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…
The newly hired head coach for the Denver Broncos has seen plenty of ink lately. The ink refers to the vast amount of press coverage used to tell John Fox’s life story. But as seen below, a tattoo artist could have used the aforementioned ink to tell the same expansive…
Update: The spokeswoman for the stock show has responded to our post and acknowledged that mistakes were made. See her comments below our original item. I was sitting in the stands of the rodeo at the National Western Stock Show on Saturday night, watching men wrestle steer to the ground,…
The longer the suspense over a possible Carmelo Anthony trade to New Jersey drags out, the more the pressure builds for Anthony and fans — like this reader, who just wants the Melo drama to end. Sorry, but there’s no resolution yet — and in an ESPN interview on view…
John Elway’s announcement yesterday that John Fox has been named the Broncos’ new head coach wasn’t a guaranteed hit. After all, Fox most recently coached the Carolina Panthers, the one NFL team with fewer wins than Denver this past season. But in advance of his introductory news conference slated for…
Shannon Sharpe, the outspoken tight end who was part of both of the Denver Broncos winning Super Bowl teams, was named on Sunday as a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame — again. It was the third time that the eight-time Pro Bowler — now a broadcaster for…
We’ve got the news straight from the Horse’s tweet: Moments ago, newly minted football operations veep and Twitter fan John Elway revealed that the Denver Broncos have hired John Fox to succeed the disastrous Josh McDaniels as the team’s head coach. Which is good in some ways, not as good…
When was the last time anyone other the parents of players paid attention to the CU Buffs men’s basketball team? Well, there’s finally a reason to start. Last night’s victory over Kansas State marks the second straight win over a ranked opponent — which has never happened before in school…
The talk of a blockbuster Carmelo Anthony trade to the New Jersey Nets continues to build, and with it the pressure on Melo. Throughout the process, he’s been cautious with his public comments — but in the past day or so, posts on his Twitter feed have grown increasingly whiny…
The Denver Broncos’ decision to post videos of head coaching candidates has bemused NFL observers league-wide. Take an item by the Washington Post’s Cindy Boren, in which she says the team has turned its coaching search into a “reality show,” albeit a notably sanitized one. No hot tub threesomes yet,…
Yesterday, we told you that a blockbuster three-team deal to send Nuggets Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups to the New Jersey Nets had hit a roadblock, reportedly because the Nugs wanted the Nets to take relatively new acquisition Al Harrington off their hands, too. But is that the actual reason…
Update below: Carolina Panthers coach John Fox is expected to arrive in Denver today — weather permitting — to interview for the job of Denver Broncos head coach. But before he faces Pat Bowlen, John Elway, Joe Ellis and other team executives, he will likely show his face to Broncos…
We’re hearing conflicting reports about the long-rumored trade of Carmelo Anthony to the New Jersey Nets. Some sources suggest that a deal for Melo and Chauncy Billups is imminent, while another says it’s on the rocks due to the Nuggets’ insistence on including Al Harrington in the package…
Sometimes it seems that every day is Tim Tebow day on ESPN — but it really was yesterday, with the debut of the documentary Everything In Between and a slew of appearances on the radio and TV sides of the operation. Arguably the most amusing of them was a behind-the-scenes…
Did you know Denver has an indoor professional lacrosse team? Of course you did! Which is why the ticket gods have bestowed upon us three sets of four tickets each to the Colorado Mammoth’s opening game of the season, against the Washington Stealth…
At this writing, John Elway is reportedly on the job as executive veep of football operations for your Denver Broncos, and he’ll presumably have a big say about who becomes the next head coach. But there’s a problem — the same one the team’s braintrust failed to address when hiring…
The Colorado Lottery’s Mega Millions jackpot rose to $330 million on Tuesday. That’s a lot of green, and while we all like to fantasize about what we’d do with our winnings — pay the mortgage? – can we all agree to donate that money to the Broncos and the Rockies?…
Nugget Kenyon Martin’s birthday was surely better than his April Fool’s Day, when teammate J.R. Smith’s driver filled K-Mart’s SUV with buttered popcorn. The power forward’s December 30 birthday appears to have been a happier affair, though it, too, involved some Nuggets hazing: Rookie guard Gary Forbes was elected to…
