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 October 2, 2024Phil Guardado and High Plains Honor Flight

 September 21, 2024: Buffs' amazing win over Baylor? It passes the storm-the-field standard

September 14, 2024Rocky Mountain Showdown: The Amazing Mr. Hunter

August 15, 2024: Rams' turn: From CSU Media Day

August 12, 2024Really, Coach Sanders ... Really?

 July 20, 2024Neil Armstrong's giant leap for mankind

  June 30, 2024: Catching up with Bob Bell and Food For Thought

 May 30, 2024: DU's Zeev Buium a likely top 10 NHL pick

May 7, 2024: RIP, Joe Collier

April 14, 2024: Pioneers return home. Party's just getting started

 March 8, 2024It was 20 years ago today ... Todd Bertuzzi attacked Steve Moore

 February 4, 2024: Sakic and Drury: Teammates, roommates, execs

 

 

 December 25, 2023: A story for the season: A Magic Soccer Ball

December 21, 2023: Nathan MacKinnon has become "generational"

November 22, 2023: November 22, 1963

November 19, 2023: Lt. Col. John Mosley Boulevard

November 6, 2023: Rocky ... really Rocky ... Hockey

October 10, 2023Barney Chavous among selections to Colorado Sports Hall of Fame: '77 excerpt   

October 2, 2023: RIP Russ Francis ... he took my pitches downtown

 August 25, 2023: On Randy Gradishar: No, it's NOT all good now 

 July 28, 2023When the A's were coming to Denver ... for "good"

July 27, 2023: Blame those who botched CU's Pac-12 chance

June 21, 2023: As Hall of Fame calls, reprise of tribute to Pierre Lacroix

June 12, 2023: Where does Nuggets' first NBA title rank among Colorado championships?

June 6, 2023: On the 79th anniversary of D-Day

May 21, 2023: Les Miz still is thrilling the 10th (or so) time around

May 5, 2023Still a horse racing fan ... and not just on the first Saturday in May

 April 16, 2023: Former Columbine Principal: "It's got to stop."

April 15, 2023: Hockey is NOT new in Seattle

April 11, 2023: So who was Bill Masterton? 

April 6, 2023: Darned right, Rockies home opener worth celebrating

March 7, 2023: Give Stan Kroenke credit ... 

February 25, 2023: Denny Dressman continues his Rockies hit streak

February 2, 2023: On Richard Thomas and stage's "To Kill A Mockingbird"  

January 26, 2023: It happened again. Again. And again. We have to do something. 

January 20, 2023: Bednar about to become franchise's winningest coach

January 14, 2023: Would you want your kid to play football? 

 

 

December 30, 2022: Taking some of the fun out of NHL OT 

December 23, 2022: My stories in Mile High Sports Magazine Awards Issue

 December 16, 2022: 10th anniversary of my best book's release    

December 4, 2022: CU welcomes Coach Prime

November 29, 2022: 20th anniversary of Horns, Hogs and Nixon Coming release   

November 17, 2022: On "My Fair Lady" 

November 7, 2022: Stick taps for "Maxy" 

 October 25, 2022: Flashback: Bryce Harper in Grand Junction

October 14, 2022: Still have hopes for Olympic Affair

October 11, 2022: Comcast / Altitude fiasco unfairly defines Kroenke ownership

September 18, 2022: On Ron Earley, Walter Payton and organ donation

July 19, 2022: Uvalde ignored the lessons of Columbine

 


Farewells and salutes

Tom Graham

Pierre Lacroix

Irv Brown

Irv Moss 

 

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Honeymooners Meet The Boys of Summer

 

Tommy Lasorda, the Spokane Indians and My Summer of '70

 

 

Smoke 'em Inside: On Ball Four and Jim Bouton 

 

Earthquake at the World Series 

 

Tribute to Jon Hassler, Terry Kay and other favorite novelists 

 

Kids' sports books: The Classics

 

A Year with Nick Saban

 

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