What’s the atmosphere like at Folsom Field during a CU Buffs game when the home team is getting its ass kicked? Based on my hours in the student section amid UCLA’s 42-14 shellacking of the Buffs on Saturday, surprisingly great. As long as you’re not in the line of puke,…
As usual, South Park’s timing is impeccable. As the replacement refs debacle was finally being resolved, last night’s season premiere, “Sarcastaball,” featured satirical jabs at the NFL, officiating, commissioner Roger Goodell, the Broncos, Peyton Manning and the Denver cheerleaders, re-dubbed the Whoopdy-Bleeping-Doo Girls. Get a taste of the hilarity in…
This week, Broncos coaches John Fox and Jack Del Rio were hit with a cumulative $55,000 fine for criticizing NFL replacement referees. Fortunately, the same penalty hasn’t been assessed on Twitter users, since it seems as if the majority of recent tweets have been ripping on gaffes in high-profile games…
So the Broncos’ year hasn’t started off exactly like we hoped. That’s okay: It’s a long season. But if you still need some cheering up, you’ve come to the right place. As longtime fans of the NFL know, Peyton Manning can’t say no to a good (and often bad) commercial…
The Broncos’ 31-25 loss to the Texans yesterday followed a pattern familiar to viewers of last week’s defeat to the Falcons — fall behind due to persistent offensive ineptitude, then make a furious fourth quarter comeback that makes the final score respectable but still falls short. However, it was also…
Peyton Manning’s amazing Denver debut versus the Steelers got citizens of Broncos Nation ahead of themselves. As PM demonstrated in spectacularly shocking fashion during quarter number one of last night’s 27-21 loss to the Atlanta Falcons, he’s far from rust-free. But despite those three picks in a single quarter (barely…
Chris Fowler, the host of ESPN’s college football coverage, is a proud CU-Boulder alum — or at least he was proud until Saturday, when the Buffs followed two desultory losses by getting destroyed 69-14 by the gridiron juggernaut from…Fresno State? So ashamed was Fowler that he had to wait a…
Yes, Peyton Manning has been immortalized in corn, thanks to the LaSalle-based Fritzler family, whose elaborate corn mazes have been a Colorado tradition for a dozen years. The Peyton maze opens to visitors tomorrow (click here for more details) — but longtime Fritzler fans know he wasn’t the first Bronco…
After Peyton Manning proved he’s not over the hill during the Broncos’ huge win over the Steelers on Sunday, our friends at the two biggest NFL Memes pages (this one and this one) got busy creating hilarious tributes to the grand old man (with the occasional shot at Tim Tebow…
The Denver Broncos brought home their first win of the regular season against the Pittsburg Steelers on Sunday thanks to Peyton Manning and his priceless arm (actually, it’s insured). But, the Broncos just wouldn’t be the same without rowdy fans and their own touchdown celebrations. Westword ventured through the pre-game…
Where’s Missy Franklin? A better question is, “Where isn’t she?” In the past few days, the five-time Olympic medalist and pride of Regis High School posed with Jessie James and Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas, attended a national cancer benefit and the MTV Video Music Awards, and served as co-captain at…
After all the hype, after all the hoopla, after all the anticipation, Peyton Manning finally took the field for the Denver Broncos last night in a game that counted — against the Pittsburgh Steelers, whose loss to the Tim Tebow-led squad in last year’s playoffs provided plenty of incentive. And…
Editor’s note: With Peyton Manning’s regular-season debut for the Broncos set for Sunday, we offer this (hilarious) (and helpful!) Peyton primer by Melanie Asmar that first appeared last March. Hello, Denver sports noobs. Perhaps you’ve heard of a new man-about-town named Peyton Manning. No, no — he’s not the guy…
If you thought the only thing wrong with last week’s collection of photos from the 2013 Denver Broncos cheerleaders calendar photo shoot in Cancun is that there weren’t enough of them, we’ve got good news. There are even more images from the session to be found on the Broncos cheerleaders’…
Earlier this week, the Denver Broncos cheerleaders officially unveiled their 2013 calendar — but the photos inside it are far from the only images snapped for the project. The squad’s been sharing behind-the-scenes pics and more from various calendar shoots, including two days spent shutterbugging in Cancun. Look below for…
How can you tell that no one cared about the Broncos’ 16-13 win over the Arizona Cardinals last night? One way: John Elway was brought into the broadcast booth to try to prevent channel surfing in the second quarter. Another: Not a single YouTube user on the planet has shared…
After winning Olympic gold, hometown hero Missy Franklin got an Olympic rings tattoo on her hip — but that’s hardly the only spot fellow Olympians have chosen to ink up. There are also rings on backs, arms, feet and near enough to the pubic region to give you a mighty…
Last week, we wondered if Peyton Manning’s two picks versus the Seahawks, following a bad interception against the Bears the week before, were examples of rust or overconfidence. But his performance in a 29-24 loss to the 49ers yesterday was spot-on even after he was slammed to the turf in…
There’s a lot of pent-up demand for Peyton Manning on Twitter. Note that @peytonmanning18 has over 61,000 followers even though the account shows only two tweets from March 2011. Indeed, Manning’s disinterest in Twitter has created a vacuum that dozens of fake Peytons are trying to fill — with by…
Amid news that Lance Armstrong will quit fighting doping allegations (a move that will likely result in him being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles), it’s tough to remember that just two years ago, he was the face of what’s now known as the USA Pro Challenge, a…
OK, so the Broncos lost their preseason game against the Seattle Seahawks over the weekend. Sure, they lost it 30-10. But in case you didn’t notice, that was Peyton Manning’s first game with the team, and hope and hype rode on his performance in equal measure. On Saturday, Westword photographer…
On Saturday, Colorada welcomed back Missy Franklin and home-state Olympians at a Centennial Center Park event. As Governor John Hickenlooper noted, Colorado athletes won nine of 104 U.S. medals at the Olympics this year. By his math, that’s 8.65 percent of the total, though Coloradans only make up 2 percent…
