stopped. Get…
This week, Kenny Be draws “Denver’s Most Dogged” — a breakdown of the city’s rabid dog lovers. After breaking the dog lovers into six types — from Petrosexuals to Dogvocates — he outlines their every desire. See the full cartoon on the Latest Word blog…
A Brighton industrial cleaning company is suing the City and County of Denver and its Department of Aviation, which oversees operations at Denver International Airport, citing racial discrimination and soliciting of bribes for preferential treatments in contracted work by officials. Allstate Sweeping, which filed the federal civil suit earlier this…
According to the Lafayette Police Department, Nancy Marks has got your number — or at least wanted it. Although Marks worked as a psychic, she reportedly also used her mental powers to separate customers from their cash “by convincing them that ‘money is evil’ and that she needed to know…
Last night, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who many NBA experts picked to win a championship this year, were annihilated by the Boston Celtics thanks in large part to a shockingly subpar, seemingly disinterested performance by LeBron James. The Cavs are down three games to two, and Boston has a chance to…
Leadville’s Margie Ciaccio is a 47-year-old grandmother with an unusual claim to fame: She’s an arm-wrestling titan with four world titles and plenty of other prizes to her credit. At last year’s championships in Italy, for example, she won the left-hand competition in the sixty kilogram weight class of the…
Every day, we pluck choice posts from Denver blogs. Here are three ripe ones. 5280’s Michael de Yoanna hips us to disgraced Colorado Springs pastor Ted Haggard’s new church, dubbed St. James — presumably because the name New Life Church was already taken. Heads up, Mike Jones! The Denver PR…
On the final day of the Colorado legislative session, the teacher’s union behind much of the uproar about a controversial bill to expand regulation of the state’s K-12 teachers is praying the Senate okays a package of House amendments aimed at lessening the blow to poorly rated teachers. Deborah Fallin,…
Josh McDaniels’s decision to draft Tim Tebow in the first round of the NFL draft has been the subject of debate this off-season so far — and around here, plenty of fans are warming up to the pick. But don’t fool yourself: There are legions of pigskin addicts who absolutely…
Back in 2008, when 21-year-old Kristi Burton was pushing her “Personhood Amendment” — an aggressively anti-abortion measure that claimed “person” applies to humans from their biological starting point — even normally anti-choice Republicans couldn’t get on board. But two years and some heavy anti-Dem blow-back later, the Grand Junction Daily…
In this week’s Westword, Kenny Be draws “Denver’s Most Dogged” — a breakdown of the city’s rabid dog-lovers. After dividing the dog-lovers into six types — from Petrosexuals to Dogvocates — he outlines their every desire. Click through to see where you and your dog fit in …..
As noted in just-published posts, advocate Matt Brown is a fan of HB 1284, the just-passed measure to regulate the medical marijuana industry, while attorney Brian Vicente sees both that bill and SB 109, about the relationship between doctors and MMJ patients, as flawed landmarks. The Cannabis Therapy Institute’s Laura…
Sensible Colorado’s Brian Vicente wound up working the early shift today. Before 7 a.m., he’d appeared on Channel 4’s morning news program to talk about yesterday’s passage of HB 1284, a bill designed to regulate the state’s medical marijuana industry. He joined Senator Chris Romer, who backed the measure and…
Despite its legislative passage yesterday, HB 1284, the bill to regulate the medical marijuana industry, continues to earn mixed reviews. The Cannabis Therapy Institute’s Laura Kriho hates both HB 1284 and the previously approved SB 109, which seeks to clarify the relationship between doctors and medical marijuana patients. Sensible Colorado’s…
Today’s nominee for best article ever goes to the Boulder Daily Camera piece about Carl Fuermann, a staffer in the CU registrar’s office who thinks the gulf oil spill can be resolved if people all over the world meditate to make the rig’s blowout preventer start working. This premise is…
Last night’s passage of HB 1284, the bill to regulate the medical marijuana industry, sends a message that could accelerate campaigns to legalize MMJ in other states — including Nebraska, where advocates are already exploring a possible 2012 ballot initiative. As reported by Toke of the Town, the Village Voice…
In the wake of the offshore rig explosion and massive oil spill threatening the Gulf Coast, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced a major shakeup of the Minerals Management Service, the agency responsible for overseeing drilling safety and royalty collection — a move that will add yet more…
