Subject: Kenyon Martin

• Take That, Stan Kroenke

  March 28, 2007

• Sports Town USA Sippin' on Some Sizzur

  October 18, 2007

• Carmelo and K-Mart Spout Off at Sign-Waving Critic

  March 13, 2008

• How Much of the Nuggets' Playoff Flop is Melo's Fault?

  April 29, 2008

• Carmelo Anthony Challenges Septuagenarian to Game of One on One

  July 10, 2008

• Nuggets Broadcaster Chris Marlowe Returns to His Olympic Roots

  August 12, 2008

• George Karl upset at Nuggets in victory -- as well he should be

  Last night, your Denver Nuggets defeated the San Antonio Spurs, one of the NBA's elite franchises. But afterward, coach George Karl (pictured) blistered his players in private before expressing his disappointment in their performance to the collected media. And good for him. First of all, the Nuggets were at home, where they need to be able to beat squads like the Spurs on a regular basis if they're going to develop into a legitimate championship contender. Secondly, the Spurs sat their three

  February 4, 2009

• Another day, another frustrating Nuggets win

  Yesterday's blog "George Karl Upset at Nuggets in Victory -- As Well He Should Be" applies just as much to last night's 114-113 Nugs win over the Oklahoma Thunder as it did to the previous evening's 104-96 escape from the depleted San Antonio Spurs with one notable exception -- Karl (pictured) didn't spend most of his post-game news conference lambasting his squad. That makes sense considering the closeness of the contest, which wound up in Denver's column thanks to a Carmelo Anthony bucket wi

  February 5, 2009

• Letters to the Editor

  August 5, 2004

• Best Nugget

  March 24, 2005

• Credit Is Due

  The Associated Press credits the Rocky Mountain News for a story about Nuggets star Kenyon Martin that Channel 7 broke weeks earlier.

  March 20, 2008

• Pro and Con

  Amadeus Harlan has spent his life playing everyone around him — but not as a Denver Bronco.

  January 31, 2008

• Striking Gold

  October 25, 2007

• Pluck You

  Hmm. Would you rather live in Commerce City or KentuckyFriedCruelty.com?

  March 22, 2007

• Progress?

  With troubles at Air America and sluggish ratings, AM 760 struggles to convince liberals that they have a place on talk radio.

  March 22, 2007

• The Mouth That Roared

  Nando Mondragon is going to put Denver on the hip-hop fashion map. But first, he has to get out of jail.

  January 18, 2007

• Letters to the Editor

  From the week of May 11, 2006

  May 11, 2006

• Taking the Shot

  DerMarr Johnson was a hot-shot hoopster before a season-ending accident. Can he reignite the heat in Denver?

  April 27, 2006

• Unkind Cuts

  Rocky trims give veteran stockers the biz blues.

  February 23, 2006

• Chump Change

  Check out the latest K-Mart special.

  February 16, 2006

• The Moe, the Merrier

  The Nuggets find their way, thanks to the George and Doug show.

  April 28, 2005

• How High Can They Fly?

  The NBA All-Star Game was one more fling for bling.

  February 24, 2005

• Club Scout

  NBA All-Star Weekend

  February 17, 2005

• The Pause That Refreshes

  After the NBA's Pepsi fizz goes flat, George II must pump up the Nugs.

  February 10, 2005

• Terms of Endearment

  Give me a C! Give me a U! What do you have? The start of the year's biggest scandal.

  December 30, 2004

• What's So Funny

  December 9, 2004

• Merger Mania

  The Nugs strive to prove that their Melo-Kmart blend is the ticket to glory.

  November 25, 2004

• Off Limits

  The yolk's on us

  November 11, 2004

• Ice Follies

  Fans chill as pro hockey pucks up.

  October 28, 2004

• Solid Gold

  This K-Mart special glitters.

