J. KnightE.W. Scripps CEO Rich Boehne addresses the media after announcing the Rocky would close after Friday's issue.
Reporter Lynn Bartels's colleagues at the Rocky Mountain News warned her not to try exiting the Denver Newspaper Agency building through the main lobby. After all, the place was swarming with reporters gathered to attend an upcoming press conference at which E.W. Scripps CEO Rich Boehne -- and, as it turned out, quite a few other executive types -- was going to explain why his
A Flickr photoDarcy Tucker, big buck-er.
As noted in a blog yesterday, the end of a pathetic season by the Colorado Avalanche prompted a collective yawn by most mainstream sports fans -- a reaction that should worry Avs management. However, the person most likely to be punished for the team's performance -- coach Tony Granato -- managed to get through the past 24 hours relatively unscathed. Not so general manager Francois Giguere, who walked out of the team's HQ carrying his head.
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Last night, the Nuggets scored big in the NBA draft, landing North Carolina guard Ty Lawson without giving away a key player. But now comes word, from Denver Post hockey expert Adrian Dater, that the Colorado Avalanche, which has the number three pick in tonight's NHL draft, might shrug off its chance to make a similar splash by trading down. Avs chief scout Rick Pracey tells Dater, "I think we have a very tough call to make at No. 3. There are going to be two selections that we d
