When Peyton Hillis became the 47th Bronco running back to go down with an injury this year, he opened the door for rookie Cory Boyd to be the next back to rush his way onto your fantasy playoff roster. Sure, the Broncos will trot out Tatum Bell as the starter, but Bell proved on Sunday to be one of the few human beings alive unable to run behind the Broncos' zone-blocking scheme. I honestly wish there were goofy prop bets on random rookie running backs in random mid-season NFL games, because I'd
The worsening of the economy over the past seven or eight months hasn't changed Denver Post editor Greg Moore's opinion about the importance of sending staffers to personally witness the most major of sporting spectacles. In the May 2008 Message column "Olympics Travel a Hurdle for Local News Media," he defended picking up the tab for reporters to cover certain stories in person, despite rapidly rising costs and the financial struggles of newspapering in general. "We've decided that there are
There were few players or coaches with Colorado connections on the field in Tampa Bay during yesterday's far-better-than-anticipated Super Bowl. But in-between the action, a few square-state notables popped up. Among the local-commercial highlights were Frontier Airlines spots for "Super Roll 43," a sale that tied into the Super Bowl in amusing fashion without actually mentioning the event -- a fiscally savvy move if ever there was one. No wonder Frontier is among the few carriers that's actua
In support of Yes, their tenth full-length album(!), synth-pop kings Pet Shop Boys have just announced an eighteen-date North American tour, to begin at the end of August. The show promises to be filled with plenty of costumes, capers and theatricality. Unfortunately, the tour schedule is focused on the coasts, only coming inland for a single night in Chicago. If you're a big enough fan that you'll travel for this one, you can sign up for June 8 presale tickets here. The rest of us will hav
Broncos wide receiver/resident diva Brandon Marshall has vowed to show up for training camp -- not because he's a loyal teammate, but because he's "not gonna let them take more money." And a little luck -- or perhaps a little help from a friendly judge or scheduler -- could keep him in camp despite an August hearing for his ongoing domestic-abuse case.
The web site CompleteColorado.com is reporting that Marshall's next appearance is scheduled for August 13, which happens to be a rare off-day on
