Sex and the Super Bowl have always gone hand in hand. But even we were surprised when we searched for the hashtag #Broncos on Instagram. Yes, plenty of the images pertained directly to the game and players in it, including a pic of Pretty Little Liars star Lucy Hale displaying her…
Two of the most controversial local events of 2016 won’t be happening. Return of Kings, an organization founded by Daryush Valizadeh, better known as Roosh V, that is best known for its alleged advocacy for legalizing rape — a joke, Roosh stresses, although plenty of folks don’t believe him —…
Dear Stoner: What is pipe resin made of? It’s not what the dispensaries sell, is it? Brick Dear Brick: Lord, no. The black, gooey stuff that’s left in your pipe after smoking buds is basically tar, with some ash, carbon and a little THC mixed in. Igniting cannabis flower burns…
During this week’s snowstorm, plenty of people shared their thoughts on social media — but they definitely didn’t agree on whether the weather event was a good thing or a bad thing. Hence our post, headlined, “Top 20 Tweets About Hating and Loving the Denver Snowstorm.” More likes and dislikes…
Denver blog posts march steadily toward the future. At Westword Food & Drink, Patricia Calhoun shares the skinny about longtime Jefferson Park staple La Loma heading downtown. Predominantly Orange’s Sayre Bedinger looks into the stories of Broncos contract players in the Super Bowl. Big Media’s Jason Salzman writes about U.S. Senate…
Criticism continues to be lobbed at the Denver Police Department and other law enforcers in the city over alleged brutality incidents. Just last week, for instance, we told you about a lawsuit filed against Denver police officer Choice Johnson, who was caught on video tossing a man down a set…
It’s been one of the biggest federal marijuana prosecutions in the Denver area since the passage of Amendment 64 — featuring a high-profile raid and more than two years’ worth of allegations involving weapons and $500,000 in Colombian cash said to have been dumped into the Colorado pot industry. But…
Congratulations Denver. Tom Brady and the Patriots were vanquished in the AFC championship game, and the hometown donkeys are on their way to Super Bowl 50. I admit not seeing that coming. Yes, I’m the guy who wrote a prediction piece entitled “Tom Brady, Patriots Will Kick Broncos’ Ass and Here’s…
Kaleb Andre Serrano will never get to know his father, Jorge Serrano. But he’ll grow up knowing his dad died while trying to be there for his birth. Serrano, a 29-year-old resident of Greeley, was killed in a crash on Monday, February 1, as he rushed to the hospital where…
Most people who move to Colorado are interested in an active lifestyle. And that includes those who come to our fair state to retire. No wonder Colorado did so well in a WalletHub study that names the best and worst states in which to retire. A key factor used to…
Earlier today, we told you about Broncos practice squad player Ryan Murphy being sent home from the Super Bowl after he was questioned in regard to the investigation of a prostitution sting. Although Murphy wasn’t cited for a crime, his name has now been linked with prostitution due to the Broncos/Super…
Broncos safety Ryan Murphy couldn’t have been expecting to make many headlines during Super Bowl week. While he traveled with the team to Santa Clara, where the big game will be played on Sunday, February 7, he couldn’t play, since he’s a member of the practice squad. But Murphy managed…
It’s a change that neatly symbolizes how times have changed in Colorado. Two Pueblo companies are in the process of opening what’s described as the “first hemp/CBD dispensary” in the community. And the site’s operation was once home to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. The companies in question are CBDRx,…
Our report about the brawl at the Colorado Motorcycle Expo over the weekend left one person dead and a number of others injured. Members of two motorcycle clubs, the Mongols and the Iron Order, took part, with one person identified as a Colorado Department of Corrections employee. Other reports suggested…
Denver blogs are about achieving balance in the universe. At Westword Food & Drink, our Cafe Society crew catalogs Denver restaurant/bar openings and closings for January, with those coming narrowly outdistancing the closures. Mile High Report’s Scotty Payne captures the madness of Super Bowl 50 opening night. The Colorado Independent: “Fire…
Everyone knows that the Molly Brown House is a historic landmark in Denver: In fact, the fight to save the Victorian structure from demolition led to the creation of Historic Denver in 1970. But just because a building is old doesn’t mean it’s an official historic landmark in this city;…
This is the first in a two-part story on Landmark Preservation in Denver. For an illustration of historic designation in action — including six buildings that are officially historic and six that are not — read this piece. Across from Burns Park, on the northeast side of Leetsdale Drive, is…
Stephen Moore is a reportedly a male stripper from Oklahoma. But this week, he found himself in Aspen, and he’ll be there for a while. He was jailed after allegedly shooting video up the skirts of two girls, ages fourteen and fifteen, and injuring a nine-year-old boy as he tried to…
The fallout continues from the biker brawl at the Colorado Motorcycle Expo on January 30 — a melee that killed a man now identified by the Denver coroner’s office as Victor Mendoza, 46, and injured several others. Mendoza is said to have been a member of a motorcycle club known…
In honor of Groundhog Day — the Bill Murray classic movie, that is, not the pointless holiday that exists at this point only to give morning news crews a segment to produce in the doldrums of early February — we’re offering up a list of things that Denverites might be tired…
Editor’s note: Fans of the Arizona Cardinals had a head start on Broncos boosters when it comes to hating on the Carolina Panthers. Before Cam Newton and his crew played the Cards in the NFC championship game on January 24, Benjamin Leatherman of the Phoenix New Times, one of our…
Do you hate today’s Denver snowstorm? Or love it? Twitter Nation seems pretty evenly divided. For everyone complaining about bad roads and related inconveniences, there’s somebody celebrating a snow day (most schools in the metro area are closed) or the beauty of the scene. To capture the contradiction, we’ve juxtaposed…
