In the meantime, Rivers is keeping busy with a slew of non-radio projects. He's a regular contributor to Channel 4, writes eight columns annually for Pro Football Weekly, has a gig calling college football games for ABC that Broncos owner Pat Bowlen helped make happen, and is the author of two books -- The Vance: The Beginning and the End, co-written with former Bronco behavior problem Vance Johnson, and Power Shift, a murder mystery set in the NFL. He'd love to remain on KHOW as well, but he doesn't seem ready to change his methodology to do so: Just weeks ago, he revisited the Israel-Palestine topic via a debate between University of Denver professor Jonathan Adelman, representing Israel, and Husni S. Sayed, founder of Americans for the Truth About Palestine.
"I know some of my opinions will be more controversial than others," he says. "But if I'm going to be honest with myself and true to what I am and what I believe in, I can't let people intimidate me away from having those opinions."
James Bludworth
KHOW's Reggie Rivers is known to run away with some topics.
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Supplemental information: Three words inspired by "The Denver Newspaper Agency Celebrates Its First Anniversary," an advertising feature that appeared in the Post and the News on January 31: Oh...my...God.
There remain lotsa people for whom the joint operating agreement that created the DNA remains a sore subject; for them, having this orgy of self-congratulations land on their stoop must have been like a French Resistance fighter during World War II receiving an invitation to a bash honoring the Vichy government. Others, hopefully, were better able to enjoy unintentional comedy, such as a page that touted items included in "The Denver Newspaper Agency's Full Product Portfolio" -- especially "polybags," which were described as "functional and fun." Equally riotous were a series of employee profiles titled "I Am the DNA" (sounds like the title of an Isaac Asimov novel) and cryptic congratulatory ads credited to (I'm not making this up) "your friends in the industry" and "your partners in progress." But best of all was the full-page spread offering congratulations from none other than American Furniture Warehouse magnate Jake Jabs, who last year filed a failed lawsuit in an effort to break the DNA into itty-bitty chromosomes. Attaboy, tiger!
That's not all, folks. Another hilarious surprise was tucked into "Colorado: A Special Advertising Section From Colorado Ski Country," which also appeared in the Post and News on January 31. Specifically, an advertorial about "Colorado's In-Bounds Backcountry" by writer Tom Winter kicked off with a bold-print salute to a portion of the Vail resort dubbed "Oh Shit."
Which is probably what people at the DNA said to themselves when they opened up the paper.
