After the Nuggets’ desultory game one loss to the Lakers in their first-round playoffs matchup, there were legitimate questions about whether Denver even belonged in the same arena as Kobe Bryant and his L.A. crew. Game two was considerably less humiliating, with the Nugs making the Angelenos work a little…
After Peyton Manning signed with the Broncos, he posed with a jersey at his introductory press conference. But now, we’re finally getting a chance to see him wearing the orange, thanks to DirecTV images from an ad also featuring Deion Sanders and Peyton’s little bro, Eli — and most fans…
OMG, did you hear that ESPN’s NFL Draft gasbag Mel Kiper gave the Broncos draft class a C+? What will the organization do after receiving such a mediocre evaluation? Maybe John Elway and other executives will assess the players in training camp, attempt to improve their weaknesses and put them…
Last week, our Kyle Garratt assembled a list of five reasons why the Nuggets might upset the Lakers — but during Sunday’s humiliating 103-88 defeat in L.A., there appeared to be none. The Nugs’ desultory performance was epitomized by Ty Lawson’s awful game, but he was hardly the sole Denverite…
Kobe Bryant has three more championships by himself than the entire Nuggets roster. The Los Angeles Lakers have three of the best twenty players in basketball. The Lakers are 26-7 at home this year, second best in the league. Given that, will the Nuggets beat the Lakers in the first…
The Broncos spent the first night of the NFL draft picking absolutely no one after trading down twice. But another Denver team is ready for the season. This past weekend, the 2012 Broncos cheerleaders squad was announced, and while all-man Sacha Heppell didn’t make the final cut, the women who…
How much respect are the Nuggets getting going into the playoffs? Well, the NBA.com video recap of last night’s key victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder (it’s on view below) is dominated by great OKC plays, including Kevin Durant’s epic posterizing of JaVale McGee. But if the Nugs can take…
In all of the hoopla surrounding President Barack Obama’s speech at CU-Boulder last night, as well as his crowd-pleasing, yogurt-spilling stop at The Sink, a favorite Boulder restaurant and student hangout, the media has thus far missed a side note involving hoops. To wit: Spencer Dinwiddie, one of the most…
Remember Chris “Birdman” Andersen? He was arguably the most popular member of the Denver Nuggets — a bigger fave among lotsa fans than even Carmelo Anthony — during many of the squad’s best recent seasons due in part to his larger-than-life personality, celebrated in a photo gallery below. But as…
Your Denver Nuggets are officially a playoff team. But they’ll likely be out of the postseason mighty fast unless they manage to use the NBA circle of life to prevent the death of their 2012 season. To whit: If they don’t up-end the Oklahoma City Thunder on the road Wednesday,…
A short time ago, Broncos’ safety Brian Dawkins announced his retirement in the new-fangled way — via his Twitter account. No, it’s not a surprise, particularly given his recent injury history and reports about Denver’s search for another secondary vet; more on that below. But it’s still a shot to…
How outrageous are gas prices these days? Outrageous enough that a professional athlete who just signed a multi-million-dollar contract is bitching about them. The baller in question is ex-Broncos receiver Eddie Royal. Check out this photo he recently posted to his Facebook page…
Starting tomorrow, Aurora will play host to the International Powerlifting Federation World Masters Bench Press Championships. As explained in our cover story about tourism in Aurora, “Wish You Were Here!,” local powerlifting champions Dan and Jennifer Gaudreau worked with the fledgling Visit Aurora to woo the competition — Aurora’s first…
Assuming Jamie Moyer doesn’t pitch in a playoff game (not likely) or break his hip while covering first base (somewhat likely), last night will be his signature moment this season. By pitching seven innings and allowing only two unearned runs in the Rockies’ 5-3 win over San Diego, he became,…
In the two months that 21-year-old Sacha Heppell has taken hip-hop lessons with a private dance instructor, dude has developed some serious moves. So he decided to put them to good use: Yesterday, he got footloose at tryouts for the Denver Broncos cheerleading squad. And while he expected his day…
The press has portrayed fans of Peyton Manning and Tim Tebow as being at odds — but this happy couple, seen at Denver International Airport Saturday, shows that nothing could be further from the truth. And it suggests something else, too: Mixed marriages can work!…
Plenty of people who tuned in last night’s episode of the Showtime series Nurse Jackie probably found themselves saying, “Hey, isn’t that Carmelo Anthony?” And it was: Melo appeared as a patient in a rehab center — yet Showtime PR reps hardly knocked themselves out ballyhooing the gig. Why? Maybe…
Most of the time, a trip to Coors Field is a great escape, what with the baseball, beer and (usually) sunshine. But sometimes, like at Monday’s home opener, you need an escape from your escape, whether its a new part of the park to explore or a factoid to ponder…
After losing popular head men’s basketball coach Tim Miles to Nebraska, Colorado State University landed a proven and relatively high-profile replacement: Larry Eustachy. There’s just one catch: The new CSU head coach is kinda, sorta most well-known for being photographed while partying with students when he was head coach of…
As evidenced in our “7 best-dressed (and undressed) fans at Colorado Rockies home opener,” the fans at Coors Field were far more entertaining than the shutout loss for the home team. And yesterday one local voyeur cameraman contacted us to say he could one-up our list’s number-one spot with a…
In their 2012 home opener, the Colorado Rockies got their ass kicked 7-0 by the San Francisco Giants — something that’s probably going to happen a lot this season. But the grim outlook didn’t stop Rockies fans from putting on their best gear and enjoying a glorious day for baseball…
During the Nuggets’ embarrassing loss to the third worst team in the Western Conference on Saturday, JaVale McGee added a ridiculous highlight to Deadspin’s collection of mostly awful (but sometimes great) feats. Oh, did we forget to mention that Deadspin has an entire section dedicated to the boneheaded hilarity that…
