Funny story out Chicago yesterday — especially if, like most Broncos fans, you desperately want Jay Cutler to wind up working as a bouncer at the one strip club of Santa Claus, Indiana. The story went like this: Vikings receiver Bobby Wade went on a podcast in Minnesota, and was…
If there was only some way to retroactively haze him, Keith Miller’s old Colorado teammates would have plenty of fun with the recent story in the New York Times celebrating the old fullback’s upcoming solos for the Metropolitan Opera, and revealing his old movie-watching habits: Mr. Miller’s life-changing moment came…
With the trading deadline (2 p.m. Friday) breathing down on them, the Rockies’ main wild-card foe made a couple of small but significant moves this week, dealing for first baseman Ryan Garko (whose bark is bigger than his bat but fills a need at first) and second baseman Freddy Sanchez…
The pretty reliable football-news sleuths at ProFootballTalk.com have a running list going of teams said to have no interest in former Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, who is out of prison and job-hunting. (Resume Objective: “Find job as quarterback in city that loves running QBs but is sort of luke-warm on…
I keep a running list of jobs, hobbies and other activities I fear my future daughter will pursue, and near the top of that list — right below stripper, Real World contestant, and Republican — is Girl in Bar Who Wears Logo Tank Tops and Gives Out Shots and Generally…
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DenverPost.com this morning is anchored by a story headlined, dramatically, “Marshall may want out.” Huh. I wonder what makes them think that? Was it the time Marshall requested a trade from the team? Or maybe the time he sent a goodbye message on his web site? Or perhaps the time…
This week marks the end of a most bizarre offseason for the Broncos, as players start trickling into Dove Valley for training camp. (Can you “trickle in” on 76-inch rims? Probably not). Of course, you can take in the practices yourself starting on Friday. But just in case you’re not…
Baseball season is long and dense, epically so, the Infinite Jest of sporting seasons. So you can’t be blamed for jumping in and out, especially in a place where there is so much else to do, and especially when your team plays like Edward Norton in Primal Fear. But if…
InDenver Times’ Hunter Ashley has become the first quasi-media-type to address the non-existing rumors that dog-whacking former Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, now an officially free man, could get a look from the Broncos this off-season: Maybe because the media on the outside is still scratching their heads over the Jay…
With news that the mothership is landing in the local-sports market , and with sports-blog coalitions like SBNation and Bleacher Report continuing to expand, there are lots of questions about what the future of sports journalism will look like. Inside the Rockies wants to be part of the answer. The…
Broncos wide receiver/resident diva Brandon Marshall has vowed to show up for training camp — not because he’s a loyal teammate, but because he’s “not gonna let them take more money.” And a little luck — or perhaps a little help from a friendly judge or scheduler — could keep…
Woody Paige took time from his television foibles to chime in with a pretty decent column on Sunday, about the very fine life of former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan. Shanahan — who talked with Paige at the celebrity golf tourney in Lake Tahoe — has apparently been busy marrying off…
Broncos fans on the team’s season-tickets wait list get their annual consolation prize today: a chance to buy two-game packages (one of which has to be to a pre-season game) before the rest of the sweaty, beer-stained, orange-bleeding general public. Beginning at 10 a.m., wait-listers in Colorado, Wyoming and New…
The NFL Network invited estranged Broncos receiver Brandon Marshall into the studio on Thursday, and proceeded to wet themselves laughing at his jokes and soaking up the spin he was spitting. Marshall — who declared that he “play(s) for the love of the game” — said he’ll be at training…
Our daily search for worth local blogs and other web content. Got a link we should share? Email it. When it comes to federal stimulus money, foreclosures are at the back of the line in Colorado. (Face the State) Brandon Marshall says he’ll be at training camp. Do you want…
Earlier today, we told you about the decision by the Denver Post to hire former Rocky Mountain News sportswriter Jeff Legwold. But he’s not the only veteran of the tabloid’s sports department with a new gig. Today, the University of Colorado announced that B.G. Brooks, who began writing for the…
These days, Broncos fans tend to either love or loathe Jay Cutler, whose petulance over trade rumors precipitated a trade to the Chicago Bears. New York Times blogger and ESPN contributor K.C. Joyner doesn’t gravitate toward either of these extremes, but he’s not ready to anoint Sweet Baby Jay as…
The Nuggets’ loss of Dahntay Jones to a free-agent deal with the Indiana Pacers hurt, and not just because Kobe Bryant grew to despise him over the course of the Western Conference Finals this year. His toughness and aggressiveness were just what the Nugs need to become a perennial playoff…
Given my fearless opening-day prediction that the Colorado Rockies would manage just 72 wins this season (a record they seemed well on their way to achieving during the early weeks of the season), the team’s 47-41 mark at the All-Star break qualifies as surprising, and gratifying, news. But the sense…
It’s comparatively easy to display humility, grace and good sportsmanship for athletes who don’t reach elite status. No one expects greatness from them on any level, personal or professional, so folks tend to grade on the curve from the get-go. But stars are as different in this way as they…
Joe Sakic’s retirement announcement scheduled for later today will no doubt spawn a bevy of salutes to the Colorado Avalanche captain and surefire first-ballot NHL hall of famer — but few more unusual than the one on view here. The montage combines clips from Sakic’s incredible twenty-year career — even…
