Subject: Mike Shanahan

• Mike Shanahan and the Dickery of Genius

  September 17, 2007

• Fake Fan: Raiders Suck

  September 17, 2007

• Mike Shanahan the Mastermind?

  December 6, 2007

• Mike Shanahan and the Character Issue

  June 3, 2008

• Did the Broncos make the right move by letting John Lynch go?

  August 15, 2008

• Broncos coach Mike Shanahan: balls of steel or a vote of no-confidence

  September 15, 2008

• Is Mike Shanahan having an affair with Miss Clairol?

  September 22, 2008

• The Bucking Stops Here

  August 12, 1999

• Shuck and High Five

  New York baseball nostalgia hits Denver.

  October 7, 1999

• Social Studies

  The society columnist for a neighborhood newspaper is the talk of the upper crust.

  January 10, 2002

• Wow! Mike Shanahan and Broncos part ways

  Wow! Never thought we'd live to see this day. Seriously. Sure, we've all sensed that this moment would come sooner or later. After all, the Broncos just pulled off one of the biggest choke jobs in recent memory and, yes, this is the third consecutive season the team has missed the playoffs. Still, we have to admit that we're a little shocked, as we try to process the news that Mike Shanahan and the Broncos have agreed to "part ways," as owner Pat Bowlen put it in a statement just issued on the

  December 30, 2008

• Mike Shanahan: Best of Denver award winner

  Mike Shanahan, who was fired Tuesday, wasn't just the Denver Broncos' winningest and longest-tenured coach, he was also a repeat Westword Best of Denver award winner, taking home Best Coach - Professional in 1998 and 2007; Best Sack of a Bronco in 2004; Best Sporty Marshall in 2001; Best-Dressed Coach in 2000; and Best Coach, as voted by the readers, several times. Now that Shanny is gone, who will win the coaching awards this year? To vote, click on our Best of Denver 2009 online reader's pol

  December 31, 2008

• Best sports coach -- professional

  June 29, 2000

• Best new reasons to canonize John Elway

  June 29, 2000

• Best local jock quote

  June 29, 2000

• Season's Greetings

  August 10, 2000

• Off Limits

  November 16, 2000

• Broncos Country is not happy about Josh McDaniels. Broncos Country is wrong.

  What are people saying about the Broncos' new coach? Well ... Terrell Davis, the former Bronco and current NFL Network analyst, thinks McDaniels, at 32, is too young. The Mile High Report thinks he's too much like Belichick. Our own Michael Roberts thinks he's too offensive-minded. The Rocky's Dave Krieger thinks Pat Bowlen is trying to "recapture his glory days" by hiring an up-and-coming offensive coach like Mike Shanahan. ESPN's Skip Bayless -- a fucking cancer on sports journalism who I wat

  January 13, 2009

• Best Sporty Marshal

  March 29, 2001

• Bronco A-Go Go

  August 9, 2001

• Channel 9's Drew Soicher threatens Mike Shanahan bobblehead with decapitation

  The latest blogosphere blather suggests that recently fired Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan could be headed to Kansas City to take over the struggling Chiefs franchise. Not happening, insists 9News sports anchor Drew Soicher. He's so sure this rumor isn't worth the breath it takes to pass it that last night, he pledged to destroy his Mike Shanahan bobblehead live on the air if it happens -- and as is suggested by the accompanying photo, taken for the June 2006 Message column "Schticky Situa

  January 23, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, January 23 edition

  You've got a lot of reading to do. But not like three chapters of The Grapes of Wrath, due by tomorrow. Fun reading. Today in Backbeat Online: • Meese finishes new album and lands mug in Spin. • Has hip-hop dance crew BreakEFX met their match? • A first look at the Fray's new documentary • Leftover Salmon's Bill McKay arrested. • From Blonde to Black: When DJs attack. • Update: Single File previews new song and recordings. • Mile Hi-Fidelity recast playlist -- 01-21-09. • Gu

  January 23, 2009

• Is Jay Cutler the reincarnation of Jeff George?

  Given that former Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer has a Paul Bunyon-size ax to grind, it's no surprise that his criticism of former coach Mike Shanahan is sharp in "Shanny Firing Was 'Past Due,'" a Mike Klis piece in today's Denver Post. But arguably more interesting than the Snake's sense that Shanahan, the man who benched him in 2006 even though the team had a 7-4 record at the time, "had done what he could do and was just tapped out" are his comments about current QB Jay Cutler, which are

  January 30, 2009

• Piggish for Pigskin

  January 9, 2003

• Best Trade

  March 25, 2004

• A Plan for Shanny

  After a brief Gator flirtation, the Broncos' coach must get back to business.

