11:22 am, Oct 9, 2012
Well, that was fast.Jim Tracy, who led the Rockies to its worst season in franchise history, announced this past weekend that he was resigning as the team's manager. Several news outlets reported that the 55-year-old didn't agree with the restrictions that'd be put on him in 2013, which included decisions on who'd work on his coaching staff....
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9:30 am, Oct 9, 2012
A few weeks ago, we raised the question of whether Colorado's Voter ID efforts were wasting taxpayers' time and money. These are the transparently partisan schemes that, if successful, likely would influence the upcoming elections. (Although Voter ID initiatives are still pending in numerous states, at least someone has decided...
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1:35 pm, Oct 5, 2012
Although I now have four tattoos, calling myself a “tattoo guy” would be an insult to legitimately inked-up gentlemen everywhere. I’m still a white-collar nancy boy who hails from the suburban-est of roots. Also, I don’t really like heavy metal or rockabilly. But to the dismay, perhaps, of many authentically etched souls, I’m evidently morphing...
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12:00 pm, Oct 4, 2012
The Colorado Rockies are finally near the top of a list of major league teams for something—but it's not exactly an honor.The website Urine Feces Everywhere—yes, that's really the name—ranked Coors Field No. 6 on a list of baseball's least-sanitary stadiums. Among a slew of criteria, UFE.com checked out restroom designs and whether ballparks...
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10:00 am, Oct 4, 2012
I’m a little screwed here. The campaign trail narrative this week is a two-parter: 1) All those polls that have shown President Obama with clear, sometimes commanding, leads over Governor Romney are rigged in favor of Democrats. 2) The mainstream media, wanting their election reporting to remain relevant through Election Day, would undoubtedly...
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3:11 pm, Oct 2, 2012
The Colorado Rockies 2012 season comes to an end on Wednesday in Arizona. Colorado (mercifully) won't lose 100 games this year, though the team recently set a new low-bar for the franchise. With at least 97 losses, this year's Rockies are the worst team in franchise history. Even worse? The record came in the team's self-proclaimed "year of...
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1:39 pm, Oct 2, 2012
Over the weekend, Rick Enstrom, the Republican candidate for House District 23 (Jefferson County), threatened to get his lawyers involved over a campaign mailer claiming that Enstrom had once been arrested in Grand Junction for selling cocaine paraphernalia from the record store he owned in the 1980s. In fact, although Enstrom did receive a...
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10:00 am, Oct 2, 2012
For anyone who’s seen the University of Denver campus recently, the area around the Daniel L. Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness looks like a disaster area. Because of Wednesday’s presidential debate, parking lots will shut down, traffic will back up, and military helicopters will fly overhead. And now the rest of us will feel the pain....
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10:20 am, Sep 25, 2012
“You’re not naïve enough to think we’re living in a democracy, are you buddy?” —Gordon Gekko, Wall Street, 1987. Today is National Voter Registration Day. According to organizers, in 2008 about 6 million citizens didn’t get to vote in the Presidential election because they either missed a registration deadline or didn’t know how to register....
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10:05 am, Sep 21, 2012
You know those ubiquitous Geico ads, the ever-more-annoying and ever-less-clever commercials featuring, among other things, the caveman, the British-accented lizard, and the pig screaming out the window of a moving car? They're all part of the company's schizophrenic branding efforts, and their relentless re-airings have devolved into a scourge on...
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10:05 am, Sep 18, 2012
As Chicago Public School district teachers head into week two of their strike, it’s natural to wonder if such a work stoppage could happen here in Denver. After all, Chicago teachers are objecting to many of the same measures that DPS already has in place, and public school teachers nationwide have come under intensified scrutiny in recent years...
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2:00 pm, Sep 14, 2012
University of Colorado’s Board of Regents tackled two flash-point issues across the state on Wednesday: guns and marijuana. The regents pushed through a policy that allows concealed-carry permit holders to have guns in most places on the Boulder campus—with some restrictions. The revised position comes six months after the Colorado Supreme...
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10:05 am, Sep 14, 2012
University of Colorado football is making progress. No, really. That’s what head coach Jon Embree said at a luncheon Tuesday. "I do believe we've gotten better," the coach of the 0-2 team said. "Our record doesn't show it, but we are better than what we were in the past.” Of course, Embree won’t have to read the Twitter messages ridiculing him for...
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10:10 am, Sep 11, 2012
Last week, ESPN: The Magazine published its annual Ultimate Team Standings, a ranking of all 122 professional franchises in the four major North American sports (football, baseball, basketball, and hockey). The list is designed to assess the totality of fans’ experience for each team, based on criteria including “bang for the buck” (recent wins...
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2:59 pm, Sep 6, 2012
When the news about Paul Ryan’s exaggerated skills as a marathon runner broke, I couldn’t help but wonder if any more of the GOP’s vice-presidential nominee’s athletic accomplishments were exaggerated. I was, especially, intrigued by the vague claim that he’d climbed 40 Colorado fourteeners. It seemed like an impossible feat for a busy...
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