Last night, your Denver Nuggets beat the Chicago Bulls for their twelfth straight win — and the person who locked up the victory, by blocking an in-bounds pass with less than a second left, was none other than JaVale McGee, who is quickly becoming one of Denver’s (and the NBA’s)…
Last night, Carmelo Anthony returned to play in Denver for the first time since forcing a 2011 trade to the New York Knicks that left Nuggets fans feeling pissed off and disrespected. And somehow, justice prevailed. The Nugs ran all over Melo and pals en route to a 117-94 crushing…
Whenever the Broncos make a big move, there’s always debate. Was drafting Tim Tebow in the first round an unbelievably stupid decision? (There’s still plenty of disagreement about this one.) Was paying huge money to Peyton Manning right after neck surgery an unnecessary risk? (It’s worked out pretty well so…
March Madness is well underway as teams begin to punch their tickets for the Big Dance. The major conference tournaments kick off today, but many Coloradans will have their eye on only one: the Pac-12 Conference Tournament. With respect to the Colorado State Rams for a solid season and probable…
Nick Kasa, a CU Buffs tight end, is getting a lot of attention in the wake of the NFL Combine, an annual meat market where players are examined, tested and quizzed by teams. The reason, though, is only marginally connected to his (first-rate) play and potential. During an interview with…
The All-Star break is over, Kenneth Faried manimaled his way to some long-overdue national attention, and fastest team in the NBA West got a few days off to recharge its batteries. After the Nuggets beat the Celtics last night to avenge that frustrating triple OT loss heading into the break,…
Multiple Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong’s confession last month about blood doping and performance-enhancing drugs focused new attention on Tyler Hamilton, a former Boulder cyclist and Armstrong teammate who’s been pointing the finger at Mr. Live Strong for years. Now, Hamilton is a key witness in the Madrid trial…
Ask people to name Colorado’s best-ever athletes and you’ll hear references to the likes of John Elway, Dave Logan and Missy Franklin. But they all moved to the state rather than being born here. So who are the greatest Colorado athletes as listed by Wikipedia who actually qualify as natives?…
Denver Nuggets power forward Kenneth Faried stepped into the national spotlight over the weekend, lighting up the BBVA Rising Stars Challenge game by scoring forty points, pulling down ten rebounds and earning MVP honors, and then wowing the crowd with one of the best dunks of Saturday night’s Slam Dunk…
On Valentine’s Day, professional ballers have a big job — impressing spouses or lovers who sometimes get as much attention as they do…at least from the website PlayerWives.com. The significant others of numerous Colorado jocks are highlighted on the site, but we’re focusing on five, including one former GF and…
Wilson Chandler didn’t play in last night’s Nuggets loss to the Toronto Raptors due to injury — a sore groin, reportedly. But plenty of Denver fans would like to kick him in that very spot due to what appear to be signs he wants a trade less than a year…
Colorado School of Mines basketball doesn’t get much — read: any — national airtime. But that changed Friday, when Chatfield High alum Trevor Wages shattered a backboard with a dunk, and made ESPN’s top ten in the process. Too bad the story doesn’t have a happier ending: The game wasn’t…
The NBA trade deadline is thirteen days away — just enough time to quell that gnawing feeling in the gut telling you that, well, Kevin Garnett is old, and he has a lot of money left on that two-year contract, but he sure would shore up that interior defense. And,…
The next big event for swimmer Missy Franklin is…the Colorado 5A girls’ state championship? It’s true: The multiple-gold-medal-winning Olympian is taking part in the event today and tomorrow at Fort Collins’ Eudora Pool and Ice Center, aka EPIC. And the folks at the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) seem…
Update: Vail’s Lindsey Vonn has made news of late for reasons that go well beyond her skiing skills — like, for instance, her alleged dalliances with golfer Tiger Woods. But her massive wipe-out at the world championships in Austria has changed the narrative. She’s now expected to return to Colorado…
Todd Helton has been a mainstay for the Colorado Rockies for a long, long time, holding steady while other teammates screwed up on the diamond and off. Which means it’s about time for him to have a gaffe of his own. Like, for instance, a DUI arrest this morning, which…
How did local Ravens and 49ers fans spend Super Bowl Sunday? Plenty of them headed to bars catering to their respective teams: Chopper’s Sports Grill for Baltimore boosters, the Icehouse Tavern for San Francisco faithful. Photog Brandon Marshall stopped by both places to sample the agony and the ecstasy (more…
Watching Ray Lewis acting like the king of the world after playing a thoroughly ordinary game, and seeing Joe Fluke-o named MVP after the Baltimore Ravens’ Super Bowl victory yesterday was enough to make me nearly throw up my seven-layer dip. Fortunately, Las Vegas sports books give our Denver Broncos…
Yesterday’s death of snowmobiler Caleb Moore as the result of a crash at the X-Games in Aspen has led to grief on the part of his family and friends, as well as debate about his sport of choice. Among the most prominent critics of the event: Tony Kornheiser of ESPN,…
Update: Shortly after the publication of a post about the terrible injuries suffered by snowmobiler Caleb Moore at the X-Games in Aspen, we received word that he died earlier this morning. ESPN has already released a statement expressing condolences to the family for what is the first death in the…
Last night, the starters for the NBA All-Star Game were announced, and no Nuggets made the cut — and while Kenneth Faried could still be named as a reserve next week, he’s a long shot. Fortunately, though, Denver will still be represented…by Rocky, one of just four team mascots to…
Hard to believe that just over two years ago, Lance Armstrong was appearing at the State Capitol with then-Governor Bill Ritter to announce the launch of what is now known as the USA Pro Challenge. His association with the race is long over, and so is his credibility following last…
