Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle will be right with you — most likely to complain about something. Usually he is pleasant, but this is his place to blow off some steam. Don’t take it personally; he just needs to vent because he’s been doing this for about thirteen years…
What seemed imminent since the beginning of the month is official: The Nuggets and Thunder will do battle in the first round of the playoffs. The fun starts on Sunday and all signs point to a fistfight — either in competitiveness or actual throwing of fists; Nenê and Kendrick Perkins…
When Boulder-based advertising firm Crispin Porter + Bogusky set began constructing a marketing campaign to sell more carrots, its creative team studied consumers’ “carrot habits,” and learned all about the importance of crunch and snackability. The team wanted to reach “savvy snackers,” explains Tiffany Rolfe, the firm’s vice president and…
Colorado has a reputation as one of the healthiest places in the country — and in many regards, it is. But while this state’s residents may be more successful than most at resisting over-consumption, that doesn’t mean Coloradans are without food issues. According to a 2007 Boulder County youth-risk behavior…
It would seem like a death wish to hope to play the two-time defending NBA champions in the first round of the playoffs. But given recent play, are the Lakers now the most desirable first-round opponent for the Nuggets? Probably not, but it’s at least a question worth asking…
Tomorrow, Vally Dikovitskaya and seven other members of the Boulder Youth Body Alliance (BYBA), a program dedicated to helping teens with body image concerns and eating disorders, will be in Washington, D.C. They’re hoping to convince Colorado officials to co-sponsor the Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders (FREED) Act, which…
Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle will be right with you — most likely to complain about something. Usually he is pleasant, but this is his place to blow off some steam. Don’t take it personally; he just needs to vent because he’s been doing this for about thirteen years…
At this time last year, Rockies ace Ubaldo Jimenez was mowing down batters at a historical pace. Simply pitching with a healthy hand is now Jimenez’s goal. The Rockies placed Jimenez on the fifteen-day disabled list today, in order to give the cut cuticle on his right thumb time to…
Lance Armstrong, who joined Bill Ritter last August to hype the just-renamed Quiznos Pro Challenge bike race, is the subject of an ongoing federal investigation into his potential use of performance-enhancing drugs. And now, the journalist who’s likely closer to Armstrong than any other believes the seven-time Tour de France…
On Friday, the Rockies lost a nail-biter and left the game worried about their starting pitcher’s thumb cuticle. On Saturday, the Rockies won a nail-biter and left the game worried about their starting pitcher’s blister. And while both games against the Arizona Diamondbacks were played in weather fit for a…
Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle will be right with you — most likely to complain about something. Usually he is pleasant, but this is his place to blow off some steam. Don’t take it personally; he just needs to vent because he’s been doing this for about thirteen years…
When Amber Brummer was last in California, where she grew up, she bought a bunch of basil for 25 cents. That same amount would cost her about five dollars in Summit County, where she now lives. Brummer is part of the Leadership Class at Colorado Mountain College that’s conducting a…
The Rockies are the best team in baseball. As of this writing they’re a half game ahead of the defending World Series Champion San Francisco Giants. We’re not sure what all the talk of grapefruit and cactus is about or why the good players keep leaving after half a game,…
On March 13, Colorado natives Mackenzie Bell, Page Kelley, Jeremy Rubingh, Allie Shafner, Alison Friedman and Laura Yale loaded a pink RV with their gear, a set of fake boobs and breast cancer information, and headed for Steamboat with the goal of skiing every Colorado resort for free in eight…
Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle will be right with you — most likely to complain about something. Usually he is pleasant, but this is his place to blow off some steam. Don’t take it personally; he just needs to vent because he’s been doing this for about thirteen years…
I’m sure I don’t have to tell you this, but it’s National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day. In fact, by now your chocolate-covered raisin party is likely in full swing, and all your friends are tanked on prune juice and gin. Another memorable March 24, indeed. For those of you who…
Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle will be right with you — most likely to complain about something. Usually he is pleasant, but this is his place to blow off some steam. Don’t take it personally; he just needs to vent because he’s been doing this for about thirteen years…
This weekend, everyone should like green eggs and ham. The breakfast dish from Dr. Seuss’s book of the same name is central to a festive, philanthropic effort at the four locations of the Delectable Egg around Denver. The restaurants will be serving Sam I Am’s favorite dish today through March…
Guinness, Jameson, car bombs, bag pipes, corned beef, Harp and an awful hangover: Those are just some of the things that come to mind when the average person thinks of St. Patrick’s Day. And the list is the same for bartenders at Irish pubs — with the notable additions of…
The Berkeley neighborhood certainly isn’t lacking for bars and restaurants. But when the owners of Tennyson’s Tap decided to set up shop on West 38th Avenue at the start of the year, they were betting that the neighborhood didn’t have another bar like it. “There are a lot of local…
Goofy-looking Texans on spring break at Colorado ski resorts will have a tough time standing out next week. While a jeans and cowboy hat getup will draw some finger-pointing, it’s got nothing on a band of pink cape-wearing, fake boob-carrying philanthropists…
Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle will be right with you — most likely to complain about something. Usually he is pleasant, but this is his place to blow off some steam. Don’t take it personally; he just needs to vent because he’s been doing this for about thirteen years…
