In yesterday’s list of the top ten ways Josh McDaniels has destroyed the Denver Broncos, our number-one choice noted that rather than confronting players over the team’s 59-14 pasting by the hated Raiders, he went into “a private shell of misery — precisely the wrong thing to do under the…
Is it fair to blame Coach Josh McDaniels for the Broncos’ humiliating 59-14 loss to the Oakland Raiders yesterday? In a word: yes. McDaniels was brought to Denver to revitalize a once-proud franchise. Instead, he’s steadily undermined the squad with stupid decisions, poor management and inconsistency so consistent that Sunday’s…
Local football fans eagerly waiting to find out where John Elway would rate on the NFL Network’s list of the 100 greatest players finally have their answer: No. 7 finished at No. 23. An appropriate spot? Not according to a couple of prominent Broncos bloggers, who are plenty unhappy about…
The extended period of quiet over a Carmelo Anthony trade following the collapse of a deal with New Jersey is over. Not only are the Knicks back in the hunt, with a little reported help from Spike Lee, but now, both the Chicago Bulls and, yes, the Nets are reportedly…
Why are Carmelo Anthony trade talks between the Nuggets and New York Knicks heating up again? One theory is that the Nugs have lowered their demands and expectations, believing getting something for Melo is better than nothing. But now comes another possibility, and a pretty funny one, too: Spike Lee…
The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls are on top. Going into next month’s national WFTDA Championships, Denver’s oldest roller derby league is currently ranked No. 1 in the country by the Derby News Network, a website dedicated to all things derby — and the only organization to publish national rankings. According to…
We’ve known that Carmelo Anthony has wanted to play for the New York Knicks since that July wedding toast. The problem to date’s been the lack of assets the Knicks have had to offer in exchange for his services. But a new report suggests that a fresh offer is in…
Last night was the season finale of La La’s Full Court Wedding, the VH1 reality show that followed La La Vazquez as she planned her wedding to Nugget-for-now Carmelo Anthony. Not to ruin the ending, but they wind up getting hitched. The episode was sweet, if not a little boring…
No denying that the Jets’ 24-20 win over the Broncos yesterday was agonizing. But it was also predictable. Point blank, a good team would have won that game — and that the Broncos didn’t provides a mighty clear indication of where they stand on a qualitative scale. Meanwhile, the play…
This Sunday, the Broncos take on the New York Jets — and while Denver is beset with an incredible array of injuries, and burdened by a running game that’s should be hospitalized for severe anemia, the team’s got history on its side. Note that in Jets Insider Ken Fratto’s 2002…
Remarkably in this age of cell-phone cameras, no video has yet surfaced of the brawl at Saturday’s Colorado Eagles-Odessa Jackalopes preseason hockey game, which Odessa forfeited despite leading 3-1 following a series of fights that were vicious even by the standards of the sport. The worst: Eagle Brad MacMillan reportedly…
Update: Former CU standout Kanavis McGhee has reportedly come forward to deny that he asked for and accepted $2,500 from sports agent Josh Luchs, as the latter claimed in a high-profile Sports Illustrated article. McGhee is planning to formally apologize to the university for allowing athletic staffers to twist for…
Colorado’s fledgling rollerboys, Colorado Roller Derby’s Rollin’ Bones, will play the big girls in a bout Saturday against the Denver Roller Dolls’ Green Barrettes at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield. It will be the first full roller derby bout for Colorado’s only men’s team — and it’s sure to be…
The deal to send Carmelo Anthony to the New Jersey Nets is supposedly dead — but don’t schedule the funeral just yet. Last week, a Nuggets scout was in New Jersey watching Derrick Favors, reportedly a centerpiece of a potential transaction. And now, comments from the Nets’ owner indicate that…
Last week, we suggested that based on her performance in a familiar Snickers commercial, Betty White would be an upgrade over the current Broncos running backs — a reference that, truth be told, we thought was kinda funny. But after yesterday’s worse-than-the-score-implies 31-17 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, we’re not…
We keep being told that the four-way trade to send Carmelo Anthony to the New Jersey Nets is dead — but it may have some life in it yet. Why else would a Nuggets scout be eyeballing Nets rookie Derrick Favors, reportedly one of the keys to a possible deal?…
After a trade that would have sent Carmelo Anthony to New Jersey fell through (and Chicago re-signed Joakim Noah), Denver fans began to wonder if Anthony might remain in Denver for a while longer — even as other observers debated whether the Nuggets would be better off without Melo. But…
Amid all the speculation about a Carmelo Anthony trade to places like New Jersey, New Orleans or Chicago — the sort of deal that might also send Nuggets other than Chris “Birdman” Andersen packing, too — most Nugs fans have contended that keeping Anthony here represents the best-case scenario. But…
The Carmelo Anthony trade rumors have included frenzied speculation about possible deals involving New Jersey and, more recently, New Orleans. But with speculation about a trade to Chicago taking a hit with the Bulls’ inking of Joakim Noah to a five-year, $60 million pact, are the Nuggets confident their lineup…
Who gets the credit for the Broncos’ wholly unexpected 26-20 win over the Tennessee Titans yesterday? Kyle Orton — with a big assist from the Titans’ game plan, which kept the predominantly orange men in a contest they had no business winning but (happily) managed to do anyway. But that…
There’s a novel idea starting to get some online buzz: If the Nuggets can’t get the entire league to negotiate a Rubik’s Cube of perfect-storm, planets-aligned trade talks because they’re dealing with Russian mogul and Michael Jordan types, they’ll simply simplify. To spin Mark Twain, rumors that a Carmelo Anthony…
With the Carmelo Anthony trade talks devolving into accusations of tampering against the New York Knicks, an intriguing new question has arisen: If Anthony won’t accept a trade to any team other than the Knicks, should the Nuggets explore the idea of a swap with a team that might want…
