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The five dumbest celebrity products ever pushed on the public

Maria Sharapova, the number two-ranked World Tennis Association player and former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, just launched a line of boutique candies -- including little lemon-lime tennis balls. This seems a little weird, considering Sharapova's athleticism and the nation's current examinati ... More >>

Photos: The ten cutest canines at the Rocky Mtn. Cluster Dog Show

The Rocky Mtn. Cluster Dog Show has taken over the National Western Complex through today, with hundreds of dogs and owners stopping in for their chance in the spotlight. When you see the following photos, you'll understand why we couldn't resist dropping by the competition to peruse the prized pooc ... More >>

Photos: Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition has nothing on Colorado Uncovered (NSFW)

The 2013 Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition cover has been revealed, with Kate Upton busting out of a parka: see it below. But as beguiling (and sporty!) as the image is, it can't compare in sheer skin-baring weirdness to the images from Colorado Uncovered, a book from Body Photage featuring nude m ... More >>

Sexy letters -- and Men's Health? -- banned by new prison censorship rule

A recent push by state prison officials to crack down on the sexual content of inmates' mail has greatly expanded the range of books and magazines intercepted by prison censors, including such staid fare as Rolling Stone and Men's Health. The move has also prompted complaints from inmates' loved one ... More >>

Top ten things non-sports fans need to know about Peyton Manning

Editor's note: With Peyton Manning's regular-season debut for the Broncos set for Sunday, we offer this (hilarious) (and helpful!) Peyton primer by Melanie Asmar that first appeared last March. Hello, Denver sports noobs. Perhaps you've heard of a new man-about-town named Peyton Manning. No, no -- ... More >>

Peyton Manning: Top Ten things non-sports fans should know about him

Hello, Denver sports noobs. Perhaps you've heard of a new man-about-town named Peyton Manning. No, no -- he's not the guy who won Project Runway All Stars. He's a football player. A quarterback. In other words, Peyton Manning is the new Tim Tebow. Except less overtly Christian and better at doing t ... More >>

Tim Tebow no easier to explain than UFOs, Loch Ness Monster, Bermuda triangle (VIDEO)

Video below.​Did you have a moment of doubt? Even one? Or did you know that the Broncos would defeat the Bears despite trailing 10-0 with just over two minutes to play? Whatever the case, Denver's latest crazy victory has left the NFL intelligentsia either speechless or grasping for imagery. ... More >>

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 >>

Reader: Only magazine that doesn't feature pics of hot, barely dressed girls is the New Yorker

The debate over the scrapped Hot Ass contest and fake-orgasm competitions at HempCon 2011, an alleged medical marijuana event, continues to broil even though the bash itself is over. Here's a post taking on the question of centerfolds in pot-oriented publications.

Hey. Bro. Sports: That hideous summer

Damn you, Dinger!​Every day we edge closer to the hideous sports wasteland that is mid-summer--when all we've got is baseball and other sports are nothing but arrests, rumors and deaths both hilarious and sad. So let's put off hiking, climbing and anything else outdoors, glue ourselves to our ... More >>

Medical marijuana dispensary review: Green Meadows Wellness, LLC in Lakewood

​Green Meadows Wellness' Steve Meadows is a gray-haired, gruff-voiced man of few words -- beyond the subject of Otis, the Italian mastiff shop dog.

Five famous musical muses: the women who inspire songs and movements and stir libidos

​With the recent passing of Suze Rotolo, Bob Dylan's first muse, we thought it only appropriate to give a shout out to a couple of other famous ladies. The muse position is demanding and the position can vary (physically and figuratively) -- it's not all about getting a song named after you. T ... More >>

Carmelo Anthony: During Pacers game, Nugs fans only boo when he misses -- which isn't often

Carmelo.​Of late, Carmelo Anthony has been bitching about being booed in Sports Illustrated and on Twitter -- so when I scored tickets to Sunday's game versus Indiana, I was curious to check out the situation firsthand. And last night, at least, there were far more cheers than jeers. Although ... More >>

Carmelo Anthony trade: Melo edits Martin Luther King on Twitter, bitches about booing

Carmelo.​As the Melo drama over a potential Carmelo Anthony trade to the New Jersey Nets intensifies, the man himself appears to be on a spin-control PR blitz. Hot on the heels of Anthony's guarded ESPN interview comes a Sports Illustrated story in which he complains about fans' anger. And yes ... More >>

Kanavis McGhee: Did ex-CU standout start agent Josh Luchs on a path of paying players?

