The Vail Time Trial was built for Levi Leipheimer. He is a time-trial specialist racing on a course that prides itself on punishing mountain climbs higher than that of any other race in the world. Leipheimer didn’t waste the opportunity, winning the stage and retaking the overall lead in the…
The Queen Stage, which racers battled yesterday from Gunnison to Aspen, was defined by two punishing climbs over Cottonwood and Independence passes. Yet, it was a rainy, white-knuckle inducing descent from Independence Pass that defined the day, and possibly the entire race. American George Hincapie won the stage and vaulted…
Update below: KHOW’s Dan Caplis is best known for talking politics — and treating President Barack Obama like a piñata. But yesterday, he spent the majority of the program he shares with Craig Silverman discussing Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow. He sees the Chosen One as a victim of bias by…
From the Rockies’ perspective, Alex White and Drew Pomeranz, the top two pitchers they landed from the Cleveland Indians, have to be better than one Ubaldo Jimenez. After all, Joe Gardner and Matt McBride, the other two players the Rockies received, aren’t guaranteed to make a meaningful contribution in the…
After almost four and a half hours of racing up and down hills and battling winds of twenty miles per hour over almost 100 miles of terrain, most of the standings were decided in the concluding sprint of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge’s first stage. American Levi Leipheimer broke away…
With debate about whether Tim Tebow’s first-round selection is now officially a waste, rumors are flying that the Broncos may cut him. If they do so, Tebow will no doubt join the list of all-time draft busts assembled earlier this year by our friends at Mile High Report. But where…
For all the talk about the elevation and hill climbs that litter the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, the race began with cyclists shooting out of the start like a gun and downhill from the Garden of the Gods into downtown Colorado Springs. When the speedy time trial was done, German…
Yesterday, we asked if drafting Tim Tebow in the first round can be officially called a mistake after he was demoted to third string for this weekend’s contest vs. the Bills. The answer appears to be yes, given the flurry of rumors that he’s about to be cut — because…
If you are interested in the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, you probably know the most pertinent information: 128 of the world’s best cyclists, including the top three Tour de France finishers, will race over 600 miles and reach elevations that few races, if any, have reached before. The competition, which…
The final score of the Denver’s 24-10 victory over the woeful-even-by-Broncos-standards Buffalo Bills had no meaning. But what did was the order in which the D-town QBs played: Kyle Orton, then Brady Quinn and, finally, Tim Tebow, inserted into an already-decided contest with mere minutes to go. No, it wasn’t…
Today, the Broncos are wrapping up training camp in a session that’s not open to the public. But before the team cut off access to fans, Westword photographer Brandon Marshall — no relation to the other BM — was able to capture the squad in action. Page down below to…
So far, the most notable moment of the Rockies season was when management traded Ubaldo Jimenez, the best pitcher in team history. And now we have another notable — but not positive event — with which to mark the season: Mike Jacobs, first baseman for the Rockies’ Triple-A team, has…
It’s official: Invesco Field at Mile High is about to become Sports Authority Field at Mile High. But before all the signs are changed, what were the top ten moments during the nearly ten years under the Invesco name? Here’s the list and text from the history section of the…
The Rockies should have known it wouldn’t be their night when Chris Nelson decided to play “Pin the baseball on the coach’s face” with Rich Dauer before the game in a gaffe seen in the background of an ESPN live shot. Then the Rockies’ unfortunate play was caught by ESPN…
Talk about a metaphor for the Rockies’ season. In the background of a Bobby Valentine live shot on ESPN last night, sharp-eyed viewers saw third-base coach Rich Dauer get drilled in the face with a cross-diamond throw from Chris Nelson, reportedly breaking his nose in the process. Keep your eye…
Yesterday, I predicted that last night’s Broncos-Cowboys preseason opener wouldn’t provide us with definitive answers when it comes to Tim Tebow’s NFL future — and it didn’t. However, Denver’s 24-23 loss indicated that the minority of fans arguing that Kyle Orton should start at QB are right. Tebow’s play was…
News that Sports Authority is hoping to relieve Invesco of the naming rights to the Broncos stadium — thus making the stadium’s name even more of a mouthful: Sports Authority Field at Mile High — is likely to rile fans who think the name is ridiculous enough already. But Denver…
The Rockies won’t know how they made out on the Ubaldo Jimenez trade until next year at the earliest. But based on Jimenez’s first two starts with the Cleveland Indians, especially last night’s gem, Colorado could be feeling some seller’s remorse…
Here at the Extreme Sports Desk, we’re big fans of work by Sweetgrass Productions, a cabal of Colorado College grads turned gonzo ski-and-snowboard documentary filmmakers. And now their most ambitious effort to date, a two-year epic journey to “landscapes never before visited on film” across South America, is headed for…
At first glance, no one should give a single damn about a Denver Broncos-Dallas Cowboys preseason game given the teams’ miserable seasons a year ago. But because of the quarterback drama in Denver between alleged trade-bait Kyle Orton and anointed one Tim Tebow, as well as the ‘Boys high-profile comeback…
This weekend, Ubaldo Jimenez, the greatest pitcher in Colorado Rockies history, is expected to make his first start for the Cleveland Indians. Which got us to thinking: What pro athletes who left Colorado teams either by choice or force have been most painful for local fans to watch play for…
You’ve got to credit ESPN’s Merril Hoge. At least the man stands up for his tweets. Yesterday, following his epic Twitter rampage against Tim Tebow, Hoge not only shared his thoughts about the Chosen One on assorted ESPN broadcasts, but he also guested for an extended (and sometimes testy) segment…
