So… does knowing that your Denver Nuggets lost in the NBA’s Western Conference Finals to the eventual champs, the L.A. Lakers — and put up more of a fight than did the Orlando Magic — make the way the Nugs’ season ended a little less painful. No. Not at all…
Casual baseball fans who hear that the Colorado Rockies have suddenly won eight games straight, including ultra-rare road sweeps against the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers, may start thinking about corner-turning, even though the Rocks are currently mired in fourth place among the five National League West teams,…
Having just completed their most exciting season in years, the Denver Nuggets are smart to get into contact with fans about next season while they’re still buzzing from the team’s just-ended playoff run. After all, the Nugs’ bandwagon is more crowded than ever right now. Still, the franchise might want…
At a press availability yesterday, newly minted Denver Bronco Brian Dawkins, a veteran safety who’s a legend among Philadelphia Eagles faithful, declared, “I would love to have a ring. I would love to finish it all with a ring.” And from what I understand, the gathered reporters were polite enough…
Yes, it’s true. Elway is gone. In fact, he’s been gone for two weeks, but very few people in Colorado knew anything about it. The Elway in question was a fourteen-year-old golden retriever who worked for the San Francisco Police Department — and he was apparently as good at his…
The Denver Post piece about the University of Denver’s hiring of Princeton lacrosse coach Bill Tierney was modest; it lacked a byline and ran just a little over 200 words. But Tierney’s relocation to Colorado is a huge deal in lacrosse circles, as witnessed by the coverage given the move…
Last week, former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy caused a stir in NFL circles when he questioned the maturity level of QB Jay Cutler, who the Broncos shipped to the Chicago Bears to end one of the most ridiculous off-season dramas ever. Now, another Hall of Fame coach, Mike Ditka,…
Even before the hiring of new coach Josh McDaniels and the loss of quarterback Jay Cutler, even casual NFL fans knew that the team was facing a brutal 2009 schedule — and the breakdown provided by BetFirms.com makes it clear just how difficult it’ll be for the Denver squad to…
Just when it looked like the Colorado Rockies were well on their way to redefining the word “pitiful,” the team has done the seemingly impossible: won five games in a row, including yesterday’s 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. But before you start digging out your 2007 World Series…
The NBA playoffs raised the profile of Nuggets streak-shooter J.R. Smith to the degree that he was included in “65 in 65,” a series of NBA chats facilitated by ESPN. Problem is, he didn’t show up for the session, which was supposed to take place yesterday — although he apparently…
See photos of the Broncos Fan Fest, the Larimer Square chalk-art fest and more coverage of the weekend at westword.com/slideshow…
The kidnapping and subsequent safe return in Venezuela of Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba’s eleven-year-old son and brother-in-law certainly makes matters like the firing of manager Clint Hurdle seem minor by comparison. And yet the holding of athletes’ family members for ransom is hardly novel in that country. As noted in…
The Colorado Avalanche didn’t wait long after the sacking of beleaguered good-guy coach Tony Granato to name his replacement. Yesterday, the team introduced new head man Joe Sacco, who most recently helmed the Lake Erie Monsters, the excellently named Avs’ affiliate in the American Hockey League. From all reports, Sacco…
Yes, I know that the Nuggets-beating Los Angeles Lakers are supposed to school Orlando in the NBA finals series, which begins tonight. But although I’d have to give the edge to the Lakers, too, I’m not ruling out a sweet, ever-so-satisfying Magic victory. No doubt the refs will give every…
At a teleconference yesterday announcing that he’d joined the NBC Sports cadre of broadcasters, former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy was asked about the Chicago Bears’ acquisition of hurler Jay Cutler in exchange for a couple of draft picks and party dude QB Kyle Orton (who’s having trouble grasping new…
Because sometimes we all need to see a big, stupid dinosaur mascot looking like an idiot…
Yesterday afternoon, during a conversation with Sandy Clough and Mike Evans of FM 104.3/The Fan, Tony Granato, who’d beeen canned as head coach of your Colorado Avalanche a short time earlier, came across as the classiest of class acts, expressing gratitude to the franchise that treated him like excess ice…
This week’s cover story, “Colorado’s Parkour Pioneers are Running With It,” is all about APEX Movement, the new facility opened by parkour experts Ryan Ford and Matt Marshall that’s the largest parkour gym — anywhere. To experience APEX for yourself, here’s a video tour of the place — featuring lots…
As we note in this week’s cover story, “Colorado’s Parkour Pioneers are Running With It,” the discipline of parkour is best described not through words, but through videos. With that in mind, we’ve collected a variety of parkour movies, from locally filmed Colorado Parkour clips like the one above to…
The NFL has informed Brandon Marshall’s agent that the Broncos receiver won’t be suspended for a since-dropped March charge of disorderly conduct aimed against him and his current fiancée, Michi Leshase Nogami-Campbell. And as the Denver Post’s Mike Klis implies in the article linked above, Marshall’s representatives will no doubt…
The Bleacher Report piece “Colorado Rockies No. 1 In Denver Columnist’s MLB Power Rankings” claims that the local ballers have sat Denver Post scribbler Woody Paige’s roster all season, for reasons like these: “This team is showing a lot of determination this season,” said Paige in the article. “Even during…
When the Denver Nuggets brought back Chris Andersen last year, I had absolutely no problem containing my excitement. But during this past season, including the playoffs, the Birdman proved to be the type of bench player every successful NBA squad needs: one who not only spells the starters, but provides…
