Broncos players and coaches talked up the 1-9 Kansas City Chiefs prior to meeting them at Arrowhead Stadium yesterday, as they stressed in post-game interviews following a 17-9 victory. But anyone who sat through the brutally ugly contest knows better. It was clear from the earliest moments that Denver hadn’t…
Yesterday, CU students enjoying the last hours of their Thanksgiving break received a university e-mail informing them that Buffs football coach Jon Embree had been sacked; see it below. We predicted this move last week — not that the mysticism of Nostradamus was required to see this one coming. Still,…
On Sunday, the Denver Broncos take on the Kansas City Chiefs — but no matter how badly Peyton Manning and company pummel KC (we hope), they won’t be able to do any more damage to Loren G. “Sam” Lickteig. That’s because Lickteig is already dead, and according to the obituary…
The worth of athletes is so highly quantified — by their physical measurements, their stats, their contracts, the numbers on their backs — that it’s easy to take football players for granted as tools designed specifically to dominate the gridiron. Easily overlooked is the hard work and personal sacrifice offered…
Alabama football fans’ favorite saying is “Roll Tide!” Now, boosters of CU Buffs basketball have changed it to “Roll Tad!” — as in head coach Tad Boyle, who’s energized the program in precisely the way CU football coach Jon Embree has failed to do. While the pigskin squad was falling…
The play of Peyton Maning and Von Miller couldn’t be more different stylistically. The former is a perfectionist who sometimes marks TDs with the hint of a smile, but usually not, while the latter is an exuberant goofball who said one of his sack celebrations yesterday was inspired by Sonic…
Is Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers the most hated player in the NFL, or just the most hated among Broncos fans? Hard to say — but there’s no denying the incredible number of memes ridiculing him. In advance of Sunday’s rematch between the Chargers and the Broncos, we’ve collected our twenty…
Last week, the Denver Post announced a desire to sell its 7.3 percent stake in the Colorado Rockies — an asset acquired due to the Rocky Mountain News’s 2009 closure. A knowledgeable source tells Westword this move was motivated by dire financial problems at the Post — ones serious enough…
During the last three Broncos victories (over San Diego, New Orleans and Cincinnati), the focus was on Peyton Manning, and rightfully so. But while Manning put up impressive stats in yesterday’s 36-14 dismantling of the Carolina Panthers, the stars of the game were Von Miller and the Broncos defense –…
Ask Broncos fans to name the most hated team figure of the last fifteen years and nearly everybody will automatically answer, “Josh McDaniels.” To be certain, the Broncos were dismal under his watch. He orchestrated some much maligned trades, made a plethora of questionable draft picks and, most unforgivable of…
Onetime Regis High baseball coach Walt Weiss will no longer be the second-most famous person at the school — after Olympian Missy Franklin. The ex-Colorado Rockies shortstop has just been hired to manage his former (and currently sorry) squad. Does that mean he’ll hang onto the astonishing Castle Rock property…
Last week, after the Broncos blew out the New Orleans Saints, we suggested that Peyton Manning had finally exorcised Tim Tebow from the souls of Denver fans. But then, the very next week against the Bengals, Manning was called upon to execute a Tebow specialty — the fourth-quarter comeback. He…
The 2012-13 Nuggets season has finally arrived. After pushing the Lakers to seven games in the first round of the NBA Playoffs last year and obtaining All-Star guard Andre Iguodala via trade this summer, fans are excited as they’ve ever been for the boys in blue and yellow — and…
While the interest in Peyton Manning nationally is running high (as witnessed by how often Denver’s played in prime time this season), the excitement level locally has been muted in comparison with last year’s Tim Tebow mania. But that may be about to change. Hours after the Chosen One missed…
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is currently doing his best impersonation of the Grinch that Stole Hockey for the 2012-13 season. But that shouldn’t stop you from enjoying the stick-and-skates sport in Colorado this year. Tonight, the newest addition to the Central Hockey League, the Denver Cutthroats, open their inaugural season…
What would have been worse for a Broncos fan in San Diego than not being able to see Denver’s amazing comeback win over the Chargers live and in person on Monday night? Missing the entire game because someone had knocked you unconscious, presumably for daring to wear a Broncos jersey…
Admit it: When the Broncos went into a 24-0 hole versus the Chargers, you thought the squad would mount a second-half redemption effort that would fall short, just as happened with Atlanta, Houston and New England. But a funny thing happened on the way to predictability: The Broncos sapped the…
About the only suspense regarding CU’s 2012 football team is whether or not Oregon will break the century mark in their October 27 match-up with the Buffs. No wonder attention is already shifting to the men’s basketball team, which made the NCAA tournament last season and upset UNLV in the…
How much do fans of the Denver Broncos and the San Diego Chargers hate each other? Well, there’s a list of mean jokes about the other team on fan forums connected to both DenverBroncos.com and Chargers.com. To get you ready for tonight’s crucial Denver-San Diego face-off, we pitted the rival…
Not long ago, Broncos Nation was thrilled about the arrival of Peyton Manning — even many Tim Tebow fans who opposed his trade to the Jets. But five games into the regular season, much of that enthusiasm has ebbed, with large numbers of fans losing faith…including the sometimes irrational belief…
Is the Nuggets’ strategy this season to blind their opponents? That may be the secret purpose behind the squad’s newly unveiled uniforms, which mate a highlighter-yellow hue with the de facto return of the skyline that was a standard part of frequently bitched-about Nugs gear from ages ago. How does…
After gut-wrenching comebacks-that-weren’t to the Falcons and the Texans, the Broncos needed a laugher — and they got one. Denver’s 37-6 demolition of the hated Oakland Raiders was perfectly timed going into the most brutal stretch of an already killer schedule. More important, the game showed the Broncos learning from…
