Subject: Injuries and Traumas

• Burn Notice

  July 3, 2007

• Day One: Wherein Broncos' Tight End Nate Jackson Dissects an Average Monday, Does W Impressions

  December 17, 2007

• Monday Hang Over: Rock, Jazz, Football

  December 17, 2007

• Burn Notice

  July 3, 2007

• Brandon Marshall and Javon Walker: Catching Catastrophes

  June 27, 2008

• Life Sucks for Colorado Rapids Fans. But at Least They're Not Dead

  August 6, 2008

• Lucky Shmuck: Robert "Ice Man" Evans

  September 25, 2008

• Grey's Anatomy storyline inspired by player injured in Broncos game

  September 26, 2008

• Teen bites cop. Cop saps teen. Teen sues cop. Denver cops should sap the sap.

  October 2, 2008

• Flyer Fight

  A advertisment for an AIDS benefit starts a barroom brawl.

  September 9, 1999

• Saturday: Grandma Dynamite Tribute at 3 Kings Tavern

  Tomorrow night at 3 Kings Tavern, a cavalcade of current and bygone Denver acts and musicians will be on hand to celebrate the life of Wendi Wikstrand, aka Grandma Dynamite, a very dear friend of mine and the scene, who passed away at the end of October. Slated to appear on the bill are Hellafied Funk Crew, Blister 66, Hippie Werewolves, Rocket Ajax, Sick, Horse, Lola Black, Death Valley Pom Squad, Digg, Throbbing Pink Jesus, Sloan Valve and Assault. Doors are at 5 p.m. Cover is $10, with all pr

  December 5, 2008

• Guilty verdict in Ha Noi Pho Case

  Yesterday, a Denver jury convicted Phuong Van Dang of attempted first-degree assault on a peace officer, attempted aggravated robbery and a whole one-from-column-A, one-from-column-B menu of other charges connected to an incident last fall at Ha Noi Pho, at 1036 South Federal Boulevard. Dang was armed with a shotgun and wearing a mask when he walked into the restaurant, our Best Taste of Hanoi in 2007, intending to rob it -- but two Denver police officers happened to be lunching there. A sh

  December 10, 2008

• Best Bike Race

  March 29, 2001

• Best Fundraising Gimmick

  March 29, 2001

• Best Hiking Companions

  April 4, 2002

• Letters to the Editor

  July 4, 2002

• Ten Ways They Got It Wrong

  July 31, 2003

• Mr. Quintron and Miss Pussycat

  June 17, 2004

• Best Av-Not

  March 24, 2005

• Flick Pick

  November 13, 2008

• Bare the Soul

  A new rock opera examines closeted gay love.

  November 6, 2008

• Twists and Shouts

  Elitch's doesn't want the public to know that its top ride is a real pain in the neck. But 31 customers already do.

  June 17, 1999

• A Vicious Cycle

  In Colorado, insurance offers little protection to badly injured motorcyclists.

  July 12, 2001

• Vonnegut

  Fall Into Place
  Self-released

  April 10, 2008

• Lime XS

  Give blood, drink margs.

  October 19, 2006

• Nowhere Fast

  Tim Allen and company Zoom straight to the bottom of the superhero barrel.

  August 17, 2006

• Flyleaf

  Sunday, May 21, Bluebird Theater, 1-866-468-7621.

  May 18, 2006

• Lovedrug

  Friday, May 19, Bluebird Theater, 1-866-468-7621.

  May 18, 2006

• Let's Get It On!

  Thursday night is the ultimate for fight fans.

  June 1, 2006

• Amandla

  Thursday, November 3, Appaloosa Grill, 720-932-1700.

  November 3, 2005

• Big Air, Big Time

  The first Right Guard Open is set to let action sports pros loose in Denver.

  July 7, 2005

• Wolf Eyes

  Burned Mind (Sub Pop)

  September 23, 2004

• Turning the Tables

  Miss Audry fought the odds -- and is back on track.

  April 3, 2003

• Brain Candy

  Filmmaker puts his personal tragedy on the big screen.

  May 4, 2000

• Follow That Story

  July 22, 1999

• Worked Over

  Police and firefighters who are injured on the job say the legislature has failed to protect and serve them.

  April 29, 1999

• Headbangers' Ball

  Swing dancing is Denver's llatest smash -- literally.

  February 25, 1999

• Resurrection

  December 17, 1998

• Unnecessary Roughness

  The NFL Players Association comes to the defense of former Bronco Jumpy Geathers.

