This week marks the end of a most bizarre offseason for the Broncos, as players start trickling into Dove Valley for training camp. (Can you “trickle in” on 76-inch rims? Probably not). Of course, you can take in the practices yourself starting on Friday. But just in case you’re not…
Baseball season is long and dense, epically so, the Infinite Jest of sporting seasons. So you can’t be blamed for jumping in and out, especially in a place where there is so much else to do, and especially when your team plays like Edward Norton in Primal Fear. But if…
InDenver Times’ Hunter Ashley has become the first quasi-media-type to address the non-existing rumors that dog-whacking former Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, now an officially free man, could get a look from the Broncos this off-season: Maybe because the media on the outside is still scratching their heads over the Jay…
With news that the mothership is landing in the local-sports market , and with sports-blog coalitions like SBNation and Bleacher Report continuing to expand, there are lots of questions about what the future of sports journalism will look like. Inside the Rockies wants to be part of the answer. The…
Broncos wide receiver/resident diva Brandon Marshall has vowed to show up for training camp — not because he’s a loyal teammate, but because he’s “not gonna let them take more money.” And a little luck — or perhaps a little help from a friendly judge or scheduler — could keep…
Woody Paige took time from his television foibles to chime in with a pretty decent column on Sunday, about the very fine life of former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan. Shanahan — who talked with Paige at the celebrity golf tourney in Lake Tahoe — has apparently been busy marrying off…
Broncos fans on the team’s season-tickets wait list get their annual consolation prize today: a chance to buy two-game packages (one of which has to be to a pre-season game) before the rest of the sweaty, beer-stained, orange-bleeding general public. Beginning at 10 a.m., wait-listers in Colorado, Wyoming and New…
The NFL Network invited estranged Broncos receiver Brandon Marshall into the studio on Thursday, and proceeded to wet themselves laughing at his jokes and soaking up the spin he was spitting. Marshall — who declared that he “play(s) for the love of the game” — said he’ll be at training…
Our daily search for worth local blogs and other web content. Got a link we should share? Email it. When it comes to federal stimulus money, foreclosures are at the back of the line in Colorado. (Face the State) Brandon Marshall says he’ll be at training camp. Do you want…
Earlier today, we told you about the decision by the Denver Post to hire former Rocky Mountain News sportswriter Jeff Legwold. But he’s not the only veteran of the tabloid’s sports department with a new gig. Today, the University of Colorado announced that B.G. Brooks, who began writing for the…
These days, Broncos fans tend to either love or loathe Jay Cutler, whose petulance over trade rumors precipitated a trade to the Chicago Bears. New York Times blogger and ESPN contributor K.C. Joyner doesn’t gravitate toward either of these extremes, but he’s not ready to anoint Sweet Baby Jay as…
The Nuggets’ loss of Dahntay Jones to a free-agent deal with the Indiana Pacers hurt, and not just because Kobe Bryant grew to despise him over the course of the Western Conference Finals this year. His toughness and aggressiveness were just what the Nugs need to become a perennial playoff…
Given my fearless opening-day prediction that the Colorado Rockies would manage just 72 wins this season (a record they seemed well on their way to achieving during the early weeks of the season), the team’s 47-41 mark at the All-Star break qualifies as surprising, and gratifying, news. But the sense…
It’s comparatively easy to display humility, grace and good sportsmanship for athletes who don’t reach elite status. No one expects greatness from them on any level, personal or professional, so folks tend to grade on the curve from the get-go. But stars are as different in this way as they…
Joe Sakic’s retirement announcement scheduled for later today will no doubt spawn a bevy of salutes to the Colorado Avalanche captain and surefire first-ballot NHL hall of famer — but few more unusual than the one on view here. The montage combines clips from Sakic’s incredible twenty-year career — even…
We’ve been lobbying for the Denver Nuggets to re-sign Chris Andersen for over a month, and the more time that passed, the more likely it was that other teams would start knocking on his door. Fortunately, though, the deed is finally done, with the Birdman agreeing to a five-year, $26…
Shortly after word broke yesterday about the impending retirement of the Colorado Avalanche’s Joe Sakic, Brian Engblom, a hockey vet, Versus TV commentator and onetime mullet king, appeared on Mile High Sports Radio/1510 AM to discuss Super Joe’s legacy. During the chat, hosts Joel Klatt and Nate Kreckman asked Engblom…
Our cruise through the blogosphere. Send links. Broncos release training camp schedule. Watch them when they can’t lose! (Mile High Report) The Denver Post, 1926, under the hardwood floors. (Buck Fifty) Afghanistan: a forgotten war in pictures. (Captured)…
Sure, it’s great that both Brad Hawpe and Jason Marquis made the All-Star team as representatives of the Colorado Rockies. Moreover, an argument can be made that both Aaron Cook and Huston Street deserved to receive nods as well — a testament to the improvement the squad’s made since its…
A blog about other blogs in which we ask you to send us tips about more blogs. It’s bloggeriffic! The Anthony Carter exit interview: Will A.C. be going to D.C. — or maybe a city with less catchy initials? (Pickaxe and Roll) Education Secretary Arne Duncan picks a fight with…
I argued earlier this week that the Colorado Rockies had a chance to establish themselves as true contenders during this week’s three-game series against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. “If the Rocks get swept, they’ll know they still have some work to do before reaching an elite level. Ditto if…
We’re accustomed to seeing celebrities threatened with jail sentences walk out of court after receiving much more minor penalties. But not in the case of Nuggets guard J.R. Smith. Yesterday, we told you that Smith faced a possible forty days behind bars in relation to a 2007 crash that killed…
