FIFA World Cup

Joel White, girls soccer coach: Jersey thefts lead to bust for taking videos of pre-teens nude

Sometimes getting caught for one crime leads to the discovery of other far-worse ones. That appears to be the case with Joel White, a youth soccer coach from Missouri. White was busted at the U.S. soccer team's World Cup-qualifying match at Dick's Sporting Goods Park for allegedly swiping jerseys a ... More >>

Win four tickets to see the Rapids on Saturday!

On Saturday, the Colorado Rapids are taking on the Portland Timbers at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in a game that should feature much nicer weather than last weekend's FIFA World Cup Qualifier at the same venue. And we've got free tickets! Continue reading for details on how to win four tickets (and ... More >>

Photos: Fans cheer on the U.S. men's soccer team during the FIFA World Cup qualifier

It's fair to say that the fans who stuck it out at Friday night's FIFA World Cup qualifier match at Dick's Sporting Goods Park were the diehard variety. During the game between the U.S. men's soccer team and Costa Rica, Mother Nature covered the field in layer upon layer of snow while he U.S. worked ... More >>

A Good Match

Berlin screenings reveal two possible cases of grading on the curve

The Armoury set to open in former Euphoria Lounge on Larimer on New Year's Eve

Kris Baehre's earliest memory is watching the 1974 World Cup final with his dad, which cemented a lifelong obsession with soccer, particularly the Arsenal. The Armoury, which is slated to open on New Year's Eve in the former Euphoria Lounge space at 2048 Larimer Street, is named after the English so ... More >>

Local filmmakers tackle zombie culture with Doc of the Dead

Denver has zombie walks, zombie proms, zombie races, zombie car washes and zombie fashion shows, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that a pair of Denver filmmakers have launched an ambitious zombie documentary. Alexandre O. Philippe and Robert Muratore, the pair behind the Star Wars doc The People ... More >>

Exclusive first look: Tom's Urban 24 opens on Halloween

Ever been to Pete's Kitchen at 2 a.m.? Packed like Whole Foods on Thanksgiving. Breakfast King at 3 a.m.? Not an empty seat in the house. And given Denver's love affair with late-night grubbing, you can bet your chicken-fried steak that when Tom's Urban 24 opens on Larimer Square on Halloween, it, t ... More >>

Ken Kodys goes for the gold in the Cocktail World Cup

Ken Kodys is a beast -- and I mean that in the most complimentary way. No, I'm not referring to his size, although he is a large man at 6'6". I mean that creatively he is a beast, and a stone-cold killer in cocktail competitions. Ken is also one of the most energetic bartenders I have ever met. He h ... More >>

Echo Mountain to become private Front Range Ski Club after yesterday's auction

Echo Mountain, the tiny 226-acre ski area near Evergreen that we'd taken to calling "the little terrain park that could" in our annual winter activities guide, The Edge, apparently couldn't: Denver's closest ski area was put up for sale in June after operating at a loss for six consecutive seasons, ... More >>

The Super Bowl prostitution hoax

Indianapolis mobilizes for an epic battle with an urban legend

Telluride hosts FIS Snowboardcross World Cup this week

www.TellurideWorldCup.com​Governor John Hickenlooper and others who are eager to put together a Colorado bid for a future Winter Olympics Games must be making a case study out of our state's worldliness this month. Since Thanksgiving, Colorado has hosted the Aspen Winternational FIS Women's Wo ... More >>

Five best places to catch the U.S. Ski Team in Colorado

Colin BaneBode Miller lets loose over the new U.S. Ski Team Speed Center at Copper​If you live in Colorado and love alpine ski racing, get ready for a season of unprecedented access to the best of the best, thanks to Tuesday's grand opening of the new U.S. Ski Team Speed Center at Copper Mount ... More >>

AEG Live CEO Chuck Morris on the 2011 WFTDA Roller Derby Championships

​Chuck Morris has been a roller derby fan since he was ten years old, and in 2010, he made news by bringing the Denver Roller Dolls to the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield and then attracting the 2011 Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) Championships to that venue for this weekend's thre ... More >>

Ask the bartender: What's up with Colorado winning so many contests?

I just returned from a week in Manhattan (New York, not Kansas), where I worked at the BAR 5-day program. The BAR 5-day is a masters'-level spirits and mixology course taught by six men -- F. Paul Pacult, Steve Olson, Andy Seymour, David Wondrich, Doug Frost and Dale Degroff -- who are icons in our ... More >>

Do Mexicans hate Spaniards?

Women's soccer and the ten greatest things ever

Goal. It's not as exciting when you don't yell it, huh?​Women's soccer. Whoa, wait, wake up. It's not a yawn anymore. This past week proved women's soccer can be exciting. On Sunday, an amazing late goal put the U.S. team into a shootout with Brazil, where the Americans won and advanced in t ... More >>

Why do Mexicans hate Landon Donovan?