  October 29, 1998

• Widowers' Mike Marchant recovering after being hit by car

  Andrew SegretiTo say Mike Marchant has an angel resting on his shoulder is an understatement on par with saying our economy is sort of a bad way right now. Yesterday, Marchant, one of Denver's most talented songwriters, was hit by a car and managed to walk away from the incident having only suffered a concussion -- his second within a year and a half -- a sore arm and some minor scrapes and bruises. The first head injury was more severe and happened at the beginning of last year. When we profile

  April 14, 2009

• The Columbine effect: A horrific roster of school shootings since 1999

  The most resonant information that's come my way thus far today in relation to the anniversary of the April 20, 1999 shootings at Columbine High School was contained in an e-mail sent to Westword by Vicki Newell, a public-policy director with the Colorado PTA. It's a list of school shootings since 1999, as compiled by The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. The roster gathers 108 incidents since Columbine, synopsized with chilling banality. Many of them received relatively little publicity

  April 20, 2009

• Colorado Crimes: Family of man at center of officer-involved shooting wants answers

  A Flickr photo Representatives of the Aurora Police Department still haven't identified the man seriously injured during an officer-involved shooting this past weekend -- although they have confirmed that he didn't shoot himself in the incident, as initially implied. Yesterday, however, the family of 18-year-old Darius Murray came forward to identify him as the person in question, and to excoriate the Aurora cops for what they call "inconsistencies" in the reports to date. At this point, Murray

  May 13, 2009

• The Broncos dismiss the Boss... Bailey, that is

  Boss Bailey. At this writing, linebacker Boss Bailey's page remains on the Denver Broncos' website -- but that won't be true for long. Yesterday, the team cut him loose. And while that makes sense (he's still rehabbing from the sort of microfracture surgery that makes comebacks slow and difficult), it's still disappointing for fans. Prior to his injury, Boss was among the few Broncos defenders (along with his brother, Champ) to make an impression, and if he was healthy, he'd be precisely the ki

  June 18, 2009

• Possible homicide in Englewood alley near East Oxford and South Lincoln

  View Larger Map This just in from the Englewood Police Department: An investigation is ongoing into the death of a man found in an alley near the intersection of East Oxford Avenue and South Lincoln Street, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"). At this point, Englewood Police representatives aren't calling the incident a homicide, although they note that the white male victim, said to be approximately fifty-years old, suffered bl

  June 24, 2009

• A Hummer driver with road rage? Well, that's unexpected!

  The car looks like this, but presumably with way more blood on it. In perhaps the least surprising news since the cancellation of Frank TV, Colorado State Patrol troopers are looking for the driver of an Hummer H2 who, in a fit of road rage, may have intentionally caused a wreck that left a motorcycle rider seriously injured. The incident happened Sunday afternoon on Route 287 in Larimer County. The driver of the Hummer side-swiped an RV, which then swerved and took out a motorcyclist parked

  July 20, 2009

• Understatement wins the day in lightning story

  A Flickr photo​ A lot of writers believe that simply stating the facts is boring -- but that depends on the facts. Take the following press release from the Englewood Police Department: Englewood -- On September 9, 2009 at 5:17pm, a 56-year-old man was riding his bicycle in the 3100 block of S. Acoma St. when he was struck by lightning. Englewood Fire Rescue responded and transported the man to Swedish Medical Center. He is currently in serious condition. Damn right he's in serious condi

  September 10, 2009

• In the Florence pen, it's risky not to join the riot

  ​The dysfunctional high-security federal penitentiary in Florence has been the scene of all sorts of gang-related mayhem, from the grisly 1999 disembowelment of inmate Joey Estrella to the 2008 racial uprising in the yard, in which guards fired on brawling prisoners and killed two (as reported in "Life in the Florence Prison: It's a Riot"). But recently filed court documents dealing with last year's riot suggest it can be just as dangerous to be a noncombatant at USP Florence when all he

  October 2, 2009

• Benefit for Dick Dime Wednesday, October 28

  ​We're suckers for a good cause, especially if all we have to do to do good is go to a bar, have a few beers and hear some kick-ass tunes. That being the case, next Wednesday offers up a fine opportunity to do exactly that, and get in the proper mood for Halloween with the music of Devil Doll. Her bio calls her the "punk rock torch singer your father warned you about, weaving tales of sex and sorrow, pleasure and pain," and she dabbles in the kind of horror rock that makes the Cramps such

  October 23, 2009

• That drive-by shooting of a three-year old was reportedly handled in-house -- by the kid's father

  William Thalley, accused of being a bad dad -- and a bad liar.​As kids, we quickly figure out that when we've done something stupid, we should immediately blame it on somebody else -- and not everyone outgrows that habit. Take the tale of William Thalley and Nicole Fernandez shared by the Denver Police Department. After their thus-far-unnamed three-year-old was shot in the leg, they reportedly told cops the injury had taken place during a drive-by shooting. Exciting -- and not entirely pl

  November 23, 2009