A Thursday Bleacher Report post about the “10 Recent Contracts Worth a Double-Take” notes of Tim Tebow, “Well, what do you know? Maybe T.O. didn’t sign the craziest contract of the week.” Turns out, though, that the contract in question was the one Tebow signed to be a spokesman for…
Earlier this month, we shared the U.S. Marshals Service list of Colorado’s 100 Most wanted sex offenders. Unfortunately, there are plenty more where they came from. In fact, Boulder County has its own top fifteen. Page through below to see mug shots and information about the frequently creepy looking men…
You know what’s gross? Poop. You know what’s even grosser? Poop in your water. How to prevent that from happening will be the subject of an outdoorsy conference at the American Alpine Club in Golden this weekend. The conference is cleverly titled Exit Strategies — as in, the poop exits…
In June, I wrote about Darrell Havens, the paralyzed car thief whose medical parole was canceled after Arvada police chief Don Wick complained. A month later, the situation appears no closer to a resolution…
The most notable part of the first meeting of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s new Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee, held this morning, wasn’t what occurred, but what was missing: Staffers announced that Ken Weaver, the committee’s designated patient advocate, had stepped down. Yesterday, Westword reported on Weaver’s…
How many Denver blog post links? Three. Colorado Pols has a first look at a Colorado Freedom Fund spot hammering Scott McInnis for his alleged plagiarism, using the mustache-heavy photo seen here. His upper lip is hiding! Denver Egotist asks you to recommend Colorado photographers. Get the picture? 5280’s Michael…
Before Carmelo Anthony decides where he wants to play next season, he’ll probably be rumored to sign with every squad in the league. Now, on top of theories that Melo will stay in Denver, join Kobe Bryant in L.A., combine forces with Derrick Rose in Chicago, or create a Melo-Amare…
CNN-approved pot critic William Breathes gets back to “work” with his latest review, of Native Roots Apothecary. But for those of you who’d rather not seek out MMJ on the 16th Street Mall, fear not. You’ll find lots of other options by clicking on this link to our newly updated…
In “Mile Highs and Lows,” Westword offers a no-holds-barred look at what goes on behind the locked doors of marijuana dispensaries, whether they resemble swanky bars, sterile dentist’s offices or a dope dealer’s college dorm room. See our current dispensary list here, and keep reading for William Breathes’s review of…
Remember John Hickenlooper? He’s running for governor — but you’d hardly know it given how much attention has been paid to his opponents: alleged plagiarist Scott McInnis, accused lousy businessman Dan Maes, and party-busting Tom Tancredo. Not that he or his spokespeople are complaining…
Senator Chris Romer played an enormous role in Colorado’s groundbreaking medical marijuana legislation. With the August 1 deadline for dispensary owners for file applications just days away, he feels pride in what the laws have already accomplished even as he’s attempting to clear up confusion about controversial residency rules…
Wheat Ridge Yardivore Real Name: Jocelyn H. Chilvers; Occupation: Garden Coach; Suburb of operations: Wheat Ridge; Hair: Weeded; Eyes: Watered Suburban superhero skills: Like all Wheat Ridgers, Yardivore’s life force is augmented by art, gardening and constant garden-variety nagging. As a result, she is immune to aging and invulnerable to…
Tim Tebow may have signed with Jockey (with his photo in a white T reportedly causing “multiple, small orgasms”), but he still hasn’t inked with the Broncos, even though rookies were supposed to report yesterday. As a result, Broncos lovers continue to debate the right amount to pay new-messiah Tebow,…
Back in April 2009, a trailer for Hick Town, a proposed documentary series focusing on John Hickenlooper during the 2008 Democratic National Convention, featured the mayor telling an anecdote that ended with the line, “You fuck the press!” Hickenlooper’s cousin, filmmaker George Hickenlooper, took the trailer offline shortly after an…
The calls and texts started well before I had woken up yesterday, vibrating my phone completely off my bedside table. Apparently people on the East Coast don’t realize there’s a time difference between us. When I finally did get up and turn on the TV, I didn’t have to wait…
Heads up, producers of The Daily Show. Last night, Channel 31 reported a story about the theft of 150 garden gnomes that’s ready-made for your particular brand of satire. Only flaw? The Fox 31 crew isn’t as good at keeping a straight face as are Jon Stewart and company…
Zona’s Tamales, 713 E. 26th Avenue, has won two Best of Denver awards, including a 2002 nod for Best Pig’s Ears — a “novel sandwich” in which the ears are “cooked until tender (except for that crunchy cartilage) and slathered with mustard and onions.” Our staff found the results criminally…
Jordan Sankel is a doctor with South Denver Anesthesiologists, and the background spelled out in Sankel’s bio is impressive. He’s a graduate of the New York University School of Medicine, did residencies at the University of Vermont and a hospital in Santa Barbara, and is a board-certified member of five…
The 100,000-plus medical marijuana patients now in Colorado have an official representative: Ken Weaver. That’s according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, which appointed Weaver to be the patient representative on the state’s twelve-person Medical Marijuana Registry Committee, which will recommend how the department should implement Colorado’s…
Last fall, a committee appointed by Governor Bill Ritter made 29 recommendations for how to fix Colorado’s child-welfare system. The committee was formed after the deaths of thirteen children who had been involved with the system in 2007, including seven-year-old Chandler Grafner, who was starved to death by his county-appointed…
Armando T. “Mondo” Guerra knows a thing or two about adaptation: The 32-year-old Denver native got his start in fashion by taking thrift-store clothing and repurposing it for his own designs with scissors and a glue gun. But after graduating from the Denver School of the Arts in 1996 and…
The Perky Cups coffee shop certainly turned heads when it bounced into Aurora late last year, with buxom, bikini-wearing baristas pouring hot joe and occasionally parading around the parking lot at 12101 East Iliff Avenue, advertising their wares. That sales tactic got the store’s owner, Jason Bernal, into trouble with…
