Carmelo Anthony has been absent from the team since last week, when his 38-year-old sister died of a “pre-existing condition.” Yesterday, the family held a funeral service outside Baltimore, where Anthony was raised. Michelle Anthony was twelve years older than Carmelo. She is survived by four children and three other…
If you haven’t seen the footage from earlier this month when Brandon Lloyd took a few extra steps out of bounds after a catch and sent a Cardinals cheerleader scrambling, stop reading immediately and click through to the image below. It’s great — one of those rare unscripted, uncontrolled NFL…
Carmelo Anthony has missed the last three games due to his sister’s death. The official word from the team is that he’ll return “after Christmas.” Doesn’t much matter when he gets back to the team — games with balls are of microscopic importance in comparison. For those of us with…
Verily did Tim Tebow lift the forlorn Broncos on his broad shoulders and dump-off screen pass them over the worst pass defense in football. This win is hardly cause for a re-evaluation of the Broncos’ historically awful season, but hey: they got the win after being down by 17 at…
Dear Oakland Raiders, Thank you for giving us a reason to hate you again. Life has been a little boring in Denver without the evil scourge that you bring upon football. For many years now, you have been just a pathetic shell of your former selves. Your players rarely got…
Before his first NFL start, in yesterday’s game with the Oakland Raiders, quarterback Tim Tebow tweeted “Psalms 23:4.” The popular passage reads: “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they…
Thousands of local Broncos fans aren’t alone in hoping that Tim Tebow gets the start in Sunday’s game versus the Oakland Raiders in the Black Hole. A survey of ESPN SportsNation viewers showed that 68 percent of them want Tebow under center from the get-go — a big jump from…
As predicted, all the breathless talk among the local media about Carmelo Anthony possibly being traded to the New Jersey Nets yesterday proved to be premature, probably because Melo would much rather go to the New York Knicks. Now, however, there are signs that the Knicks may be looking for…
Last night, 7News’ Lionel Bienvenu reported that Carmelo Anthony could be traded to the New Jersey Nets as early as today for two first round draft picks, Derrick Favors and the expiring contract of Troy Murphy. (9News’ Drew Soicher did likewise.) Problem is, the deal’s dead if Melo refuses to…
After Sunday’s humiliating defeat at Arizona, the Broncos are at 3-10 — a mark that recalls the horrific ’60s and early ’70s. And since Kyle Orton is suddenly playing down to that level, we thought it was the perfect time to revisit our slideshow of the most mediocre quarterbacks in…
Carmelo Anthony’s comments yesterday following the Nuggets’ loss to the Knicks were less vague than usual. It’s plainer than ever that he wants to leap from Denver to New York, and he’s willing to use the threat of refusing to sign a long-term extension with another team to make it…
On Friday, Joe Williams, Irv Brown and other ESPN 1600 prognosticators picked the Broncos to crush the Cardinals under the theory that the team would be ultra-motivated after Coach Josh McDaniels’s firing and other assorted embarrassments. But they couldn’t have been more wrong. In surrendering 43-13 to the woeful Arizona…
This morning on 87.7 The Ticket, John Elway offered his most detailed and wide-ranging comments to date about the firing of Denver Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels and the possibility of him taking on a new role in the organization. He doesn’t aspire to be either head coach or general…
Last night, the Nuggets failed to secure George Karl’s 1,000th win vs. the Boston Celtics in part because Carmelo Anthony sat out, reportedly due to cold symptoms and right-knee inflammation. Is it coincidental that these issues flared up the same night reports suggested that the Nugs have finally realized Melo…
The speed with which Josh McDaniels’s Denver Broncos career went south was absolutely stunning — and we documented every misstep. Below, we’ve linked to and excerpted from twenty posts over twenty months that tell the tale, from personnel mistakes involving the likes of Jay Cutler and questionable on-the-field decisions to…
When it comes to Twitter, Tim Tebow is no Chad Ochocinco. Other than taking part in a Thanksgiving-themed promotion for Jockey, the underwear company he promotes via photos that caused multiple, small orgasms among fans in July, he hardly tweeted last month. But after the Broncos fired Josh McDaniels yesterday,…
The Denver Broncos’ firing of Coach Josh McDaniels yesterday set off an explosion in Twitter Nation. Below, find a collection of our ten favorites, including a couple that are actually kinda sympathetic, one from Jim Rome suggesting that Tim Tebow’s future at QB is dependent on Florida’s Urban Meyer taking…
Update: The Denver Broncos have now released a statement from owner Pat Bowlen about the firing of Coach Josh McDaniels, as well as confirming that running backs coach Eric Studesville will serve as interim skipper for the remainder of this horribly lost season. Details below from a release posted on…
At a press conference this morning, the University of Colorado at Boulder braintrust introduced new head coach Jon Embree — and his return to CU, where he previously played and coached, was mighty impressive. Obviously, talk won’t lead to an instant turnaround for the woeful program, but the differences between…
Update, 5:29 p.m.: According to 9News, the person identified as Thom McDaniels, now fired Broncos coach Josh McDaniels’ father, during CBS’ broadcast of the Broncos-Kansas City Chiefs game on Sunday was not actuallyThom McDaniels. The station’s Drew Soicher reports that the elder McDaniels was, in fact, at the game, but…
Speculation that Eric Bieniemy would be CU’s next head coach was close, but no cigar. The Denver Post quotes Bill McCartney as saying Bieniemy will serve as offensive coordinator for another ex-Buff, Jon Embree — and that we’re hearing it from him shows why CU administrators didn’t offer him the…
The Josh McDaniels job death watch continues — and after Broncos owner Pat Bowlen’s now-you-see-it-now-you-don’t endorsement of McD earlier this week, few NFL observers give him much of a chance to beat the reaper. Consider yesterday’s edition of ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption, during which hosts Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon…
