The Denver Broncos’ firing of Coach Josh McDaniels yesterday set off an explosion in Twitter Nation. Below, find a collection of our ten favorites, including a couple that are actually kinda sympathetic, one from Jim Rome suggesting that Tim Tebow’s future at QB is dependent on Florida’s Urban Meyer taking…
Confessed Ponzi schemer Sean Mueller, whose victims include John Elway, first came to the police’s attention in April, when he threatened to commit suicide by jumping off a parking garage. At his sentencing hearing yesterday. Mueller said he still thinks about taking his life daily, but that didn’t win him…
“Guitar Guru,” Jon Solomon, December 2 Guitar Hero After reading “Guitar Guru,” I felt compelled to write to Westword, a publication I’d stopped reading — I occasionally scan it for gigs to pay the bills — because, to me, it reads like an endless parade of wannabe “artists” inexplicably deemed…
People stare as Peter Spitz feels his way into the restaurant. They’re not looking at him, exactly. What they see is not the man, but the dark glasses, the white cane, the gadget in his throat and the oxygen tube snaking into his backpack. He settles into a booth, listens…
Update: The Denver Broncos have now released a statement from owner Pat Bowlen about the firing of Coach Josh McDaniels, as well as confirming that running backs coach Eric Studesville will serve as interim skipper for the remainder of this horribly lost season. Details below from a release posted on…
The signature battle wounds for Iraq and Afghanistan vets are post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) — ailments that are difficult to diagnose and easy for officials to ignore. While vet advocates like Andrew Pogany and innovative treatment programs like El Paso County’s veterans court are…
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s plan to reduce wild horse herds on public lands and relocate thousands of mustangs to preserves back East has triggered protests of roundups across the West — over everything from the costs involved to the brutal conditions of the government “gather” techniques. Tonight presents…
Welcome, my friends, to the Denver blog posts that never end. 5280’s A.J. Vicens celebrates Champ Bailey’s great game against Chiefs stud Dwayne Bowe yesterday — but notes that the Broncos pulled a contract extension off the table. Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic recounts the tax-cut votes of senators Mark Udall…
Over the past year, we’ve intermittently heard about arrests for allegedly driving under the influence of medical marijuana, with the most sensational being Joshua Wittig’s involvement in a crash that took the life of John Paul Hines in October. Against this backdrop, Boulder Representative Claire Levy says she’s planning to…
At a press conference this morning, the University of Colorado at Boulder braintrust introduced new head coach Jon Embree — and his return to CU, where he previously played and coached, was mighty impressive. Obviously, talk won’t lead to an instant turnaround for the woeful program, but the differences between…
In a state where a onetime brewpub owner, Democrat John Hickenlooper, was just elected governor, it makes sense that a onetime bartender, Paul Weissmann, would be named the House Dems’ chief of staff. Weissmann, the former House majority leader, is term-limited, so he couldn’t run for reelection in November. Still,…
Last month, we noted that Denver Post and MediaNews Group execs weren’t eager to discuss a copyright-infringement warning published by the paper. At the time, we asked these three questions: “So… what prompted the Post to rattle this saber? Are lawsuits imminent? And against who?” We now have some answers,…
Patricia Calhoun’s post about the annual protest stirred by the Nativity Scene at Denver’s City & County Building prompted a funny comment from one reader, who likens the display to a certain Chevy Chase movie — one also referenced last week in our post about resident Alek Komarnitsky web-controlled display…
‘Tis the season for holiday-themed nightlife events — like, for instance, the Schnockered Santa Pub Crawl and a Blake Street Tavern tribute to ugly Christmas sweaters. Westword photographers were there to capture the action — and that’s not all. See NSFW images from the Indie Six calendar release party and…
Update: On Friday, the Lakewood Police Department confirmed that Jarrett Berlin, shot and killed by a SWAT team after a standoff at the Bentley Apartments, was unarmed at the time of his death. Now, Tara Salazar, the woman who was allegedly in the car he used to get away from…
Last week, we offered a sneak preview of the the new CU Boulder swimsuit calendar. Westword’s Hunter Stevens attended the launch party, and we’ll post a full slideshow shortly. But here’s a bonus: Photos of all twelve months of the calendar, with many of the images featuring autographs to Westword…
Update, 5:29 p.m.: According to 9News, the person identified as Thom McDaniels, now fired Broncos coach Josh McDaniels’ father, during CBS’ broadcast of the Broncos-Kansas City Chiefs game on Sunday was not actuallyThom McDaniels. The station’s Drew Soicher reports that the elder McDaniels was, in fact, at the game, but…
We’re building to our list of 2010’s top mug shots by highlighting photos from specific categories. For instance, we recently shared the top 20 women’s mug shots of 2010. And today, we’re admiring arrestees whose booking photos feature some sweet ink — including Jacob Joseph Medina, seen here, who has…
This week’s cover story, “Mean Streets,” details the sordid working conditions many Denver cab drivers say they’ve experienced behind the wheel. But what about taxi customers? How do cab riders rate Denver’s taxicab industry? Is it a dream… or a nightmare?…
Everybody poops, including elephants — who produce 200 pounds of the stuff every day. That’s the weight of a man. Hear that, kids? An elephant poops out a man every single day. And the Denver Zoo has a plan to turn all that poop into electricity to power its new…
Would you like to peruse these Denver blog posts? We hope so. Mile High Report’s Sayre Bedinger thinks Josh McDaniels might be able to keep his job if the Broncos gave John Elway a front office job and made Wade Phillips the defensive coordinator and assistant head coach. Those were…
By definition, a youth pastor has access to lotsa young folks. And Joshua Amoroso, 21, who served in this capacity at Colorado Springs’ Gateway Church, is accused of violating the trust required by someone in that position in the worst possible way — with a fourteen-year-old girl. As detailed by…
