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Denver Roller Dolls' new Orange Crushers to sport Broncos colors

The Denver Roller Dolls roller derby league expanded this week with the addition of a new local squad, bringing the home team total to five: the Orange Crushers will be joining DRD's Bad Apples, Green Barrettes, Shotgun Betties, and Electrocuties (the 2012 DRD Home Team champions) for the 2013 seaso ... More >>

Photos: Ten best athletes to be born in Colorado

Ask people to name Colorado's best-ever athletes and you'll hear references to the likes of John Elway, Dave Logan and Missy Franklin. But they all moved to the state rather than being born here. So who are the greatest Colorado athletes as listed by Wikipedia who actually qualify as natives? We've ... More >>

Year in Review: The strangest people and events of 2012

See also: Year in Review: The 2012 Hall of Shame

Denver's toughest tickets: Did Mumford, Book of Mormon or GABF make the list?

Bruce Springsteen tickets go on sale Monday, August 13 at 10 a.m. They'll be gone within minutes, if not seconds -- only to reappear shortly thereafter on eBay, StubHub and other aftermarket ticket sites for two, three or even four times their original cost. It's nothing new. But it sure gets old. ... More >>

Video: Tim Tebow wins Best Moment ESPY for Broncos-Steelers TD, inspires love/hate

Last night's ESPY awards were a reminder to Broncos fans about the bizarre nature of the Tim Tebow era. He appeared multiple times in the friggin' intro (including a brief Tebowing montage), was the first athlete on the stage (for a gag with host Rob Riggle), returned to be the initial athlete prese ... More >>

Pat Robertson: Peyton injury after Tebow trade would serve Broncos right

Everyone's got an opinion about the Broncos' signing of Peyton Manning and trade of Tim Tebow to the New York Jets, including none other than Pat Robertson. The televangelist recently came out in favor of Colorado's Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act. Now, however, he's basically ... More >>

Tim Tebow traded to Jets: There's a lot of temptation in NYC....

Update: The Tim Tebow to the Jets trade spent only a brief time in limbo yesterday. The Broncos and the Jets eventually agreed to split a $5 million payment required by a contract clause, resulting in The Chosen One's ticket being punched for the Big Apple, and an even brighter spotlight. For more o ... More >>

Tim Tebow: Ten things non-sports fans should know about The Chosen One

Tim Tebow is big news. In fact, he's such big news that it's no longer acceptable for non-sports fans to not know who he is. Don't worry: Westword has your back. For all of you who think NFL stands for National Forensic League and spend your Sundays and Monday evenings crocheting or tossing cabers o ... More >>

Ten most memorable post-Steelers miracle Tim Tebow tweets

Tim Tebow.​Tim Tebow's latest miracle win over the Pittsburgh Steelers caused Twitter to erupt like Mount Vesuvius, setting a new record of 9,420 tweets per second. Suck it, Bin Laden raid and Steve Jobs's death. And today? The flow of Tebow-related tweets continues at such an awesome rate th ... More >>

Tim Tebow and Ron Paul: A point-by-point comparison

Tim Tebow.​Tim Tebow's stock as a quarterback may be falling -- ESPN's Mike and Mike have less confidence in him than any other QB in the playoffs this weekend -- but he remains a cultural lightning rod. Note that even The New Yorker's Ben McGrath is weighing in on him, albeit by suggesting t ... More >>

Video: Tim Tebow magic betrays Michelle Bachmann and Rick Perry in Iowa

Video below.​Tim Tebow's three game losing streak on the field is echoed by the skid experienced by Republican presidential candidates who invoke him. Last month, Texas Governor Rick Perry said he wanted to be the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses. Instead, he finished fifth last night and is sus ... More >>

Bill Maher's Twitter jihad against Tim Tebow continues

Three games ago, Tim Tebow's streak of late-game miracles looked bound for legend. Now, even true believers are left to wonder if his success was a mirage. No wonder comedian Bill Maher has been kicking the Chosen One when he's down -- on one knee, and on the scoreboard.

Tim Tebow 5th best QB in league, not 5th worst, says Sports Illustrated

Tim Tebow.​It's yet another indication of how the Tim Tebow phenomenon has split so-called NFL experts. Earlier this week, we noted that ESPN's Total QBR ranking system lists Tebow as the fifth worst quarterback in the NFL despite a 6-1 record this season that found him besting signal-callers ... More >>

The Cow, opening tonight on Sante Fe, plans to cater to whatever team is playing against Denver

​After a long run as Joe's Buffet, the building at 753 Santa Fe Drive went through a number of incarnations, including Club Mystery, Club 753 and, most recently, the Sound Kitchen. Now Marcus Giavanni has taken over the three-story, 15,000 square-foot space, which he's dubbed The Cow (as in "c ... More >>

Top 10 moments in 10 years of Invesco Field at Mile High -- soon to be Sports Authority Field

Big pics below.​It's official: Invesco Field at Mile High is about to become Sports Authority Field at Mile High. But before all the signs are changed, what were the top ten moments during the nearly ten years under the Invesco name? Here's the list and text from the history section of the Inv ... More >>

Reader: ESPNer Merril Hoge's Tim Tebow shots would mean more if he'd been a better player

Merril Hoge.​ESPN's Merril Hoge went on a Twitter rampage against Tim Tebow this week, then appeared on 104.3/The Fan to defend his criticism of the Chosen One. By doing so, Hoge made himself a target, and one reader fired back at him using his own skills as an NFL running back, mostly exhibit ... More >>

Tupac biopic finally gets the greenlight. Here's five ideas for who should play him.

