The scandal over the release of a video showing Baltimore Ravens star Ray Rice brutally punching his ex-fiancee/now-wife continues to build, with the NFL currently scrambling to deal with reports that a league rep received a copy of the clip in April despite claims that no one in the office…
It’s fair to say the post-Super Bowl blowout malaise that afflicted so many Broncos fans earlier this year is over: Prior to Denver’s closer-than-it-should-have-been victory over the Indianapolis Colts, tailgaters at Mile High Stadium were incredibly amped for the new season, as our Eric Gruneisen discovered. Continue to check out…
Denver native Chauncey Billups, who placed very high on our list of the ten best athletes to be born in Colorado, has announced his retirement from the NBA after seventeen years — and the Nuggets, with whom he played during two separate stints, should take advantage of his availability by…
Hope you didn’t wind up in intensive care after the Broncos’ 2014 regular season debut last night. The team looked like world beaters in the first half, running up a 24-0 lead thanks to the heroics of Peyton Manning and Julius Thomas, then nearly gagged the victory away thanks to…
Those of us who live in Colorado tend to think of the Broncos as the NFL team with the best fans. But that’s not how Forbes sees it. The publication’s top ten ranking definitely includes Denver, as well as the Indianapolis Colts, who face our local heroes Sunday night to…
On Sunday night, the Broncos start the 2014 NFL season with a nationally broadcast home challenge against quarterback Peyton Manning’s old team, the Indianapolis Colts — and these samples from the Denver Broncos Memes Facebook page should get you ready for the game and the season quicker than a twelve-pack…
Looks like Broncos receiver Wes Welker will have more time to recover from his latest concussion; he’s been suspended for four games after reportedly testing positive for amphetamines. Welker’s not alone. He’s the second Bronco so far this year to violate the NFL’s substance abuse policy (kicker Matt Prater was…
At Friday’s Rocky Mountain Showdown, I was decked out in CU attire, since my daughters are students there. And when passing through the Rams’ section of the parking lot, I tended to get one of two reactions. The first was: “Fuck you! Fuck CU!” And the second was “FUCK YOU!…
Broncos kicker Matt Prater is unusual when it comes to NFL players suspended for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. Instead of being punished for consuming marijuana or other drugs, he’s going to be riding the pine for downing what his attorney, Harvey Steinberg, describes as “a couple beers at…
The vicious cheap shot Vancouver Canuck Todd Bertuzzi put on Colorado Avalanche rookie Steve Moore back in 2004 wasn’t just one of the most brutal happenings in an NHL game ever. It was also a crime: Bertuzzi eventually pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm and was given a year’s…
A lot’s changed with the USA Pro Challenge bike race since it was announced in August 2010. For one thing, it was initially called the Quiznos Pro Challenge. For another, the two people at center stage for the big unveil were Bill Ritter, who’s no longer Colorado’s governor, and Lance…
The world continues to mourn the tragic death of Robin Williams, as well as to recall and celebrate his comedic gifts, which burst fully formed onto the entertainment scene thanks to his breakout sitcom, Mork and Mindy. But while the show was set in Boulder, Williams’s alien from the planet…
Hot on the heels of Peyton Manning’s awkward dancing to “Rocky Top,” which won the Internet via memes, GIFs and Vines, the Quarterback King of All Media is once again showing off his nonexistent skills in another medium: rap. In a sequel of sorts to last year’s DirecTV ad, Peyton…
This week, the Colorado Rockies lost another player to injury, gave up a game-winning home run to a rookie (the Cubs’ Javier Baez) making his major league debut and misspelled another of its star player’s names in the latest poorly edited promotional effort. In other words, it was just another…
At 7 p.m. tonight, the Broncos kick off their preseason schedule at home with a game against the Seattle Seahawks — the very team that crushed the D-towners in this year’s Super Bowl. And as if that’s not bad enough, yet another rematch is slated for the regular season, on…
Could it be the beginning of the end for Justin Bieber? The diminutive Canuck heartthrob has spent the last year-plus making more idiotic headlines than hits — and now, even Olympic gold medalist and self-confessed superfan Missy Franklin is distancing herself from him. Oh, how times have changed. See also:…
Think Peyton Manning’s dancing to “Rocky Top” during a recent Broncos practice this week was the uncoolest thing ever? Well, the Internet disagrees with you — sort of. His busted moves have now been featured in a variety of forms: a GIF and a Vine video (with “Rocky Top” replaced…
It’s scary enough that Broncos training camp began last week, marking the start of that slow slide to summer’s end…and the disintegration of our next Super Bowl dream. Even scarier, though, is the new crew cheering for the team: the Broncos Couch Potatoes, “the most adorable spec-Taters around,” dolls that…
It’s not the kind of news that typically breaks overnight — but longtime Broncos owner Pat Bowlen has always done things his own way. A short time ago, the Broncos released a statement through NFL.com revealing that Bowlen, seventy, is formally giving up control of the team — something that…
If you ever had any doubts about how big a sports fan Peyton Manning is, they were erased at last night’s ESPY awards. PM was named Best NFL Player and honored for Best Record-Setting Performance, and in accepting the latter, he said receiving the bauble from Miami Dolphins legend Dan…
It’s the Major League Baseball All-Star break, and that’s appropriate, because the Colorado Rockies are broken. The team has gone from better than expected to as horrible as usual over the course of the season to date, with owner Dick Monfort making a bad situation infinitely worse by suggesting to…
Like the Denver Broncos football team, which has lost some key players between last season and this one (so long, Champ Bailey), the Broncos cheerleading squad is bidding farewell to eight veterans — and paying tribute on the outfit’s Facebook page. Among those leaving is one member consistently picked among…