Denver filmmakers unveil trailer for Derby Baby roller derby documentary

​After watching Drew Barrymore's Whip It with her daughters two years ago, Robin Bond -- the Denver-based filmmaker behind the new documentary Derby Baby -- set out to chase down some roller derby dreams of her own. She didn't get very far. "I'm fairly athletic, and had started skating a lot ... More >>

Paul the Octobus film next for The People vs. George Lucas makers about to go international

Paul the Octopus.​One of the annual oddities of the Starz Denver Film Festival is the scheduling of the closing night film (this year, the unintentionally hilarious Black Swan) on the event's second-to-the-last day. As usual, Sunday, the day after, featured a full slate of cinema, with The Peo ... More >>

Drink of the week: The only time a Brooklyn is fancier than a Manhattan

World Cup fever: Americans can catch it (if they host a soccer-loving exchange student)

Our tutor, Jaime Carande.​Sorry, world: Most Americans didn't care one bit about yesterday's World Cup finals. I did, though -- and now I know the secret to getting more Americans to love (or at least better understand) the game the rest of the world knows as football. Each of us should be as ... More >>

The British Bulldog and Colorado Rapids join forces for the World Cup final

Need to clear some space? Bring one of these.​Have you caught World Cup fever -- and are you looking for somewhere awesome to view the 2010 final on Sunday? Look no further: The British Bulldog (2052 Stout Street) and the Colorado Rapids (who hosted the largest free outdoor soccer viewing even ... More >>

World Cup Final: Netherlands vs. Spain

Is drinking at Brothers a good deal? It's all relative

World Cup Quarterfinals

Westboro Baptist Church poll results: Next, they should hate guinea pigs... and themselves

​Last week, we asked you to guess what Westboro Baptist Church might hate next after they declared their loathing for the American flag. Now, just in time for the Fred Phelps Traveling Circus' threatened appearance in Fort Collins, here are the hilarious results.

World Cup Fever: Weezer writes US soccer anthem

In honor of the US's best World Cup soccer performance in, well, ever, Weezer has weighed in with "Represent," the unofficial US soccer anthem. Don't get too excited though -- there are no vuvuzela solos in the song. Instead you get a somewhat forgettable tune -- pounding drums, big riffs and kin ... More >>

Why do Mexicans want to red-card Landon Donvan?

Gunning for World Cup Glory

Catch World Cup fever with five winning South African wines

​I've never been a fan of soccer, but seeing everyone get all fired up for the start of the World Cup this past weekend gave me a great excuse to revisit the other cool thing you've probably never realized about South Africa, and that's the fact that some rockin' good juice is produced there. ... More >>

Ten things soccer moms need to know about the World Cup

Flickr​World Cup soccer is a little different from your kid's rec league team. Here are a few of the things soccer moms (and dads) need to know. 10) Team moms not responsible for halftime snacks 9) Coach may not tie players' shoes on the field

World Cup: American sports fans hate ties, but it wasn't always that way

​When Saturday's World Cup match between the U.S. and England ended in a tie, a lot of casual American soccer fans -- who wanted to see America kick some foreign ass -- were baffled. A tie? What kind of real sport ends games in a tie? In America, there's hardly a one -- not anymore, anyway. B ... More >>

Guess where I'm drinking?

​ The British Bulldog may have had the crowds on the opening day of World Cup soccer, but there were a few other spots around town to get your soccer hooligan on -- especially if you like Irish whiskey. Can you guess where I'm drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to ... More >>

The whole world's watching the World Cup this week

The Whole World’s Watching

2010 World Cup: USA versus England

Colorado Rapids' team captain Pablo Mastroeni goes for quaint when he's not cooking at home

Pablo Mastroeni gets cooking, on and off the field.​Pablo Mastroeni's yearning to cook was inspired by the Food Network, so when he got a chance to appear on Emeril Live a few years back, he jumped at the opportunity. The two-time World Cup player and formidable midfielder and team captain for ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Booze, festivals and charity events

​Beer release parties, brewery birthdays and Old South Pearl's BrewGrass Festival are where it's at in food this week -- but there's plenty more for teetotalers or those who prefer wine or stronger spirits. Here's a taste of what's ahead: Monday, June 7: Jill's Restaurant, 900 Walnut Street ... More >>

Watching the World Cup in Denver

​If you can't get to South Africa to party with the natives above, where can you watch the World Cup and get a feel for the global flavor of the world's game? That's what reader Timothy wants to know: I was wondering if you guys knew of anything exciting going on for the World Cup? For Okto ... More >>

Go Toe to Toe With Rick Reilly

Ruck the Trend

International rugby finds a home on the Front Range.

Wolfgang Puck Express

Coffee, tea, or Councourse B.

Tavern Downtown

The whole Real World's watching.

Drink of the Week

El Cantarito

Mouthing Off