Super Bowl 50 is in the books and I’m 0-2 at picking winners in the Westword. Predicting sports games is never easy; there’s too many variables. I didn’t expect the 2011 version of Cam Newton to suit up after he had just won his first NFL MVP award. He looked…
Dear Peyton, Congratulations on your second Super Bowl victory and becoming the first quarterback in National Football League history to win the contest with two different teams. Your legacy as one of the greatest signal callers to ever play pro ball was secure whether you’d tasted triumph or defeat yesterday. But…
The vast majority of Super Bowl 50 bettors put their money on the Carolina Panthers to beat the crap out of your Denver Broncos. Why? One reason may be the influence of NFL journalists, broadcasters and media figures. Most people who make their living by predicting the outcome of NFL…
As we noted in a February 1 post entitled TOP 20 TWEETS FROM BRONCOS FANS WHO REALLY THINK DENVER WILL WIN SUPER BOWL, those betting on Super Bowl 50 overwhelmingly favored the Carolina Panthers to kick the ass of your Denver Broncos. Our NFL expert felt the same way. Things worked…
“This shit will not stop us…. I want teargas. I want the motherfuckin’ teargas.” This declaration represents one scene from celebrations set off last night by the Broncos’ unlikely 24-10 win over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50. Once the victory was sealed, happy fans began whooping it up…
Today is officially Orange Friday, as proclaimed by Mayor Michael B. Hancock, and buildings all over the city will get lit up in orange and blue to celebrate the home team. But the celebrations have spilled far beyond Denver, all the way to a sculpture hoax in Asia. Keep reading for…
Last September, the folks from WalletHub released a study tasked with determining the best U.S. sports cities. And much to our chagrin, Denver placed second behind (yeeesh) Boston, Massachusetts. Now, just in time for Super Bowl 50, WalletHub has set out in search of the cities with the best football fans…
A lot of prognosticators out there don’t give your Denver Broncos a prayer of defeating the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 on February 7. But what if that prayer was really, really powerful? And delivered by Tim Tebow? Tebow, of course, was the Broncos quarterback prior to the arrival…
Sex and the Super Bowl have always gone hand in hand. But even we were surprised when we searched for the hashtag #Broncos on Instagram. Yes, plenty of the images pertained directly to the game and players in it, including a pic of Pretty Little Liars star Lucy Hale displaying her…
Congratulations Denver. Tom Brady and the Patriots were vanquished in the AFC championship game, and the hometown donkeys are on their way to Super Bowl 50. I admit not seeing that coming. Yes, I’m the guy who wrote a prediction piece entitled “Tom Brady, Patriots Will Kick Broncos’ Ass and Here’s…
Broncos safety Ryan Murphy couldn’t have been expecting to make many headlines during Super Bowl week. While he traveled with the team to Santa Clara, where the big game will be played on Sunday, February 7, he couldn’t play, since he’s a member of the practice squad. But Murphy managed…
Editor’s note: Fans of the Arizona Cardinals had a head start on Broncos boosters when it comes to hating on the Carolina Panthers. Before Cam Newton and his crew played the Cards in the NFC championship game on January 24, Benjamin Leatherman of the Phoenix New Times, one of our…
The Colorado Rapids signed Marco Pappa because of his skills on the pitch. But they got a little something extra — bizarre publicity involving Pappa’s stabbing two days after the Rapids pact was inked. Among the possible suspects is Stormy Keffeler, a former Miss Washington who was reportedly found with…
A recent Washington Post headline reads, “Sorry Broncos, Almost Everyone Betting on Panthers in Super Bowl 50” — and that’s no exaggeration. An overwhelming number of bettors have placed their money on Cam Newton and the Panthers — and as a result, the point spread has widened. Carolina opened as a 3.5…
Does The Simpsons icon Homer Simpson love the Denver Broncos? Or think they’re a joke? There’s video evidence that points in both directions. This question arose after the publication of our post featuring the top ten celebrity Broncos fans. A Facebook friend sent the following clip, in which Homer — his nominee…
Yesterday, we shared a collection of Cam Newton is a douchebag memes, with a number of the images chiding the quarterback, who’ll be leading the Carolina Panthers against your Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50 on February 7, for his exuberant — and some would say excessive — manner of celebrating…
The hype leading up to the Denver Broncos’ appearance in Super Bowl 50 continues to build, and it won’t let up until game time or after. In the meantime, folks across the country are deciding whether to root for the upstart Carolina Panthers or the team led by Peyton Manning, who…
It’s become commonplace for folks to launch GoFundMe pages when they’re stricken with an illness and need help covering astronomical medical expenses. In the case of Brandon Kelley, however, he’d like to use cash pledged toward his malady for a different purpose. “Please, please help,” the Pueblo resident writes in…
As you know, Broncos fans love to hate Tom Brady, quarterback for the New England Patriots. Which explains why they so enjoyed whipping their profanities out on Twitter after Denver defeated Brady and company for the right to represent the AFC in the upcoming Super Bowl on February 7. The…
The good news is that the Denver Broncos are heading to the Super Bowl for the eighth time. The bad news is the blizzard of blather that we can expect right up until kickoff. Once again, our city is drowning in a tidal wave of Orange Gush. Every time the…
You’ve got to hand it to Burke O’Connell. The New England Patriots fan was so sure Tom Brady and the Pats were going to defeat the Broncos in the AFC championship this past Sunday, and then go on to victory two weeks later, that last Friday, he got a tattoo…
As we noted last week, Twitter Nation thought Peyton Manning couldn’t beat Tom Brady in Sunday’s AFC championship game. And neither did our own Brian Badzmierowski, whose post on the topic was headlined TOM BRADY, PATRIOTS WILL KICK BRONCOS’ ASS AND HERE’S WHY. Well, surprise, surprise. The Broncos’ defense was absolutely stellar,…
