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Denver Boone: DU's original mascot cracks the whip on calls for a replacement

The University of Denver has been meeting with members of the DU community to discuss the "mascot development" process. Doug Hirsh has been following the process with particular interest: He was the first human Denver Boone, chosen to portray the caricature that Walt Disney donated to DU to serve as ... More >>

Denver Boone, University of Denver's unofficial mascot, soon to be banished?

Is the University of Denver's hunt for a new mascot turning into a Boone-doggle? That's what some alumni are wondering after attending a Thursday focus group, part of a campus-wide process to calm controversy and select a new mascot. Denver Boone, a coonskin cap-wearing caricature, was adopted as th ... More >>

Denver Boone is dead. Long live Denver Boone!

Best of Denver 2013 Readers' Poll: Meet this year's Sports & Recreation winners

The 2013 Best of Denver issue is on stands now, and in its 196 pages you'll find Westword's picks for the best people, places and services in Denver. Along the way, we asked you to nominate and then vote for your favorites online, via paper ballots and through text messages during a poll that lasted ... More >>

University of Denver looking for a new mascot that isn't Denver Boone

The University of Denver Pioneers have always had that fighting spirit -- but lately, much of the fight has focused on the school's long-defunct mascot, a bearded, coonskin-cap-wearing cartoon character named Denver Boone, which was designed by a Walt Disney artist and served as the school's officia ... More >>

Former DU mascot Boone is in trouble

Debate 2012: Ten things you don't know about the University of Denver

On Wednesday, the University of Denver will host this election's first presidential debate -- and the first of its kind in Denver. DU has been getting ready for its close-up for months, and the stakes are high for both the school and the candidates. If the night is a success, no matter which candida ... More >>

DU Pioneers cross-check homophobia

Denver blog posts want you...to click on them! The Colorado Independent's John Tomasic shares a video in which members of the DU Pioneers put homophobia in the penalty box. Max Denver thinks Peyton Manning's presence changes everything. Denver PR Blog: Crocs has launched a style blogger program. ... More >>

Jack Kerouac Wrote Here, Crisscrossing America Chasing Cool

What the Puck?

Best of Westword Winners From 1986

Skideo Video

Real riders slide in Soup d'Jour.

Painted Ponies

The Central Library surveys the brief, brilliant career of Frank Mechau.

Party for the Peaks

The Colorado Fourteeners Initiative carves out a good time.

Best Medicine for Ailing NHL Fans

Colorado College-University of Denver hockey rivalry

Best Sports Team -- College

University of Denver Pioneers Hockey

Best Racquet Boss

Yanick Dullens
University of Denver Women's Tennis

Ice Follies

Fans chill as pro hockey pucks up.

Fetching Idea

Disc Dogs teaches Rover the rules

Serves Them Right

Women's tennis is the latest from the new Pi dynasty.

Best Mascot

Slapshot , Colorado Eagles

Best DU Athlete

Adam Berkhoel

Political Cartoons

African-American art is up at DU, while Mizel surveys the Jewish roots of the comics.

If the Snowshoe Fits

Winter Women's Workshop is hot

The Flag-Bearer

Tom Tancredo is on a crusade to save America -- and he's looking for recruits.

Best University of Denver Hockey Player

Kevin Doell

Best Sports Team -- College

DU Pioneers

Best DU Hockey Player

Wade Dubielewicz

Journey's End

The media outlets that helped Ocean Journey float aren't mentioning their roles now that it's sinking.

Hoops, Here It Is

Hard-court hardcores are held hostage by the season.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of February 14, 2002

Pioneers Fly High

DU's hockey team is making noise again.

Best Sports Team -- College

University of Denver Ski Team

Best University of Denver Athlete

Wade Dubielewicz
DU Pioneers Hockey

Animal Crackers

P.T. Barnum was a great showman, but Denver's Bart Barnum may be just as good.

Best new sports venue

Magness Arena, Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness, University of Denver

Best University of Denver hockey player

Mark Rycroft

Give Him the Bird

What do Bill Owens and Bert from Sesame Street have in common? Pigeons.

We Are Capitol Hill

When Stephen Elliott was murdered in an Alfalfa's parking lot last year, it shocked neighbors right down to the bone. Down to the bone, that is, for about 72 hours.

Season of the West

Tradition and innovation come together for The West: New Ways/Old Visions.

Thrills for the week

Sanctuary

For a century this inner-city church has served as a refuge. But its most important mission has always been outside the walls.

A Stitch in Time

At the Blue Jay Inn in Buffalo Creek, life sews on.

Off Limits

Cowboys, Indians and Atomic Bombs

Let's Get Ready to R-r-r-rollerblade!

LETTERS

THRILLS

PLAYING BALL AT DU