  January 17, 2002

• This Does Not Compute

  Hey, Sparky, think it's time to pull the plug on the Bowl Championship Series wizards?

  December 18, 2003

• Confessions of a Bar Girl

  She's hot. She's coming over. Wanna buy some Scotch?

  March 16, 2006

• Twilight of an NFL God

  Ancient Jerry Rice could lend a mythic touch to the Broncos offense.

  June 16, 2005

• Shanny's Spare Parts

  The Broncos' surprise draft pick is straight out of the mechanic's manual.

  May 12, 2005

• Shanny and Snake Ain't Jake

  The Broncos have begun to Plum the briny depths of the NFL.

  December 9, 2004

• At a Loss

  Colorado fumbles the ball.

  November 11, 2004

• D-Lirious

  The coach and the Broncos get ready to test Plan Shanahan.

  September 9, 2004

• Year in Review: Hall of Shame

  Welcome the inductees -- both individual and institutional -- to the Class of 2003.

  December 25, 2003

• Busted Broncs

  As college teams bowl for dolors, Shanahan keeps burning.

  December 4, 2003

• Standing Pat

  Will the Mastermind soon trade orange for pink?

  November 2, 2000

• The National Free-for-All League

  The NFL tries to recover from a series of fumbles.

  November 25, 1999

• Ball Carriers

  Is a Post reporter offsides when it comes to the people he covers?

  September 16, 1999

• Mr. Big

  Stop counting the homers and start playing baseball.

  September 2, 1999

• The Long Goodbye

  May 6, 1999

• Anger Bowl

  January 28, 1999

• Unnecessary Roughness

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

  October 29, 1998

• Fall Guys

  September 25, 1997

• Last Stop: New Orleans?

  October 17, 1996

• Off Limits

  August 1, 1996

• WHAT A WAY TO START A CENTURY!

  February 8, 1995

• Meet Brian Orakpo, the man the Broncos were too stupid to draft

  Watching the NFL draft during the Mike Shanahan era was consistently frustrating, since the team regularly made odd personnel choices, far too many of which didn't work out (Maurice Clarett, anyone?). For that reason, a lot of us were looking forward to the first draft since the arrival of a regime fronted by coach Josh McDaniels, in the hope that the new guys would have a keener eye for talent. And while it's too soon to render judgment, the earliest sign -- the number twelve pick -- doesn't

  April 27, 2009

• A rested, birdie-making, film-studying Mike Shanahan is somewhat terrifying

  Shanahan, in less withered days.Woody Paige took time from his television foibles to chime in with a pretty decent column on Sunday, about the very fine life of former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan. Shanahan -- who talked with Paige at the celebrity golf tourney in Lake Tahoe -- has apparently been busy marrying off his daughter, moving into a new home in Cherry Hills, and playing enough golf to shoot a saucy little 83 in competition on Saturday. But since Shanahan is a half-cyborg powered by UV

  July 20, 2009

• Mike Shanahan as Dan Hawkins' replacement at CU? In our dreams

  Would a short commute be enough to convince Mike Shanahan to stay in Colorado?​We've reached the point in the Dan Hawkins saga where no one is even pretending he can survive as coach of the CU Buffs. After this past weekend's catastrophe against the Cyclones of Iowa State, talk among members of Buffs nation has transitioned from silly discussions about bowl eligibility to fantasies about who might take Hawkins' place. The most unlikely name to have popped up thus far? Mike Shanahan. Reall

  November 18, 2009

• Mike Shanahan-to-CU rumors appear to be as bogus as predicted

  Mike Shanahan is a wanted man.​It only took a day for evidence that speculation about Mike Shanahan following the doomed Dan Hawkins as head coach for CU to crumble. NFL.com's Vic Carucci reports that Shanny's likely to talk next week with the braintrust of the Buffalo Bills, who just sacked Dick Jauron. Carucci points out that the Washington Redskins have been rumored to want Shanahan's services, too, but a "source close to the Bills" says he's "intrigued by the 'low-maintenance' situati

  November 19, 2009