The Broncos are expected to release Pro Bowl safety John Lynch this week (he’s expected to make an announcement later today, July 31), and that worries me, not because I think it’s a bad move (Lynch, though a leader, was overrated when he got here four years ago and is…
Before Justin Morneau beat Josh Hamilton in the Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium Monday night — the commencement of two days of All-Star festivities — your Colorado Rockies finished were swept by the New York Mets in front of a national audience on ESPN to complete the first half…
Unless you are Matt Holliday or Troy Tulowitzki, it’s unlikely that you will have a bobblehead night set aside just for you (and if you are Holliday or Tulo, would you mind autographing one of the bobbleheads from my collection?). But thanks to XM Radio, you can see what your…
We signed up for this. As sports fans, we know our passion is a losing proposition, that our beloved will betray us, that caring deeply about things beyond any measure of control will inevitably lead to feelings of profound disappointment and impotence. We know this and still we care, we…
On April 29, the day after the Denver Nuggets were sent packing from the NBA playoffs by the Los Angeles Lakers, Channel 4 morning anchor Brooke Wagner expressed satisfaction that the previous night’s game had been exciting and close. And indeed, the fact that the contest hadn’t turned into another…
Yet again the little-dog yapping of the Minnesota Mild has gone for naught. As we discussed yesterday, the would-be Hanson Brothers of the Great White North — Derek Boogaard, Chris Simon and Todd Fedoruk — were itching for a fight last night. Instead, the Bruised Brothers got a big, bad…
What is it with these people from Minnesota, where the once-proud Minnesota North Stars have been replaced by the dainty Minnesota Mild? Our sister paper in Minneapolis (and we do mean sister), City Pages, posts this story suggesting that the Avs are “pussies” because the great goon squad of Derek…
As the Colorado Avalanche prepares for its opening-round playoff game against the Minnesota Wild Wednesday night in St. Paul, the smell of musky machismo is wafting this way from the great white north. Specifically, the stench of promised payback is emanating from six-foot-seven-inch, 258-pound Saskatoonite Derek Boogaard, one of three…
I’ll admit to taking no small amount of pleasure from having watched Patrick Roy raise fists against Red Wings goaltenders Mike Vernon and Chris Osgood on two separate and glorious occasions. Anyone who straps on a red helmet against the Avs is easy to hate. But, given Roy’s off-ice history…
The Internet, unwieldy and nebulous as it may be, still has a number of defining characteristics. You can uncover trivial facts or basic information in just a few short moments. There’s the convenience of email, the power of search engines, social-networking capabilities, maps and directions, free music, stupid videos and,…
Though it’s hard to begrudge a man the chance to make $1 million solely because he was in the right place at the right time, I hereby call for the revocation of Boulder resident Jameson Sutton’s right to call himself a Rockies fan. At a March 13 press conference organized…
The Avalanche have been very good to us. When the team arrived from Quebec in 1996, they showed up with a pair of first ballot hall-of-famers, almost immediately traded for another, won us our first major sports championship and galvanized a latent hockey base that has since become one of…
Single-game tickets for Colorado Rockies games will go on sale Febuary 16, and yes, the club will once again rely on Paciolan (now owned by Ticketmaster) for Internet purchases. Paciolan is the California company that handled last October’s World Series ticket debacle, which infuriated so many baseball fans when it…
If you could predict the future, would you be a sportswriter? As cool as it would be to state unequivocally during the preseason, “Eli Manning will lead his team to the Super Bowl ” or, “the Vikings and Browns will both finish just one game out of a playoff spot,”…
Great basketball teams often take on the personality of their star players. Without a dominant big man, the Dallas Mavericks are more of a perimeter shooting team keyed by Dirk Nowitzki. Steve Nash pushes the Phoenix Suns up and down the court. Tim Duncan leads the Spurs by playing solid…
The 2007-2008 CHL All-Star Game – Tuesday and Wednesday, January 15th and 16th, Broomfield Event Center, 11450 Broomfield Lane. Like Best Actress in a straight to DVD movie, the term “Minor League All-star” might sound like a backhanded compliment. But for those who wear the jersey of the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs…
Last night, college football’s bowl season came to an end when the coveted ADT National Championship trophy was awarded to the Louisiana State Tigers following their defeat of the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Allstate BCS National Championship game. The corporate names littering that last sentence go a long way…
The problem with being a football fan is that the off-season is so much longer than the season. By the time the Broncos take their next meaningful snap, the Presidential contest will be a two-man…er, two-person race, the Beijing Olympics will have run their course and we’ll be months removed…
Dearly Beloved, We are gathered here today to mourn the loss(es) of the Broncos 2007 season. When good teams are killed off at such an early stage, it’s tempting to look back with anger and bitterness. The shocking defeat at the hands of the Raiders leaves us confused and searching…
Due to the sporting events of the past few months, Denverites have license to hate everything New English, from the overdog Red Sox to the over-hyped Pats all the way down to maple syrup, clam chowder, and Ben Affleck (perhaps a bad example). The city just a few years ago…
Early on in the season, Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan reminded everyone that coaches can effectively “ice” a kicker. And with that, he ruined football. Ok, maybe he didn’t ruin the game, but that move has since become more played out than Peaches this season. We used to worship the…
