Watching the first round of the NFL playoffs this weekend, one thought kept flashing through my mind: Thank goodness the Broncos aren’t playing. Don’t get me wrong. As a Colorado native, Broncos fandom is part of my DNA, and after the team shocked me, and the rest of the football…
Once a year, I get to use Westword’s season tickets to watch a Nuggets game — and I was lucky enough to have drawn last night’s matchup against the Golden State Warriors, when Chauncey Billups, Carmelo Anthony and Chris “Birdman” Andersen were all out with injuries. Don’t assume the word…
It’s semi-official: Mike Shanahan is the new head coach of the Washington Redskins. But while Shanny will certainly be making some nice bank, he must also deal with an enormous headache shaped exactly like Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, who, since acquiring the franchise in 1999, has made a habit of…
Former Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post sportswriter Adam Schefter has gone onto bigger and better things, first on the NFL Network and now with ESPN, where his role on football broadcasts would only be more prominent if his name was Chris Berman. But because of his close connections to…
It’s hard to know what was more depressing yesterday as the once 6-0 Broncos lost to the lowly Kansas City Chiefs at home to finish the season 8-8: The sarcastic chants of “Throw it to Marshall” from fans who were angry that the Pro Bowl wide receiver had been benched…
Daniel Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins, has been described as a “tour de force of executive douchery” — a meddler on par with the Oakland Raiders’ Al Davis, albeit one who tends to avoid wearing the sort of glasses usually sported by elderly women. Mike Shanahan, who lived the…
Ever since CU announced that it would bring back Dan Hawkins as head coach in 2010 (mainly to save money, it appeared), fans have wondered what kind of impact troubles at the top would have on recruiting. Early last month, there appeared to be cause for concern, what with Littleton’s…
As I was signing off prior to two weeks worth of vacation, everything seemed to be going the Broncos’ way. Their next opponent, the Oakland Raiders, was in hilarious turmoil, choosing to skip over their much-ballyhooed number one draft choice, JaMarcus Russell, to start third-stringer Charlie Frye at QB. No…
It’s still mathematically possible for the Broncos to make the playoffs (if a whole bunch of other teams lose and Broncos win), but it ain’t likely. And frankly, even if they do make it, do we really want to see them blown out by the Patriots or the Bengals? While…
Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony took his two-year-old son, Kiyan, to get up-close-and-personal with some wild beasts at the Denver Zoo last month, prompting his fiance, former MTV VJ La La Vasquez, to wonder if Melo was having a Michael-Jackson-dangling-Blanket-off-the-balcony moment…
May your days be merry and bright and way less awkward than this…
We’re still shell-shocked by yesterday’s Broncos game against the Raiders, but not because the Broncos lost. No, we’re dealing with the PTSD from seeing Raiders player Tommy Kelly’s color-coordinated job strap (above). I’m guessing the shock may have had something to do with why the Orange and Blue lost as…
It’s a good time to be a Colorado sports fan, with the Nuggets, Rocks and Avs contending, and the Broncos — at least until yesterday — surprising skeptics. But there have been some low moments for local athletes and teams this decade, not to mention one local scandal that starred…
Yesterday in our Denver Blogs round-up, we noted that the eyes of Denver Nuggets fans are on Chauncey Billups’ sprained groin. But is that what’s really wrong with him? This morning on KNUS, at 710 AM, sports updater Bill Rogan, whose online home is TurfSports.net, reported that Billups actually has…
The Denver Post reports that former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan is in discussions to become the next coach of the Washington Redskins. Familiar? That rumor’s been floating around for weeks now, and it makes sense given that current ‘Skins coach Jim Zorn is a dead man walking and the team…
Our dreams didn’t come true. Yesterday, we all but begged Oakland Raiders coach Tom Cable to start JaMarcus Russell at quarterback against the Broncos on Sunday. But no: Cable revealed that instead, he’ll hand the ball to Charlie Frye, whose play for the Cleveland Browns and the Seattle Seahawks in…
C’mere, Denver blogs. We’ve made a safe place for you. Colin at South Stands Denver interviews the Chicago Bears fan behind the website TradeJayCutler.com. Who apparently feels Sweet Baby Jay is a “sniveling NFL superdouche.” The Colorado Independent’s Kate Redding continues her reporting about pregnancy in Colorado. She writes that…
We should never root for a player to get hurt: It’s bad sportsmanship, and bad karma. But there’s nothing wrong with appreciating the repercussions of an injury — like, for instance, the Oakland Raiders’ current quarterback turmoil leading into this weekend’s game against the Broncos. The silver-and-black attack was looking…
Although Matt Taibbi typically writes about politics for Rolling Stone, he’s lately added sports to his list of topics. And in the December 24 issue, in a column not yet online, he tackles former Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler, memorably describing him as a “sniveling NFL superdouche.” Granted, Cutler isn’t the…
After the Broncos’ 28-16 loss to the Colts on Sunday, coach Josh McDaniels shrugged off suggestions that the defeat should be viewed more positively than most. “When you lose, you lose,” he said. “There’s no moral victories in this league.” I understand what he means — and, frankly, that’s the…
For two-and-a-half glorious hours on Sunday, the Nuggets’ Birdman will become Cherry Creek North’s Santaman. From 3 to 5:30 p.m., Chris “Birdman” Andersen will (in our imaginations) cover up his miles of tats with a fluffy red Santa suit and tuck his signature mohawk under a puffball-tipped stocking hat and…
Before you start: Yes, I know I could actually leave my house on Sunday, and I could no doubt find a cozy booth within viewing proximity of a TV armed with the NFL Ticket. And in times of need — when the TV Gods bestow on me an afternoon involving…
