Given that Jon Embree was hired as CU Buffs’ head football coach in December, most fans were willing to grade his first recruiting class on the curve. But that may not be necessary, even though he and his staff only had thirteen days to get their players in a row…
When Carmelo Anthony is traded to the New York Knicks, your Carmelo Anthony bobblehead will be left behind — to cheer for the home team! Each Carmelo Anthony Bobblehead Conversion Kit® comes with a replacement head, relevant paraphernalia and decals to turn a traitor trader back into a local sports…
The National Hockey League is trying to entice young fans to the ice — and what better way than with superheroes. That’s the theory behind the Guardian Project, a Stan Lee creation that assigns a powerful character to each NHL team. Meet Avalanche!…
The New York Knicks’ expected hiring of Mark Warkentien, formerly the Nuggets’ general manager, to a consultancy gig has most NBA observers convinced that Carmelo Anthony is headed to his dream city of New York. But now, with the Los Angeles Lakers publicly talking about a trade to improve their…
No, the Broncos aren’t in the Super Bowl — but a memory from the time when they were has just surfaced. It’s an ad taken out in a Green Bay newspaper to taunt the Packers, who Denver would go on to defeat in the 1998 Super Bowl. When seen in…
As predicted in our post about Carmelo Anthony’s awful play versus the 76ers, Melo went off last night against the New Jersey Nets, who pulled the plug on a deal when he balked at signing a contract extension — yet the Nugs still lost handily. Not that it matters, since…
How did I wind up with a book from the collection of ESPN’s Rick Reilly? It was definitely an act of generosity on his part, but not because he directly targeted me for his largesse despite my coverage of him tongue-bathing the State Capitol dome in 2009 after incorrectly predicting…
Our Friday post arguing that the New York Knicks victory over the Miami Heat made a Carmelo Anthony trade more likely has only been reinforced by a front office add reportedly made by NYC over the weekend. Against this backdrop, the Nuggets face off tonight against the trade-talks-jilting New Jersey…
While seeking some epic pow-pow at Breckenridge recently (read: practicing my “pizza and French fries” on the cruisin’ slopes), I noticed a new phenomenon: ski dudes and dudettes whipping out their smart phones to compare stats on Vail Resorts’ new EpicMix social-media app, which tracks guests’ achievements. On one hand,…
This week, reports about the New York Knicks being back in the Carmelo Anthony trade hunt have gotten big play — as have rumblings that possible Knicks trade component Wilson Chandler doesn’t want to wind up in Denver. Amid this chatter, New York managed to beat the highly touted Miami…
As the Carmelo Anthony Trade Turns. Yesterday, we cited reports that the New York Knicks are back in the Melo mix following the collapse of a swap with the New Jersey Nets. Such rumblings are apparently shaking things up in NYC, and not for the better, with potential trade bait…
At this weekend’s X-Games in Aspen, all of Wes Selby’s competitors will be paid to race in the Snowmobile Snocross. Selby, however, is essentially paying to compete. Raised in Granby where he still lives, Selby is the only privateer racing in the Snocross Sunday…
Yesterday, we shared reports that a Carmelo Anthony trade is unlikely to happen this week. Now, an organization source hints that with the collapse of a deal with the New Jersey Nets, the Nugs are now seriously looking at shipping Melo to his chosen destination, the New York Knicks, with…
After Colorado beat Kansas State, we declared the team CU’s best since Chauncey Billups’s glory days. Of course, Kansas is a considerably tougher opponent than Kansas State, and the Buffs weren’t able to top the Jayhawks last night. But even those who don’t believe there’s such a thing as a…
The Carmelo Anthony Trade has been the longest-running non-show in town — and odds are good it’ll remain unconsummated for at least a while longer, according to one NBA insider. But that doesn’t mean potential deals involving other Nuggets have been backburnered, too. The latest subject of transaction rumors? Nenê…
Of late, Carmelo Anthony has been bitching about being booed in Sports Illustrated and on Twitter — so when I scored tickets to Sunday’s game versus Indiana, I was curious to check out the situation firsthand. And last night, at least, there were far more cheers than jeers. Although it…
I understand why NFL experts were suggesting last week that the Jay Cutler trade had set the Broncos back five years (several months after other NFL experts, including ESPN’s Adam Schefter, had argued that the Broncos had gotten the better of the Bears in the deal). But given yesterday’s 21-14…
Earlier this week, the National Western Stock Show apologized for gay jokes told by its rodeo clown/bullfighter and announcer. But the incident wasn’t the first of its kind for the stock show. In 1997, there were two others: one in which a black rodeo clown made a joke that many…
It finally happened: New Jersey Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov tired of the drawn-out talks over Carmelo Anthony’s services and publicly withdrew from negotiations yesterday. So where’s that leave Nuggets management? In a position to keep Chauncey Billups (which is great), but receive far less than market value for their departing…
A few months back, ESPN’s Adam Schefter suggested that the Denver Broncos had bested the Chicago Bears in the Jay Cutler trade. But with the Bears one game from the Super Bowl, that position is growing more unpopular with each passing day. Indeed, one expert believes the Cutler deal will…
At the end of Laurence Maroney’s post-arrest TV interview in St. Louis yesterday, the Denver running back bust was asked about disastrous ex-head coach Josh McDaniels being hired as offensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams. Maroney predicted McD would do a great job, and he probably will, since O-coordinator…
As the Melo drama over a potential Carmelo Anthony trade to the New Jersey Nets intensifies, the man himself appears to be on a spin-control PR blitz. Hot on the heels of Anthony’s guarded ESPN interview comes a Sports Illustrated story in which he complains about fans’ anger. And yesterday…
