Denver typically does very well in attempts to determine the fittest American cities. But apparently, being fit and being active are two distinctly different things. The city finished fourth in the 2014 American Fitness Institute study. And in the following year’s AFI survey, Denver came in at number six. But…
References to 24-year-old CU Boulder student Merissa Hirneisen on the university’s website are impressive. She’s listed as an international affairs major, and she served as a student assistant for the 2013 Conference on World Affairs (her LinkedIn profile says she handled this task from 2009 to 2014) and an assistant editor for Occasions…
As we noted last week, Twitter Nation thought Peyton Manning couldn’t beat Tom Brady in Sunday’s AFC championship game. And neither did our own Brian Badzmierowski, whose post on the topic was headlined TOM BRADY, PATRIOTS WILL KICK BRONCOS’ ASS AND HERE’S WHY. Well, surprise, surprise. The Broncos’ defense was absolutely stellar,…
The comments keep rolling in for Patricia Calhoun’s post about the ten things to expect when your state legalizes marijuana. Some of the takes have been serious. Others have been hilarious. This one falls into the latter category — although, depending upon your experiences at fast-food restaurants over the past…
Denver blog posts take it to the limit. At Westword Music, Katie Moulton answers the following question: “Why was Glenn Frey always wearing CU T-shirts?” The Colorado Independent’s Susan Greene offers her take on the Michael Lee Marshall video. Big Media’s Jason Salzman examines efforts to get Mike Coffman to talk…
As we’ve reported, negotiations are ongoing between marijuana reformers, business interests and officials to allow social marijuana use in Denver. But last week, Mason Tvert, a proponent of a social cannabis-use measure that was withdrawn from the 2015 ballot in order to allow these talks to get underway, made it…
We recently shared video showing the jailhouse death of Michael Lee Marshall. The homeless man, who suffered from symptoms associated with paranoid schizophrenia, choked on his own vomit after being restrained by Denver deputies in a November 2015 incident the city coroner’s office has labeled a homicide. It’s a shocking…
Yesterday, we published our latest collection of Tom Brady hate memes. Which got us to wondering: Is there anyone else on Brady’s New England Patriots who inspires that sort of passion among fans of the Denver Broncos, who’ll be facing off against the squad this weekend in the AFC championship…
We recently shared our latest collection of passive-aggressive notes from Colorado as featured on the PassiveAggressiveNotes.com website. But there’s plenty of passive-aggressiveness at other online destinations. As evidence, check out “To the driver whose way I so rudely blocked,” recently shared on the Denver Craigslist Rants & Raves section on…
Man, did our Brian Badzmierowski piss off a lot of people with his ten reasons why Tom Brady and the New England Patriots will kick the Broncos’ ass on Sunday in the AFC championship game. And he wasn’t the only one slammed by readers. Also taking a battering was Westword, for…
It’s among the most bizarre attacks on a public figure in recent memory — the broad-daylight stabbing of Denver Fire Department Chief Eric Tade while he was sitting in his SUV at a busy intersection. And while Tade has been at the center of controversy in recent years — critics…
Yesterday, we told you about the death of Conifer’s Kelsey Hauser. The 25-year-old former bartender at Red Rocks was shot and killed while riding in a stolen car that became the target of a police chase in southern California, as was a pit bull also inside the vehicle. The car’s driver,…
Earlier this month, we shared Denver Police Department statistics showing that crime in the city was up in seven of nine categories, including homicides, which jumped an alarming 72.4 percent over the previous year. There were fifty homicides in Denver during 2015 — and it didn’t take long for the…
Michael Lee Marshall, a homeless man who reportedly struggled with symptoms related to paranoid schizophrenia, died in Denver Detention Center this past November after being restrained by deputies. The Denver coroner’s office has ruled Marshall’s death a homicide — but the City of Denver has thus far refused to release video of…
Tom Brady is the quarterback Broncos fans most love to hate — and we love to share the hate memes they and other Brady haters create. And, as luck would have it, there’s another great reason to assemble a Tom Brady hate memes collection like this one. And it’s not…
The Colorado Department of Corrections is confirming that Aurora theater shooter James Holmes has been moved from San Carlos Correctional Facility in Pueblo, where he’d been housed since a transfer from the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City. What officials aren’t saying is where Holmes is now — but it could…
Patricia Calhoun’s post listing ten things to expect when your state legalizes marijuana stirred a lot of conversation. And it also inspired some of our readers to offer items of their own — some of them controversial. Take the first take below, which some readers saw as equating legal cannabis sales…
Denver blog posts have a lot of crust. At Westword Food & Drink, Linnea Covington offers up her picks for the ten best pizza places in Denver, 2016 edition. The Colorado Independent’s Corey Hutchins details a new bill that would make execution easier in Colorado. Mile High Hockey’s Ryan Murphy waxes…
Earlier today, our Brian Badzmierowski offered ten reasons why Tom Brady and the New England Patriots will kick the Denver Broncos’ ass in this Sunday’s AFC championship game. But there appears to be considerably more optimism among ticket sellers — unless their positivity is based on their belief that Patriots…
At times, life sentences can seem excessive. Take the case of Katina Smith, mother of Denver Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, who got life for her connection to a cocaine ring operated by her mother, even though Katina didn’t actually deal any drugs. President Barack Obama commuted her sentence after…
CSU Rams basketball team member Emmanuel Omogbo reportedly plans to play in the squad’s game at 7 p.m. tonight versus the Air Force Academy. Ordinarily, such a decision wouldn’t be all that newsworthy. But Omogbo is still reeling from a horrific tragedy. Early yesterday morning, his parents, as well as his niece…
The Aurora Police Department Facebook page keeps followers up to date on the latest events. But it also highlights galleries of vivid photos from its past, which we’ve shared in a series of posts from the past few years featuring badass Aurora cops from the 1950s, 1970s and 1980s. But, as…
