Florida State University and its head coach, Jimbo Fisher, have been criticized in many quarters for overlooking off-the-field misdeeds by its Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, Jameis Winston, in a bid to win another national championship. But over the weekend, when FSU bested Notre Dame in one of the most watched college…
In many ways, postcards are becoming something of a lost art — but even rarer are postcards of places like Colorado that feature paintings rather than photos. We found a slew of examples on ArtFire — if you’re unfamiliar with the site, think of it is an even artsier Etsy…
It was just last week when the Broncos’ narrow win over the woeful Jets convinced a considerable portion of Twitter Nation that Denver was overrated. No more: Last night’s superlative 42-17 crushing of the excellent San Francisco 49ers not only saw Peyton Manning setting the all-time touchdown pass mark, but…
Update:Last week, we told you about the search for Clifton Ray Williams, who walked out of his trial for allegedly kidnapping a woman at taser point for sexual purposes; see our previous coverage below. Williams was convicted by a jury in absentia — and then, over the weekend, he reportedly…
Our post about the Frontier plane taken by an Ebola-stricken healthcare worker winding up in Denver was a definite conversation-starter, with some people arguing that the media is overplaying the story and others genuinely alarmed by the prospect of the virus spreading. And then there was this reader, who uses…
Denver blog posts don’t think kids should have all the fun. At our Show and Tell blog, Bree Davies lists twenty of the best adults-only Halloween parties in the Denver metro area. Mile High Mamas’ Amber Johnson touts the best pumpkin waffles ever. Mile High Hockey’s Sandie Gauthier on the…
The 2014-2015 Colorado ski season is officially open. Once again, Arapahoe Basin was the first resort to open, and shushing is underway at this writing. Continue for additional pics and more. See also: Photos of the Day: Snowing at Winter Park, Arapahoe Basin Opening Day 2013 Highlights…
Did Jack Gardner, a longtime detective with the Boulder Police Department, warn a child-luring suspect in advance to prevent him from becoming ensnared in a sting operation? Prosecutors think so, and if they’re right, Gardner has definitely landed in schmucky territory. We’ve got photos, details about the man Gardner’s accused…
If you like learning from Drunk History, you’ll be thrilled by the details about Denver offered on Uncyclopedia, which describes itself as “the Mother Ship of amateur comedy writing! (Amateur means we don’t pay you to do it.)” The site’s Denver page reveals fascinating information, such as that the local…
Yes, Westword is on Instagram — and our page features one great shot after another from events and happenings across the city. As an introduction, we’ve pulled together twenty of our favorite images. Check them out below, and to peruse the entire collection, click here. See also: Photos: Miley Cyrus…
It’s yet another day bringing contradictions in previous reports about Ebola patient Amber Joy Vinson and her flights on Denver-based Frontier Airlines; see our earlier coverage below. At first, we were told she wasn’t symptomatic on a return flight she took from Cleveland to Texas; then, after the aircraft on…
Melanie Asmar’s feature article about Zen Magnets highlighted the Denver company’s fight against a government ban of its product — powerful BB-sized magnets marketed as adult toys that can create serious injuries or worse if a child swallows them. Readers are split about whether such a prohibition is warranted. Here…
Denver blog posts are all about sharing and caring. At our Show and Tell blog, Bree Davies counts down 27 things Denverites really want out-of-towners to know about the Mile High City. The Colorado Independent’s Susan Greene on faith leaders targeting Denver’s mayor after the Marvin Booker verdict. Denver Urbanism’s…
With all the problems afflicting the NFL right now, one of the least important involves coarse language among players on the field — including the term “nigga,” usually sanitized as the N-word. Yet the league continues to punish players for the word’s use — including, presumably, Terrance “Pot Roast” Knighton,…
Most people don’t associate Deadspin with incisive political coverage, and there’s a reason for that. The enjoyably snarky sports website published a piece accusing Colorado senatorial candidate Cory Gardner of lying about having played high school football, only to have this dubious scoop explode when Gardner was able to prove…
How would you make the most of Denver if you only had 48 hours to spend here? MapQuest has come up with its version of an ideal two-day tour, featuring lots of eating, drinking, sightseeing and more. Check out the site’s picks, featuring photos and MapQuest text — and to…
Update incorporated into original text and on view below: Kaylana Fief’s Facebook page is filled with photos highlighting two passions: her adorable daughter and cute critters of the sort she studies as an animal behavior student. But the way she allegedly combined the two has gotten Fief in trouble with…
Our post offering ten theories on why Front Range drivers are terrible triggered a huge response from commenters. Some felt local drivers were better, or at least no worse, than those in many other metro areas around the country, while others added to the criticism of locals behind the wheel…
Denver blog posts love to linger. At our Cafe Society blog, Gretchen Kurtz picks her five favorite bakery-cafes for customers who love to sit for hours. Denver Stiffs’ Dontae Delgado thinks the Nuggets’ Kenneth Faried is a star in the making. Coyote Gulch highlights a Mountain Town News piece about…
Five years ago today, we have a pretty good idea where you were — watching TV coverage of a balloon floating over a wide swath of Colorado, supposedly with a young Fort Collins boy named Falcon Heene inside. As we soon learned, Falcon, promptly dubbed “Balloon Boy,” wasn’t inside what…
Randy Ankeney was once a rising star in the Colorado Republican party, only to become a pariah after being found guilty of numerous sex crimes. However, he now has the opportunity to impact the state in a completely different way. A complaint he brought about alleged prisoner-release violations by the…
Denver is known in some quarters as “Menver,” owing to the supposedly inflated number of single men here compared to women. The stats don’t really back that up — but numbers from the Pew Research Center offer a new twist. As part of a study dubbed “Mapping the Marriage Market…
