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2002 Stories by Eric Dexheimer

• Ivy Solutions

  published December 19, 2002

  "A weekend of frightening scenes at college football games is forcing university presidents and the NCAA to try to find ways to stop violence... More >>

• Dodge This, Dave Ringo!

  published December 5, 2002

  When I was in middle and high school, there was a kid in my class named Dave Ringo, who, thanks to an unjust genetic mutation, was a gifted... More >>

• Married to the Mallet

  published November 21, 2002

  Mark Robbins is running a bit late, as usual, and he's in a hurry to suit up. He hates to miss any of the action, even at his age. Still, there is... More >>

• Without a Trace

  published November 14, 2002

  You think you know someone. You live with him for nearly a year, eat together almost every night. The two of you run together, bike together,... More >>

• Big Lax Attack

  published November 7, 2002

  If you lived in upstate New York in the late 1980s and early '90s, as I did, there was really only one sports story worth paying attention to. No,... More >>

• Mountain Man Stand

  published October 24, 2002

  One hundred seventy-five years after he should have died, Lance Grabowski is still here and looking as resplendent as ever. For this crisp fall... More >>

• Love on the Rocks

  published October 10, 2002

  The only sticking point in the romance, Andi remembers, occurred last spring when KC showed up in Moab with a brand-new cherry-red Avalanche. A... More >>

• The Spirit Moves Her

  published September 26, 2002

  "God made me fast, and when I run, I feel His pleasure."-- Eric Liddell, 1924 Olympic sprinter, as quoted in Chariots of Fire,... More >>

• Run, Buffs, Run

  published September 12, 2002

  Here's how you go about getting an interview with the nationally respected coach of the University of Colorado's best hope for a national title... More >>

• Scattershot Logic

  published August 29, 2002

  On a recent morning, Bill and two of his buddies make the drive from Littleton to Evergreen to do a little game harvesting -- buffalo, to be... More >>

• Still Hungry

  published August 15, 2002

  Larry Butler is losing his chops. That's bad. It was really a matter of timing more than anything else. In the summer of 2001, Fox TV called... More >>

• Consumed by Fire

  published August 8, 2002

  Dropping down Route 9 from Hartsel into Lake George is like entering a thicket of gauze. A clear Colorado day gives way first to haze, then gray,... More >>

• Puck Stop

  published August 1, 2002

  It all started innocently enough-- just another tale of youth, hockey and a pretty girl. Even now, it's hard to know if the whole episode was just... More >>

• Fur Real

  published July 18, 2002

  He has dominated his game like nobody before him, and, possibly, like no one ever again. He burst on the scene in the mid-1980s after a solid but... More >>

• No Sweat

  published July 4, 2002

  Summer in Colorado means long, sunny -- and sweaty -- days in one of the fittest states in the country. Chiseled, sinewy men and women, with... More >>

• Big Foot

  published June 20, 2002

  This fall, the Jefferson County School District will open a new academy. Even with all the variations that public schools have seen in recent... More >>

• Pool Party

  published June 13, 2002

  Eddie Felson (Paul Newman) and Charlie Burns (Myron McCormick) enter the Ames Billiard Hall, a seedy New York City pool... More >>

• Water Hazard

  published May 30, 2002

  Unbeknownst to most of his acquaintances, Joe McCleary leads a double life. By day, his job is to lovingly tend 105 or so acres of the most... More >>

• Fur Real

  published May 16, 2002

  "This is Howler," Miles says. "He's gonna ride down with us. Dinger's got a game today, but Rocky will be there." We head south in the Miles... More >>

• Running With the Lord

  published May 2, 2002

  You feel like cussing? Want to toss off a few F-bombs, take the Lord's name? Don't do it on the HCF Flames Track and Field Club's time.... More >>

• What's the Word?

  published April 18, 2002

  A yellowing newspaper clipping from the Houston Chronicle hangs on the wall in Al Sanders's home office in Fort Collins. The matted and... More >>

• Chess for Success

  published March 7, 2002

  "If I win, everybody will say, 'Well, of course he won; he's the top-ranked player.' But if I lose..." "You won't lose, Josh." "What if I... More >>

• Farmer on the Dole

  published February 28, 2002

  On April 7, 1995, Coors Field opened for business. Designed to blend into Denver's lower-downtown warehouse district, the retro-looking,... More >>

• Landing the Big Fish

  published February 21, 2002

  The bumper sticker reads: "A bad day fishing is better than a good day at the office." If you are Ted Takasaki, that is not technically true: A... More >>

• Big Mack Attack

  published February 7, 2002

  Mack Newton tells a story about Jay Novacek, the great NFL tight end. It was late 1989, and Novacek was teetering on the edge of a good, but not... More >>