​After being held up by years of litigation from Afeni Shakur-Davis, the mother of late rapper Tupac Shakur, the film depicting the rapper's life has finally been given the green light. Literally years in the making, the production company Morgan Creek has been mired in legal wranglings with ' ... More >>

Kevin Alexander: Charges dropped against Broncos linebacker who was cut after arrest

Big pic below.​Although Kevin Alexander probably won't get a second chance with the Denver Broncos, it looks like he'll have his freedom. The rookie linebacker Alexander was cut by the team almost immediately after being arrested on an assault-and-battery accusation in December. The Broncos sa ... More >>

Top 20 Josh McDaniels disasters: Anatomy of a Denver Broncos coaching failure

Josh McDaniels.​The speed with which Josh McDaniels's Denver Broncos career went south was absolutely stunning -- and we documented every misstep. Below, we've linked to and excerpted from twenty posts over twenty months that tell the tale, from personnel mistakes involving the likes of Jay Cu ... More >>

Josh McDaniels, Broncos find a new way to embarrass themselves against St. Louis Rams

Josh McDaniels.​Fresh off a humiliating video scandal, Broncos coach Josh McDaniels and his team desperately needed a win at home against the improving but very beatable St. Louis Rams -- and they didn't get one, losing 36-33. Yes, the Broncos made the final score close -- but close wasn't cl ... More >>

Mason Tvert wants Betsy Markey to honor medical marijuana industry

Mason Tvert's always got an angle.​Mason Tvert, executive director of SAFER (Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation), has spent five years arguing that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol -- and even critics would have to agree that his creativity in promoting this idea is off the chart ... More >>

Brandon Marshall to be traded to Miami Dolphins, says ESPN's Adam Schefter

Gone fishin'?​As soon as Brandon Marshall signed the Broncos' tender offer yesterday, his trade went from being theoretical to a virtual certainty. Moreover, it became clear the Broncos had at last abandoned the idea that they'd get a first-round pick for BM's services -- something obvious to ... More >>

Chef and Tell with Matt Mine from the Oceanaire Seafood Room

Lori MidsonMatt Mine, executive chef of Oceanaire​Matt Mine Oceanaire Seafood Room 1400 Arapahoe Street 303-991-2277 www.theoceanaire.com This is part one of Lori Midson's interview with Matt Mine, executive chef of Oceanaire. To read part two of that interview, check back here tomorrow. M ... More >>

Brandon Marshall: ESPN's Jason Smith doesn't think the Santonio Holmes trade has any impact on him

Jason Smith doesn't see the parallels between Santonio Holmes and Brandon Marshall.​In a blog yesterday, we argued that the Pittsburgh Steelers' decision to trade controversial receiver Santonio Holmes to the New York Jets for a measly fifth-round draft choice likely meant the Broncos' dream o ... More >>

Secret autograph "closet" in Invesco Field at Mile High visitors locker room

"Where do I sign?"​Last week, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning stirred up a mini-controversy in Dallas when he signed his name on the wall of the visitors locker room at the new and lavish Cowboys Stadium. In response to gripes from the Cowboys' Bradie James about this supposed act of ... More >>

The Karmic Guide to Fantasy Football 2009

​ It's Fantasy Football season, and if you don't know what we're talking about, then you simply aren't a geeky, no-life sad sack who never gets out of the house -- like several Westword staff members. Still, 22 million North Americans waste countless hours on it, and August, when fantasy lover ... More >>

Where Brian Dawkins can get a Super Bowl ring: eBay

That bling is super! At a press availability yesterday, newly minted Denver Bronco Brian Dawkins, a veteran safety who's a legend among Philadelphia Eagles faithful, declared, "I would love to have a ring. I would love to finish it all with a ring." And from what I understand, the gathered reporter ... More >>

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 ... More >>

Senators urge NFL to show games to more people. Because, you know, what else would senators have to do?

The Broncos Reversal of Misfortune

Crusade

A sports columnist is risking the ire of readers by writing about gangs -- and criticizing local media for not adequately covering the topic.

A Federal Case

Cruising down the boulevard, Denver’s avenue of schemes and dreams.

Plumbing the Broncos

Feeling defensive, Coach Shanahan? It's about time.

That's a Wrap-Up

Backbeat writers sound off on a few of their favorite musical things from 2002.

Football Fanatics, Arise

Put your pigskin pedigree to the test.

Toast of the Town

Denver C.A.R.E.S. picks drunks off the streets, then puts them right back out there.

Hard Time

The oldest lifer in Colorado prisons is dying to be anywhere but here.

Strange but True

City of Hype

Great moments in Bronco history--and hysteria.

The Toast of Greeley

Air Jordans for Everybody!

A Bout of Fraud

Great Day for a Hike

40,000 YARDS--BUT MILES TO GO

NEU ERA