Bill Cosby has been in the spotlight for months, as women keep stepping forward with accusations of sexual abuse. But despite protests over Cosby being booked at the Buell on January 17, and then actual demonstrations outside the venue, the show went on as scheduled. Brandon Marshall was there; keep…
Ranker, which specializes in (yes, you guessed it) ranking stuff, has created a list featuring “famous University of Colorado at Boulder alumni” — but that’s not quite right. As you’ll see by the top ten, featuring photos and biographical information, not all of them actually graduated, including the site’s number…
Our Schmuck of the Week team recently offered a tip of the hat to the Denver Police Department for Facebooking the story of Andrew Blackman, whose escape from the cops went sour when he ran straight to a police station. And it’s hardly the only tale of its type to…
Marijuana will kill your baby! Or, at least that’s what this horribly scary article in the January 19, 1911 Montezuma Journal implies. Actually, a cannabis-infused product mentioned in the piece really does sound dangerous — but any baby poisoning going on had nothing to do with pot. See also: “Recreational…
Jamie Swinnerton’s post about the cancellation of Vanessa Collier’s funeral after the pastor learned photos of her proposal to her lesbian partner would be shared generated a big response, with readers roughly split between those excoriating the decision as heartless and homophobic and others who support the church’s rights based…
Denver blog posts want to raise the woof. At our Cafe Society blog, Chris Utterback writes about the closure of the Bark Bar after a year of doggy drama. The Colorado Independent’s Tessa Cheek on John Hickenlooper’s state-of-the-state address. Denver Egotist: Dust off that Nintendo power glove! See also: Where…
Pueblo’s Phenia Martinez, 25, had multiple Facebook pages, with one of them dominated by photos of young children — and as the new year dawned, she was preparing to welcome a new life, being eight-months pregnant. But before this blessed event could take place, she was brutally murdered — and…
There will be no Pot Bowl II in 2015. When the Denver Broncos lost to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, they ensured that last year’s marijuana-themed jokes and memes surrounding the Super Bowl featuring the Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks (who hail from the only other state that had legal…
If the folks at the Denver District Attorney’s Office are right, Ostell Miles is a schmuck — a schmuck who used to play in the National Football League. Miles, a onetime running back for the Cincinnati Bengals, is among three people accused of responding to at least ten people whose…
Colorado may have more than its share of hash-oil explosions these days, but the number of fiery meth-lab accidents here is among the lowest in the country. A recent survey in Missouri shows that while some states experienced well over 1,000 incidents, with more than 11,000 taking place nationwide, Colorado…
The Urban Dictionary defines “Coloradon’t” as meaning “Douchey things you shouldn’t do in Colorado,” and offers the following exchange as an example: Trent: Hey, lets get our Akon bumpin’ and get a natty ice sesh goin on a mountain somewhere. Brock: Hella word! (Any self respecting individual): Shut the fuck…
Still waiting. I’m still waiting. Yes, I have the Talking Heads stuck in my head. That’s usually not a bad thing, but I keep repeating the chorus to “Crosseyed and Painless” every day around this time as the mailman drops off another stack of mail that doesn’t contain my medical…
Our post about the announcement that Bill Cosby’s Denver shows on Saturday will go on despite continuing controversy over rape allegations, as well as a planned protest outside the venue, quickly became a comment repository — and most readers aren’t in Cos’s corner. Here’s one example. See also: Bill Cosby’s…
Denver blog posts have a style all their own. At our Cafe Society blog, Mark Antonation reveals where you can find ten different pizza styles in Denver (and a little beyond). Roundball Mining Company’s Skyler McAllister offers a rapid reaction to the Nuggets’ victory over the shorthanded Dallas Mavericks. Denver…
The oil and gas industry raised a massive war chest last year in anticipation of a showdown over anti-fracking ballot initiatives that failed to materialize — and then spent freely on advertising, contributions to PACs and candidate committees, as well as general promotion of the industry’s issues and causes across…
Arturo Hernandez Garcia, an undocumented immigrant who has been in sanctuary at the First Unitarian Society of Denver Church for three months, has suffered another setback in his case. Attorneys for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have declined to join Garcia’s motion to re-open the case. If ICE had agreed…
The frenzy to learn who will succeed John Fox as the next head coach of your Denver Broncos is getting crazier with each passing minute. As evidence, consider that yesterday afternoon, an SBNation post declared that prime hopeful Gary Kubiak — who’s gone from serving as John Elway’s backup QB…
At 4:05 Mountain Time on Wednesday, rock climber and Estes Park native Tommy Caldwell pulled himself up onto the top of Yosemite’s El Capitan, turned towards the cameras filming him from below, and raised his arms in victory. And like that, his seven-year-long quest to climb the Dawn Wall was…
Offensive lineman Isaiah Holland hasn’t played a snap for the CU Buffs football team, but he’s a promising recruit with an NFL pedigree (his dad has a Super Bowl ring) from whom big things were expected. Not so much anymore. Holland has been suspended from the team indefinitely after allegedly…
Melissa Boyd had quite an evening of it this past Saturday. She was busted after a crash in which she’s alleged to have drunkenly hit and run — and shortly thereafter, authorities learned she’d left her eleven-month-old baby home alone while she did it. Continue for photos, video and details…
Back in 2013, we posted about the top ten cities for divorce — and two of them were in Colorado. Given that, it’s not too surprising Colorado ranks in the top ten states for divorce, according to U.S. government statistics. Count down the photo-illustrated top ten below, supplemented by the…
Update: Yesterday, when we told you about the arrest of Robert Richard Beattie Smith on suspicion of sexual assault while posing as a massage therapist (see our previous coverage below), we noted that Aurora police feared the existence of additional victims. Apparently, they were right: Five women have contacted investigators…
