I said it first, but ESPN Sports Guy Bill Simmons probably said it best last night, questioning aloud on Twitter why Anthony Carter, the Nuggets’ shortest player on the floor, was impounding the ball with his team down two and just seconds to go: “How to Blow a Huge Game…
Wouldn’t you like to know? Today in Backbeat Online: • Lowlife jerkwads steal All Capitals’ van. • Moving Pictures: B-Boys represent at Mighty 4. • Last Night: Mike Watt & the Missingmen at the Larimer Lounge. Today in Cafe Society: • RSVP fast for Slow Food dinner at Il Posto…
Lynn Kimbrough, the spokeswoman for the Denver District Attorney’s office, must not be superstitious. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have sent the following message via Twitter moments ago: I hesitate to say it but things are quiet. I’m outta here until next Wednesday. Let’s keep it quiet! If this was a movie,…
Our daily perusal of local blogs. E-mail us more. A local blogger picks the Lakers, gets killed by his readers, flip-flops. That’s the spirit! (Denver Stiffs) Natural gas: The “cleanest” fossil fuel? The industry would like you to think so. (Colorado Independent) District attorney and GOP congressional-hopeful Martin Beeson comes…
There’s an unusual and somewhat drawn-out sentencing hearing unfolding in federal court this week, as U.S. District Judge Lewis Babcock ponders what to do with William Orr, an inventor and promoter who spent decades developing patents for an octane-boosting, emissions-reducing gasoline blend — only to run afoul of the Environmental…
There are two ways to enjoy Buntport Theater’s Teacher’s Pet, which is probably the most unusual open mike you’ll ever attend: You can sit back and watch, only to wield your thumbs up or down at the end of the evening, or you can take the stage for a carefully…
Urbavore’s Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers’ commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything from backyard chickens to front-lawn gardens, from greenhouses to co-ops and food-sharing. Check out the full series here. A year after…
Here, the classic merry-go-round carnival ride has been redesigned for contemporary kids, who get to ride on festively decorated models of roller derby gals instead of the traditional horses and other animals…
Memorial Day may not seem like a party-hearty event — but it’s a three-day weekend on the cusp of summer, which is all the excuse for cutting loose plenty of folks need. With that in mind, the Boulder Police Department wants residents to know exactly what officers will be doing…
Dave Logan has been a broadcasting staple for so long, as play-by-play man for the Denver Broncos and host of the KOA afternoon-drive program The Ride Home, that it’s easy to overlook what a truly remarkable athlete he was. But the folks at Parade magazine haven’t forgotten. Logan made its…
It’s not often that a Denverite who most locals wouldn’t recognize is the subject of a feature obituary in the New York Times. But that was the case for Rodger McFarlane, 54, who died last Friday in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. McFarlane, who committed suicide (he suffered from a…
Editor’s note: Amy Herdy, a former Denver Post and Channel 9 journalist who’s currently the advisor for the University of Colorado at Boulder’s CUIndependent.com online newspaper, is in Pakistan under the auspices of the State Department. Her mission: to give students and professional journalists the tools they need to improve…
Update, 3:42 p.m.: In addition to the pro-Nuggets road painting, described below, Governor Bill Ritter is getting into the pre-playoff-game act. Here’s an excerpt from his agenda for the day: Joined by the Denver Nuggets dancers and team mascot Rocky, Gov. Ritter will proclaim May 2009 as “Nuggets May-nia” Month…
Yesterday, more than 300 teachers at Boulder Valley schools simultaneously developed illnesses that prevented them from showing up for work — and by coincidence, the Boulder Valley Education Association, the union that represents them, just happens to be at an impasse with the school district in negotiations for a new…
Ethan, a third-grader at Montclair School of Academics and Enrichment in west Denver, had an idea: He wanted to put on a rally in favor of gay marriage at Colorado’s state capitol. That original notion, covered by Melanie Asmar in the May 15 blog “Baseball, Soccer, Gay Marriage Rally: One…
The Denver Post has tried to woo former subscribers to the Rocky Mountain News by reminding them of the ex-Rocky journalists now scribbling for the broadsheet — but at least two of their efforts to date have been spelling-challenged. In mid-March, the Post touted the work of Kevin Vaughan via…
Word that Channel 9 business boy Gregg Moss plans to leave the station next month isn’t the biggest shock in the world. After all, Moss, who’s spent much of his life grappling with debilitating arthritis that’s currently in remission, has left or cut back on his duties twice before, in…
In the past twelve hours or so, Vince McMahon, the impressario of World Wresting Entertainment, has gotten more mainstream face time than he has in ages thanks to a scheduling conflict involving WWE’s Monday Night Raw and a Denver Nuggets-Los Angeles Lakers playoff game, both of which are supposed to…
Did they play “Albi the Racist Dragon?” Today in Backbeat Online: • Over the weekend: Flight of the Conchords at Red Rocks. • Moving Pictures: the Sexy Convicts, Lyin’ Bitch, the Get Down, Vitamins, the Swayback, Ian Cooke, Young Coyotes. • Over the weekend: Gregory Alan Isakov at the Fox…
Allow us to help you navigate the blogosphere, Colorado style. Tips welcome here. A Nuggets blogger admits to hating the Lakers for as long as he can remember. Hope he doesn’t find out my favorite player of all time is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. (Denver Stiffs) There are at least nine candidates…
View Larger Map The man who was found dead Sunday on the 1600 block of South Ouray, an area shown in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click “View Larger Map”), has been identified as Miguel Angel Chavez, 24. He had been shot and run over…
Okay, now Patrick Roy is denying that he’s been offered the top coaching gig with the Colorado Avalanche, as the Denver Post has been reporting. Which probably doesn’t change anything. Maybe Roy simply doesn’t like the idea of current Avs coach Tony Granato being treated like a laundry sack filled…
