Last year, Dan Hawkins so thoroughly wrecked CU football that his sacking appeared inevitable. Hence, my post dubbing Hawkins a dead man talking, because he seemed to think he could yammer his way out of getting fired — which he did, to the shock of all. Now, after an even…
Despite Carmelo Anthony’s recent I-want-a-change comment to Yahoo! Sports, the Melo trade rumors that were rife during the off-season have died down now that the games count. But they haven’t gone away, with the latest rumblings involving franchises that were previously identified as possible Anthony destinations: the NJ Nets and…
The Broncos’ recent downturn, capped by an epic choke job versus the San Francisco 49ers, bummed out fans — but who knew it would also surprise objective observers like Yahoo! Sports’ Shane Bacon. In his list of the ten most disappointing NFL teams of 2010, Bacon awards the Broncos fifth…
Update: Thursday, 12:10 p.m.: Thanks for playing along and sharing your stories! We actually had five more pairs of tickets handed to us, so we picked ten winners! Congrats to MJ, Katie, Tom, Neil, Dave, Jeremy, Darby, Adrienne, Kaitlin and Stephanie. _____ Did you trudge into work this morning, lamenting…
After our “Top 10 Ways Josh McDaniels Has Destroyed the Denver Broncos” post last week following the team’s 59-14 shellacking by the Oakland Raiders, we hoped there’d be no reason to come up with another critical list today. No such luck. The Broncos’ 24-16 collapse against the woeful San Francisco…
Update: Congrats to Ryan (“I’ll cheer louder than vuvuzela!”) With that kind of claim, how could we not give you the four tickets. And you got to see a Rapids victory! Thanks for reading and playing along; there were some very good entries. ________ At 7 p.m. on Thursday night,…
Thanks to Josh McDaniels’ success at destroying the Broncos, exemplified by the team’s 59-14 loss to the Raiders, Denver’s on ESPN’s radar right now. On Tuesday, Pardon the Interruption’s Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon suggested that McDaniels stay in London after this weekend’s San Francisco 49ers matchup, since he won’t…
Our top ten list of the ways Josh McDaniels has destroyed the Broncos wasn’t meant to be funny. But somehow, Coach McD has become a national laughingstock following Denver’s 59-14 loss to the hated Raiders, with ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon piling on during yesterday’s edition of Pardon the…
In yesterday’s list of the top ten ways Josh McDaniels has destroyed the Denver Broncos, our number-one choice noted that rather than confronting players over the team’s 59-14 pasting by the hated Raiders, he went into “a private shell of misery — precisely the wrong thing to do under the…
Is it fair to blame Coach Josh McDaniels for the Broncos’ humiliating 59-14 loss to the Oakland Raiders yesterday? In a word: yes. McDaniels was brought to Denver to revitalize a once-proud franchise. Instead, he’s steadily undermined the squad with stupid decisions, poor management and inconsistency so consistent that Sunday’s…
Local football fans eagerly waiting to find out where John Elway would rate on the NFL Network’s list of the 100 greatest players finally have their answer: No. 7 finished at No. 23. An appropriate spot? Not according to a couple of prominent Broncos bloggers, who are plenty unhappy about…
The extended period of quiet over a Carmelo Anthony trade following the collapse of a deal with New Jersey is over. Not only are the Knicks back in the hunt, with a little reported help from Spike Lee, but now, both the Chicago Bulls and, yes, the Nets are reportedly…
Why are Carmelo Anthony trade talks between the Nuggets and New York Knicks heating up again? One theory is that the Nugs have lowered their demands and expectations, believing getting something for Melo is better than nothing. But now comes another possibility, and a pretty funny one, too: Spike Lee…
The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls are on top. Going into next month’s national WFTDA Championships, Denver’s oldest roller derby league is currently ranked No. 1 in the country by the Derby News Network, a website dedicated to all things derby — and the only organization to publish national rankings. According to…
We’ve known that Carmelo Anthony has wanted to play for the New York Knicks since that July wedding toast. The problem to date’s been the lack of assets the Knicks have had to offer in exchange for his services. But a new report suggests that a fresh offer is in…
Last night was the season finale of La La’s Full Court Wedding, the VH1 reality show that followed La La Vazquez as she planned her wedding to Nugget-for-now Carmelo Anthony. Not to ruin the ending, but they wind up getting hitched. The episode was sweet, if not a little boring…
No denying that the Jets’ 24-20 win over the Broncos yesterday was agonizing. But it was also predictable. Point blank, a good team would have won that game — and that the Broncos didn’t provides a mighty clear indication of where they stand on a qualitative scale. Meanwhile, the play…
This Sunday, the Broncos take on the New York Jets — and while Denver is beset with an incredible array of injuries, and burdened by a running game that’s should be hospitalized for severe anemia, the team’s got history on its side. Note that in Jets Insider Ken Fratto’s 2002…
Remarkably in this age of cell-phone cameras, no video has yet surfaced of the brawl at Saturday’s Colorado Eagles-Odessa Jackalopes preseason hockey game, which Odessa forfeited despite leading 3-1 following a series of fights that were vicious even by the standards of the sport. The worst: Eagle Brad MacMillan reportedly…
Update: Former CU standout Kanavis McGhee has reportedly come forward to deny that he asked for and accepted $2,500 from sports agent Josh Luchs, as the latter claimed in a high-profile Sports Illustrated article. McGhee is planning to formally apologize to the university for allowing athletic staffers to twist for…
Colorado’s fledgling rollerboys, Colorado Roller Derby’s Rollin’ Bones, will play the big girls in a bout Saturday against the Denver Roller Dolls’ Green Barrettes at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield. It will be the first full roller derby bout for Colorado’s only men’s team — and it’s sure to be…
The deal to send Carmelo Anthony to the New Jersey Nets is supposedly dead — but don’t schedule the funeral just yet. Last week, a Nuggets scout was in New Jersey watching Derrick Favors, reportedly a centerpiece of a potential transaction. And now, comments from the Nets’ owner indicate that…
