After winning Olympic gold, hometown hero Missy Franklin got an Olympic rings tattoo on her hip — but that’s hardly the only spot fellow Olympians have chosen to ink up. There are also rings on backs, arms, feet and near enough to the pubic region to give you a mighty…
Last week, we wondered if Peyton Manning’s two picks versus the Seahawks, following a bad interception against the Bears the week before, were examples of rust or overconfidence. But his performance in a 29-24 loss to the 49ers yesterday was spot-on even after he was slammed to the turf in…
There’s a lot of pent-up demand for Peyton Manning on Twitter. Note that @peytonmanning18 has over 61,000 followers even though the account shows only two tweets from March 2011. Indeed, Manning’s disinterest in Twitter has created a vacuum that dozens of fake Peytons are trying to fill — with by…
Amid news that Lance Armstrong will quit fighting doping allegations (a move that will likely result in him being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles), it’s tough to remember that just two years ago, he was the face of what’s now known as the USA Pro Challenge, a…
OK, so the Broncos lost their preseason game against the Seattle Seahawks over the weekend. Sure, they lost it 30-10. But in case you didn’t notice, that was Peyton Manning’s first game with the team, and hope and hype rode on his performance in equal measure. On Saturday, Westword photographer…
On Saturday, Colorada welcomed back Missy Franklin and home-state Olympians at a Centennial Center Park event. As Governor John Hickenlooper noted, Colorado athletes won nine of 104 U.S. medals at the Olympics this year. By his math, that’s 8.65 percent of the total, though Coloradans only make up 2 percent…
A lot of Broncos fans shrugged off Peyton Manning’s first interception of the preseason against the Chicago Bears. And plenty of those boosters are also writing off the two additional picks he threw in his second outing, a 30-10 Seattle Seahawks victory in Denver. But should they be? After all,…
New Nugget Andre Iguodala met the press yesterday, and pretty much every word out of his mouth — including his interest in a long-term deal — reassured fans that the move was a positive one. And the Nuggets have wasted no time in promoting their latest star, featuring him in…
Centennial’s Missy Franklin has had a busy week, what with attending the Olympics closing ceremony in London and giving people a reason to watch the Tonight show for the first time in forever — not to mention starting her senior year at Regis Jesuit High School. But she still managed…
Attorney Harvey Steinberg’s Broncos winning streak is over. After helping Perrish Cox escape unscathed after sexual assault claims by a woman he impregnated and helping Elvis Dumervil evade charges in an alleged road rage incident in Miami, Steinberg client D.J. Williams has been found guilty of DWAI. Now what?…
Most age controversies at the Olympics involve athletes who may be younger than they’re claiming. But in the case of hometown hero Missy Franklin, she can seem much older than her seventeen years — particularly given how well she appears to be handling her sudden fame. But she’s still a…
When Peyton Manning joined the Broncos and Tim Tebow left for NYC, we collected some funny Peyton-Timmy memes from the NFL Memes page. Since then, there have been few Manning memes but loads of Tebow ones because of his predictably spotty play. Check out the latest jokes just in time…
Like pretty much everyone else on the planet, we’ve been following the story of hometown girl turned Olympics idol Missy Franklin, who’s now the proud owner of four gold medals and one bronze. Fortunately, she’s made doing so easy by sharing plenty of messages and photos via her Twitter feed…
You’d think the fact that a member of America’s Olympic men’s basketball team was traded amid its latest gold-medal run would be a headline item rather than a footnote. But the Nuggets’ acquisition of Andre Iguodala late yesterday is parenthetical in a four-team deal that sends Dwight Howard to the…
Not that the expectations for Peyton Manning’s preseason debut as a Denver Bronco were high or anything, but the intro to 9News’ broadcast of last night’s game against the Chicago Bears featured the sort of Leni Riefenstahl-style music and imagery that would have been appropriate to live coverage of Jesus…
Last month, Denver Broncos star defender Elvis Dumervil was arrested in Miami after what was portrayed as an armed road-rage incident. Dumervil responded by retaining the legal services of Harvey Steinberg, an attorney with a seemingly magic touch when it comes to getting pro footballers out of trouble — and…
Local heroine Missy Franklin has a big tax bill due thanks to her amazing success at the London Olympics. Fortunately, she’ll also come home with priceless memories, many of which she’s sharing with followers of her Twitter account. Look below to see Franklin’s Twit pic gallery of Olympic highlights from…
Missy Franklin’s races in the 2012 London Olympics are over, but her victory laps are only beginning. This morning, Franklin was a featured guest on the Today show, and as you’ll see in the video below, she used her moment in the spotlight to give a shout-out to plenty of…
Sorry, Missy Franklin, but unless Senator Marco Rubio’s bill to exempt medal-winning Olympians from paying taxes passes, you’re going to owe Uncle Sam another $8,000-plus. That’s because Franklin just won a gold medal in the 200 meter backstroke, setting a world record in the process…
This week’s cover story, “Going to Extremes,” focuses on triple-threat Justin Simoni, a Denver artist and performer who also finished first last month in the single-speed division of the world’s toughest mountain bike race, the Tour Divide — a grueling odyssey on mostly unpaved trails through the Rockies from Canada…
Centennial’s Missy Franklin is among the breakout stars of the London Olympics — and not just because of her edge-of-seventeen excitement over Justin Bieber’s tweet after she won a gold medal. Thus far, she’s displayed a tremendous ability to balance youthful exuberance and beyond-her-years maturity — qualities never so evident…
Local teen-queen-of-the-pool Missy Franklin has won her first gold medal, in the 100 meter backstroke — and pretty much no one thinks it’ll be her last. Now the question: Which means more to her — that medallion or the congratulatory tweet she received from Justin Bieber?…
