Remember reports this past summer that Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher referred to new golden-boy QB Jay Cutler as a pussy? Well, Urlacher’s at it again — although this time, he’s using more polite language. Bottom line, he misses the kind of ball the Bears played back when Kyle Orton…
Colorado blogs that fulfill the USDA recommended amount of cyber. Andrew Feinstein at Denver Stiffs floats the possibility of the Nuggets trading Kenyon Martin for Shaquille O’Neal, who’s dragged down both Phoenix and Cleveland in recent years. My three responses, in order of volume: No, No! and NO! Western Citizen’s…
A few days back, we told Josh McDaniels he had no reason to apologize for his revved-up outburst about wanting to “win the motherfucking game” that the NFL Network broadcast last Thursday. But he keeps doing it anyway even as his big moment is becoming a YouTube sensation. Right now,…
Today, the Broncos blog Predominately Orange features a post with a provocative headline: “The Chiefs Could Put an End to Broncos Season.” Kim Constantinesco’s intriguing argument about the dangers of looking past a mediocre squad playing at a stadium that’s seldom been kind to Denver sent me to the Chiefs’…
Word Dan Hawkins will be back as head coach at CU triggered the first test of the decision to retain him: Would recruits who’d previously committed to the school be excited or disgusted? At this early juncture, the news is mixed, but it leans toward the positive. According to Bleacher…
In November, voters in Breckenridge approved the decriminalization of marijuana in the community — and the town council has now approved regulations relating to the measure. As of January 1, 21-and-older adults can possess up to one ounce of weed and transfer a like amount to someone else without breaking…
Josh McDaniels’ mouth has been getting him in trouble lately — first after he reportedly told Chargers linebacker Shaun Phillips “We own you” prior to a horrific 32-3 loss, and then when NFL Network cameras and microphones caught him fulminating to his players on Thursday about “winning the motherfucking game”…
Anyone who thought Dan Hawkins would start talking about the CU Buffs more realistically after being promised another year as head coach were disabused of this notion following the squad’s not-quite-shocking loss to Nebraska on Friday. Among Hawkins’ post-game comments: “I think it’s one of those seasons where if you…
We’ll leave it to the shrinks and pundits to try to figure out which Broncos team is going to show up in Kansas City next week. Will it be the upstarts who shocked just about everybody for six games? The head cases who fell flat against the Redskins and were…
You didn’t really think the Broncos were going to win six games and then lose the next ten did you? You didn’t really think they would suddenly just turn into the team everyone expected them to be and make a mockery of hope? Wait, what? You did? Well, you weren’t…
Pretty much the only folks not dumbfounded by reports that Dan Hawkins will get a fifth year as CU coach are university accountants. Clearly, this announcement (expected to be made on Thanksgiving, when plenty of people with gorging on their mind are apt to miss it) will have nothing to…
Some CU fans may regard coach Dan Hawkins admission yesterday that recruiting his son Cody was a mistake as the final nail in his coffin. Truth is, the lid on his pine box has been pretty much fastened since a double-whammy a few weeks back: a nutty late October press…
As soon as I saw that Chris Simms was starting under center for the Broncos against the Chargers yesterday, I expected a loss — a bad one. But even in my worst nightmares, I didn’t expect the resulting 32-3 drubbing, which was made worse by the ingredients that went into…
You don’t expect much from your daily-newspaper sports columnists these days. Sentences that make sense, some well-placed punctuation, maybe a bad pun or two. But while our expectations have been lowered over the years by the likes of Woody Paige and Skip Bayless and whoever else shows up in the…
If moral victories mattered at this point (which they don’t), CU’s 31-28 loss to Oklahoma State last night would definitely qualify. Yes, I know: OSU was without starting quarterback (and Chatfield High School alum) Zac Robinson, and the squad’s been mildly overrated all season long, making its ranking as the…
ESPN Sports Guy and Broncos bandwagon driver Bill Simmons is in Denver tonight, for the last stop on his fall book-signing tour. If you have or want a copy of his new tome, The Book of Basketball, get to the LoDo Tattered Cover sometime before 5 p.m. and stand in…
It only took a day for evidence that speculation about Mike Shanahan following the doomed Dan Hawkins as head coach for CU to crumble. NFL.com’s Vic Carucci reports that Shanny’s likely to talk next week with the braintrust of the Buffalo Bills, who just sacked Dick Jauron. Carucci points out…
Don’t know if the Colorado Rockies had inside information about Jim Tracy being named the National League manager of the year yesterday — and even if there was no heads-up, execs certainly could have guessed. Who was more deserving of the honor than Tracy, who transformed a Rockies squad headed…
We’ve reached the point in the Dan Hawkins saga where no one is even pretending he can survive as coach of the CU Buffs. After this past weekend’s catastrophe against the Cyclones of Iowa State, talk among members of Buffs nation has transitioned from silly discussions about bowl eligibility to…
Next Thursday, just as you’re waking up from your turkey-induced coma and reaching for your fourth piece of pie, the Broncos will welcome the New York Giants into their homes and then try to slaughter them. (Just like the pilgrims! How fitting!) But while the Broncos are surely glad to…
Allen Iverson stands as proof that Denver brings out the best in people. When he was in Philadelphia, he was clearly a brilliant talent, but he could also be cranky and petulant, as demonstrated in this classic news-conference meltdown about missing a practice. Denver fans were braced for more of…
Another day, another dopey Denver Post sports column about Broncos QB Kyle Orton. First, it was Woody Paige arguing that Orton should be benched in favor of backup Chris Simms — an idea whose stupidity was proven by Simms’ ineptitude after coming in for an injured KO against the Redskins…