  July 29, 2004

• All hail Nuggets enforcer Kenyon Martin: A dunks and defense tribute

  The Denver Nuggets tip off their second-round playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday afternoon -- and their success will likely hinge on the sort of defensive play Kenyon Martin has been bringing to the court of late. Martin was hurt for on and off for many of his early years with the Nugs, prompting a lot of fans to brand him a bust. But this season, and especially in the just-completed rout of the New Orleans Hornets, K-Mart has demonstrated why the team paid so much to bring

  May 1, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, May 5 edition

  Potential is flowering. Today in Cafe Society: • Something's cooking in Summit County. • Cinco or swim today. • Drinking Goat at the Goat. • Frasca finally opens for lunch -- for two days only. • Denver's best female chefs wowed at Women Cook! Today in Backbeat Online: • Black Market Empire comes alive. • Moving Pictures: Jim McTurnan, Mike Marchant, Hawks of Paradise, Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, Angie Stevens and more. Today in The Latest Word: • Death-penalty bill: Politico

  May 5, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, May 1 edition

  May Day! May Day! Today in Backbeat Online: • Fight Spider with Spider is reading my mind. • Signtologist featured in 9News news report. • Ghost Buffalo gives up the... well, ghost. • A first look at Skyfox's new video. • Freaky Friday: "Rap Chop" (featuring Vince) -- Steve Porter. Today in Cafe Society: • Grub, gab and go green tonight. • MiniBar to open next week. • Candy Girls: Zero candy bar. • The restaurant roll call for April. • Get your cupcake on, Parker! • Rem

  May 1, 2009

• Prescription for more Nuggets victories: Continue to hammer on Dirk Nowitzki

  The Nuggets should take a clue from this bubblegum card, and chew up Dirk Nowitzki. The Denver Nuggets' 109-95 victory over the Dallas Mavericks in game one of their playoff series played out pretty much as Nugs' fans hoped. Denver has an advantage over the Mavs inside, which is why Nenê had a breakout game from a scoring perspective and previous Westword blog tribute subjects Chris Andersen and Kenyon Martin proved so key. Indeed, K-Mart's beneath-the-basket bashing of Mavericks star Dirk Now

  May 4, 2009

• Kenyon Martin's fine is fine by us

  Kenyon Martin. In a blog published after the Nuggets pummeled the Dallas Mavericks in game one of their playoff series, I suggested that a hard foul Kenyon Martin laid on the Mavs' Dirk Nowitzki set the stage for victory. Now, the NBA has levied at $25,000 fine against K-Mart for this shot across Dirk's bow -- and if he eventually has to pay up (the Nuggets are protesting the penalty), it'll be worth every penny. The Nugs needed to establish early on that trips to the paint will come at a cost,

  May 5, 2009

• Don't mess with Kenyon Martin's mama, Mark Cuban

  Kenyon Martin. Kenyon Martin was among the most-animated players during the scrum that developed in the seconds after the Nuggets' controversial game-three win over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday, for reasons that weren't readily apparent to TV viewers. But his reaction made perfect sense after word got out that Mavs owner Mark Cuban had lobbed a rude comment at K-Mart's mom as he left his seat (on the way to shoving a cameraman -- an act that was caught on ABC's broadcast). Of course, anyone

  May 11, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, May 11 edition

  Photo by Jon SolomonGene Ween, music machine. Welcome to the working week. Today in Backbeat Online: • Over the weekend: Gene Ween at the Walnut Room and b.side in Boulder. • Rumors of Tickle Me Pink's breakup completely unfounded. • Wentworth Kersey gives away new CD at St. Mark's. • Tech N9ne top seller at Independent Records. • Bob Dylan grabs top spot at Twist and Shout. • Over the weekend: Napalm Death at Marquis Theater. • DJ Quote put Yung Berg on blast. Today in Cafe Soc

  May 11, 2009

• Referee Steve Javie is MVP for Mavericks in win over Nuggets last night

  Referee Steve Javie reassures Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. Yeah, yeah, given the non-call that helped the Nuggets win game three of their playoff series against the Mavericks on Saturday, complaining about the officiating in the Mavs' 119-117 victory last night seems churlish. But there's no denying that the outcome bore the fingerprints of the NBA's most intrusive referee, the ultra-irritating Steve Javie. The guy's so technical-foul-happy that he'd deserve the nickname Mr. T if a certain form