Kanavis McGhee.​Update: Former CU standout Kanavis McGhee has reportedly come forward to deny that he asked for and accepted $2,500 from sports agent Josh Luchs, as the latter claimed in a high-profile Sports Illustrated article. McGhee is planning to formally apologize to the university for a ... More >>

Go Toe to Toe With Rick Reilly

Tim Tebow a 2010 starter? SI's Peter King and Josh McDaniels give him a chance

There's a lot of love in this room.​Here's a trio, a triumvirate, a triptych of blogs about Denver. At Mile High Report, John Bena notes that neither Sports Illustrated's Peter King nor coach Josh McDaniels think Tim Tebow's a guaranteed bench-sitter this next season. Delighted by that news, ... More >>

Brandon Marshall's departure on Denver Blogs: Trade confirmed as Dez Bryant (and Tim Tebow) visit

"See ya."​Bloggers in Denver often write blogs about Denver. Funny how that works... Predominantly Orange's Kim Constantinesco touts Dez Bryant as a Brandon Marshall replacement -- and according to Sports Illustrated's Peter King, Bryant (as well as Rolando McClain and, eeesh, Tim Tebow) are ... More >>

Denver Blogs: Cover boys

​ Our daily slog through local blogs. From Mile High Report: If you had Week 5 in the "Which Week Will the Broncos Be On the Cover of Sports Illustrated" pool, congratulations. You win! Just in case you weren't already convinced that charter schools can be disasters, Colorado Independent che ... More >>

Can't go to Broncos training camp? Read Stefan Fatsis's A Few Seconds of Panic instead

​The Broncos start training camp today, and, sure, you could go watch. But unless you sneak into the locker room and hide behind Brandon Marshall's ego, going to camp won't give you even a hint of what life is really like for the Broncos. For that, you'll have to hit your favorite bookseller. ... More >>

Vince McMahon takes on faux-Stan Kroenke's killer toupee

The McMahon-Kroenke smackdown -- captured in the "Raw." True Nuggets fans didn't watch last night's edition of World Wrestling Entertainment's Raw, in which Nugs owner Stan Kroenke and the ballers on his payroll were spoofed by WWE's Vince McMahon and his unitard-clad minions -- an act of revenge/p ... More >>

Is Rick Reilly losing his bite, or does he just need his bicuspids sharpened?

No contemporary sportswriter is more decorated (or better paid) than Denver's Rick Reilly, and so no sportswriter is more regularly critiqued. Since leaping wallet first from the sinking Sports Illustrated to ESPN last year -- a move he outlined in the January Message column "Rick Reilly, Loving Lim ... More >>

American Gladiator Auditions the Best of the Worst

If your wife can kick your ass, you might be an American Gladiator.

Rick Reilly, Loving Limbo

Rick Reilly on his impending move to ESPN, being directed by George Clooney, and the joys of doing absolutely nothing.

NFL Midseason Update

The Metamorphosis

Boy turns bug in this redemptive kiddie-lit adaptation.

Jesus at the Bat

Heaven help the Colorado Rockies this season.

University of Wisconsin

Getting an education in libation

By Hooker or Crook

Baseball's current stumble is part of a jarring pro-sports tumble.

Crown Jewel

Teva Mountain Games electrify Vail

It's All Good

Radio gives a small-town football hero a single note.

Paging Lord Stanley

The rejuvenated Avs look like the real thing in the Pepsi Center.

Best Appearance by Colorado in a National Magazine

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Dead Lines

The Denver dailies change the way they handle obituaries -- for better and for worse.

Off Limits

Dead air

Words Get in the Way

If the news is offensive, how does local media report it? Very carefully.

Big Red Alert

Nebraska's heading straight for the top. Sorry, CU.

Get a Job

John Rocker delivers a pitch.

The Sporting Life

The First Annual Honduran Relief Benefit Dinner

The Puck Stops Here

Even though the premise of Mystery, Alaska is skating on thin ice, it still manages to score.

Mouthing Off

Off Limits

Seeing Red

IS NOTHING SACRED?

THE UGLY TRUTH

THE ROCK-AND-ROLLERS WHOSE FACES COULD STOP A CLOCK. UGLY A LOOK AT THE MOST FRIGHTENING FACES IN ROCK AND ROLL.

EJECTION DAY

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