The current baseball climate is perfect for creating Ubaldo Jimenez trade rumors. He’s far and away the best pitcher rumored to be available, he’s been injured and ineffective at times this year, and the Rockies are headed toward playoff irrelevancy if their play doesn’t change in a hurry. Those are…
Outside the eight-sided ring on September 24 at the Pepsi Center, between $12 and $18 million will be generated by the Ultimate Fighting Championship when it returns to Denver. “It’s cool to be back here where the first one started,” said UFC President Dana White at a press conference on…
Update: The poll has closed — results after the jump! Now that Major League Baseball is back to its regular season, the crescendo of complaints about the Rockies — and those fans’ predictions for the team — begins in earnest. But enough about what we think. Open thread Friday begins…
Our roundup of Coloradans at the ESPYs focused on Tim Tebow, Lindsey Vonn and expatriate LaLa Vasquez. But another prominent person with ties to the state received both an on-stage shout-out and some notable camera time: Whitney Wonnacott, girlfriend of super-shooter Jimmer Fredette. What’s her Colorado connection?…
Last night’s ESPY Awards sported an unexpected amount of Colorado flavor. Tim Tebow wasn’t a nominee, but he probably got more face time via crowd shots than most people who took home trophies. And when he gave the Best Female Athlete award to Vail’s Lindsey Vonn (who asked Justin Bieber…
Major League Baseball has a very Little League-ish rule mandating that every team must have one participant in the All-Star game. You can always tell which are the bad teams, because their All Star will be batting about .270. Troy Tulowitzki and his .268 batting average were actually voted into…
During his years with the Denver Broncos, receiver Brandon Marshall was hit with numerous domestic violence accusations. As such, it wasn’t exactly shocking that in April, after being traded to the Miami Dolphins, Marshall was stabbed by his wife. And now, a newly released 911 report suggests that trouble had…
How do you fuel the world’s best cyclists for the premier race on the planet? No, not with steroids. At least that’s not the approach of Colorado native Sean Fowler. One of Fowler’s jobs after leading kitchens at Cucina Leone and Ranelles in Denver is as the team chef for…
If mediocrity was a woman, she would have a restraining order on the current Rockies team. The only thing notable about this team is that Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez are both battling nagging injuries. So why not look back on the good times? On the twentieth anniversary of Major…
Nenê is among the most controversial Nuggets of the decade — an undeniably talented player who never quite lived up to the hype but remains a valuable commodity. Now, however, he’s opted out of his contract and will become an unrestricted free agent. Does that mean the Nuggets will get…
Want more evidence of soccer’s growing popularity in this country? Look no further than yesterday’s White House ceremony honoring your Colorado Rapids, winner of the MLS Cup. Owner Stan Kroenke and the whole crew were on hand as President Barack Obama, self-declared “soccer dad,” feted the team’s accomplishments in exchange…
An assistant coach might be canned for a number of reasons. Maybe his play designs were lacking creativity or he was communicating poorly with players. But while those would seem to be acceptable reasons for why Nuggets assistant Adrian Dantley will not return to the team next year, he claims…
Imagine biking up a steep Colorado peak, rafting through the Rapids of the Colorado River and then rappelling down a jagged and imposing cliff. Now imagine doing that blind or without the use of an arm or both of your legs. That’s exactly what many of the participants will be…
Last night’s NBA draft didn’t look to be an eventful one with the Denver Nuggets, what with the team drafting way down at the number 22 position and the prospect of a lockout making franchises cautious about big trades. But the Nugs made a splash anyhow with the selection of…
The Denver Nuggets picked up Ty Lawson’s extension for next year, securing one of the only impact draft picks the team has made since selecting Carmelo Anthony in 2003. Lawson was the eighteenth pick of the 2009 draft and the Nuggets will hope to get similar value with the 22nd…
If the NBA Draft plays out for Alec Burks the way the CU Buffs’ season did, he’ll be drafted in the middle of the second round. After all, the Buffs received a March Madness snub that had ESPN’s Dick Vitale screaming something about Scarlett Johanssen. But assuming another injustice isn’t…
As Kyle Garratt noted in a post yesterday, the Colorado Rockies stunk up Coors Field on Father’s Day. But the 9-1 defeat to the Detroit Tigers wasn’t the only disappointment for dads. Prior to the game, Rockies personnel gave out excellent Troy Tulowitzki jerseys, but not to fathers, much to…
After his career debut at Coors Field, Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander told MLB.com that early in the game, “my fastball control wasn’t anywhere near where it should be” and described his breaking ball as “okay.” Yet his skills were enough to toss a complete game against the Rockies while…
Two guys meet up in a bar and exchange a few words. Nobody gets hurt. No reason to make a federal case out of it. Unless, of course, the two guys are Lance Armstrong and Tyler Hamilton. Then the FBI, the AFLD and even TMZ want to know exactly who…
A group of homeless men mulled playing another inning of softball this morning at Sonny Lawson Park. One man gestured to his nonexistent watch. Another joked, “My accountant can wait.” So the game went on, thanks to the Homeless Diamond program created and sponsored by local real estate broker Joe…
A friend of mine used to sell T-shirts in college. He was putting himself through school, along with a few scholarships, and he needed every dollar he could get. So he’d come up with a creative design idea, get a small loan from his mom and have the T-shirts printed…
Last summer, some observers were still optimistic that Carmelo Anthony might remain a Denver Nugget. But their confidence was shaken when he put his Polo Ridge Estates mansion on the market for $9.5 million. A year later, the spread has finally sold for $6.2 million — more than $3 million…