  May 12, 2009

• Mark Cuban blog-pologizes to K-Mart, Mama K-Mart

  (UPDATE: The video above, which I just saw on Deadspin, seems to support Cuban's thug theory). Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has finally apologized to Kenyon Martin and Kenyon Martin's mom -- sort of. Cuban, who apparently called Mrs. K-Mart's son a "thug" after game three, writes on his blog this morning that he knows "exactly how it feels. I've also had my family and friends spit on at games in this series. So I know how unpleasant that is as well." And so, he says, "I would like to apologiz

  May 12, 2009

• Clip and save: Nuggets take game five, polish off Mavericks

  In the past few days, Mark Cuban has been dancing without the stars. During last night's late newscast, 9News' Drew Soicher said that if the Nuggets manage to blow their series against the Dallas Mavericks, blamecasters will suggest that Mavs owner Mark Cuban got into their heads via his antics -- namely trash-talking about Kenyon Martin to his mom on Mother's Day weekend and then offering an obseqious apology via his blog rather than directly to K-Mart and his family. Chances that the Nuggets

  May 13, 2009

• Next stop Kobeville for the Nuggets

  A Flickr photoKobe Bryant and Kenyon Martin -- or a reasonable facsimile. As a lifelong Nuggets fan, I've grown accustomed over the years to waiting for the team to blow leads. But I don't think I've ever been so zen about the Nugs as last night, during their series-clinching victory over the Dallas Mavericks. My confidence was so high going in that I posted a blog declaring their victory about twelve hours before tip-off -- and even during that second-half Mavs run, when Jason Kidd started dra

  May 14, 2009

• Shmuck(s) of the Week: Mark Cuban and Kenyon Martin

  The sweater confirms it: Shmuck. Sometimes picking a shmuck is hard work. Sometimes the world presents you with such a vast sample tray of worthy shmucks, you have to employ a team of PhDs to measure their shmuckiness. On other, rarer occasions, the calendar presents a virtually shmuck-free week, and you're left to pick Bob Schaffer again, simply for his continued refusal to move to Utah. This, however, was not one of those weeks. This week, the world gave us Mark Cuban vs. Kenyon Martin, one

  May 15, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, May 15 edition

  Talk about slow service... Hurry up already. Today in Cafe Society: • May is National Hamburger Month -- and CityGrille's eleventh anniversary. • Make a pig of yourself this weekend. • Will The Bachelorette get a pizza the action? • New York Times' restaurant critic Frank Bruni steps away from the plate. • Steak Bar putting down stakes in Highland. • Cebiche space turning into Chavin. • The Flavor Bible is my good book. Today in Backbeat Online: • Flier of the Week: Six Months

  May 15, 2009

• Umm, Coach Karl, why is that little guy inbounding the ball?

  I said it first, but ESPN Sports Guy Bill Simmons probably said it best last night, questioning aloud on Twitter why Anthony Carter, the Nuggets' shortest player on the floor, was impounding the ball with his team down two and just seconds to go: "How to Blow a Huge Game by George Karl," Chapter 23: "Have My Shortest Guy Inbound the Ball On the Biggest Possession Of the Game." The result, of course: With six-eleven Lamar Odom smothering him, Carter threw a floating pass to Chauncey Billups tha

  May 20, 2009

• Surviving the Denver Nuggets' down-and-up weekend

  J.R. Smith. To be a fan of the Denver Nuggets -- even the new, improved Denver Nuggets -- is to risk cardiac arrest on an all-too-regular basis. Saturday night's game against the Los Angeles Lakers would have put the Nugs in a commanding position, and they seemed to have everything going for them -- momentum, swagger and a mammoth home-court advantage thanks to an absolutely berserk crowd thrilled to be witnessing the first Western Conference Finals game to take place here in a generation. So h

  May 26, 2009