I faced a dilemma when it came to the Nuggets’ crucial game five against the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA’s Western Conference finals last night. For weeks, I’d been scheduled to attend (and critique) the No Doubt-Paramore concert at Fiddler’s Green alongside my daughter Lora, a basketball fan just…
“NBA & Nike Lose if Denver Nuggets & Orlando Magic Advance to NBA Finals,” an article at MarketingShift.com, begins like so: “Everybody loves a conspiracy theory, including fans of the National Basketball Association. Since the Tim Donaghy refree scandal,commisioner David Stern can’t be thrilled with the complaints from former players…
True Nuggets fans didn’t watch last night’s edition of World Wrestling Entertainment’s Raw, in which Nugs owner Stan Kroenke and the ballers on his payroll were spoofed by WWE’s Vince McMahon and his unitard-clad minions — an act of revenge/publicity stoking inspired by a Pepsi Center double-booking. We were too…
Our daily stroll through the local blogosphere. Brandon Marshall’s ex-girlfriend will be interviewed on ESPN this weekend. Why do we suspect she’s not bragging about his gift-giving prowess? (Complete Colorado) The case against high-speed rail in Colorado. (Face the State) You know you’re bad when your local city magazine has…
To be a fan of the Denver Nuggets — even the new, improved Denver Nuggets — is to risk cardiac arrest on an all-too-regular basis. Saturday night’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers would have put the Nugs in a commanding position, and they seemed to have everything going for…
California filmmaker Stephen Auerbach had his work cut out for him when he decided to make a documentary about the Race Across America four years ago. Although well-known in elite biking circles, RAAM may be the most undercovered and punishing sporting event around — a 3,000-mile race from the Pacific…
Our cruise through the local blogosphere. Take a peek, send a link, call it a day. It’s high time Melo got his own Most Valuable Puppet. (Denver Stiffs) CU students will be true to their school — for a fee, whether they like or not. (Face the State) More on…
Maybe Vince McMahon, the feverish frontman for World Wrestling Entertainment, isn’t a steroid-addled loon — or at least he’s managed to channel any rage he might be feeling for whatever reason into pure, self-promotional bliss. Ever since word broke that a Nuggets playoff game on Monday conflicted with a previously…
In a blog yesterday, I stopped short of guaranteeing a Nuggets victory over the Lakers last night, but pointed out that I expected one. Before the opening tip, though, I suddenly had reason to anticipate disaster. After all, the lead referee for the game was Steve Javie, the quickest whistle…
As you might recall, TNT’s Charles Barkley was the first national analyst to say the Nuggets could win a title. As you also might recall, Charles Barkley has quite the gambling habit — so fierce that he was once sued by the Wynn for $400,000 in unpaid gambling debts, which…
Before the Nuggets-Lakers series began, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa put an unusual spin the typical sporting bet between city head honchos over playoff games. If the Lakers lose, he promised to send Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper the Los Angeles Times to replace the Rocky Mountain News, which folded in…
Watching the Nuggets third-round-opening loss to the Lakers on Tuesday, I heard a plug for the NBA’s team shop, and immediately wondered what the local designers at DeRailed Ink had come up with for Denver’s run. As usual, they didn’t disappoint, coming through with the “J.R. Swish” design at right,…
You’ve heard that people who don’t pay attention to the past are doomed to repeat it? In that spirit, we present the video above, which does a fine job of synopsizing the Los Angeles Lakers’ playoff-series victory over the Denver Nuggets in 1985, the last time the teams met in…
While watching the Orlando Magic’s 107-106 comeback win over the Cleveland Cavaliers last night, I saw connections aplenty between the Cavs and the Nuggets, who fell to the Lakers in a nailbiter they should have won 24 hours earlier. These had been the two top teams in this year’s NBA…
The Nuggets lost by two points last night in a very close game. Why? Well, a big part of it was unusually poor free-throw shooting from Chauncey Billups and company. My suggestion, then, is that the rest of the team start wearing Carmelo Anthony’s super-phresh shooting sleeve. You know, that…
The upper-righthand corner of today’s Denver Post announces, “Helton’s Day a Hit — No. 2,000,” echoing an article that topped the main sports section. An exciting accomplishment for Rockies first baseman Todd Helton, sure. But the fine print beneath this headline notes that he reached the milestone “in 8-1 loss”…
The Los Angeles Lakers’ 105-103 victory over the Nuggets last night was frustrating for longtime Nuggets observers to witness for several important reasons. The Nugs’ ran up sizable leads on a couple of occasions only to steadily give them back — a typical habit back in the day that this…
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…
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…
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…
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…
See photos from the weekend — including, yes, those of midget wrestlers stapling money to each other — at westword.com/slideshow…
