Ron Howard had an important role in the lead-up to Super Bowl 50, won by your Denver Broncos. But he made his biggest contribution to the contest after the fact — via a video shared here, in which he speaks for a pouting Cam Newton while being gently chided by…
To the victors go the spoils — and for your world champion Denver Broncos, they include making appearances on major talk shows. First, Ellen DeGeneres hosted Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller, who said that he job was to make sure the other guy had a horrible day. Then, last night,…
Congratulations, Justin Carrigan. You’ve got the most forgiving, understanding wife in all of human history. Why? Because she isn’t giving him the heave-ho despite telling a reporter in a video that went viral how he expected to spend $30,000 to see his beloved Denver Broncos play the Carolina Panthers in…
Although Von Miller still hasn’t gotten a car for being Super Bowl 50 MVP — come on, John Elway, pony up! — he did get to meet Ellen DeGeneres, who he called “the only one” who picked the Broncos to beat the Cam Newton’s Carolina Panthers in the big game. Not…
An estimated one million people attended yesterday’s Broncos victory parade and rally. And while the downtown celebration in the immediate aftermath of the team’s win over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 featured a dozen arrests, numerous police confrontations and the use of pepper spray to disperse crowds, there were…
Yesterday, we highlighted thirty NFL experts who predicted the Panthers would beat the Broncos in Super Bowl 50. We could have featured a lot more. The overwhelming majority of sports pundits thought Carolina would thrash Denver in the big game — including our own prognosticator, Brian Badzmierowski, who has now…
For his incredible performance during the Broncos’ Super Bowl 50 win, Von Miller was named the game’s Most Valuable Player — and deservedly so. But he’s got a reason to be wearing the expression seen in the photo above, which he shared on his must-follow Instagram page yesterday. His MVP…
A Broncos win in Super Bowl 50 would have bummed out Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton under any circumstance. But the loss has been compounded by reactions to his petulant reactions during numerous moments in the game and a subsequent press conference, which found him pouting up a storm and…
Super Bowl 50 is in the books and I’m 0-2 at picking winners in the Westword. Predicting sports games is never easy; there’s too many variables. I didn’t expect the 2011 version of Cam Newton to suit up after he had just won his first NFL MVP award. He looked…
Dear Peyton, Congratulations on your second Super Bowl victory and becoming the first quarterback in National Football League history to win the contest with two different teams. Your legacy as one of the greatest signal callers to ever play pro ball was secure whether you’d tasted triumph or defeat yesterday. But…
The vast majority of Super Bowl 50 bettors put their money on the Carolina Panthers to beat the crap out of your Denver Broncos. Why? One reason may be the influence of NFL journalists, broadcasters and media figures. Most people who make their living by predicting the outcome of NFL…
As we noted in a February 1 post entitled TOP 20 TWEETS FROM BRONCOS FANS WHO REALLY THINK DENVER WILL WIN SUPER BOWL, those betting on Super Bowl 50 overwhelmingly favored the Carolina Panthers to kick the ass of your Denver Broncos. Our NFL expert felt the same way. Things worked…
“This shit will not stop us…. I want teargas. I want the motherfuckin’ teargas.” This declaration represents one scene from celebrations set off last night by the Broncos’ unlikely 24-10 win over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50. Once the victory was sealed, happy fans began whooping it up…
Today is officially Orange Friday, as proclaimed by Mayor Michael B. Hancock, and buildings all over the city will get lit up in orange and blue to celebrate the home team. But the celebrations have spilled far beyond Denver, all the way to a sculpture hoax in Asia. Keep reading for…
Last September, the folks from WalletHub released a study tasked with determining the best U.S. sports cities. And much to our chagrin, Denver placed second behind (yeeesh) Boston, Massachusetts. Now, just in time for Super Bowl 50, WalletHub has set out in search of the cities with the best football fans…
A lot of prognosticators out there don’t give your Denver Broncos a prayer of defeating the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 on February 7. But what if that prayer was really, really powerful? And delivered by Tim Tebow? Tebow, of course, was the Broncos quarterback prior to the arrival…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Colorado Rapids signed Marco Pappa because of his skills on the pitch. But they got a little something extra — bizarre publicity involving Pappa’s stabbing two days after the Rapids pact was inked. Among the possible suspects is Stormy Keffeler, a former Miss Washington who was reportedly found with…
A recent Washington Post headline reads, “Sorry Broncos, Almost Everyone Betting on Panthers in Super Bowl 50” — and that’s no exaggeration. An overwhelming number of bettors have placed their money on Cam Newton and the Panthers — and as a result, the point spread has widened. Carolina opened as a 3.5…
