Colorado Classics: Former Air Force kicker Dave Lawson As Air Force kicker Dave Lawson set up for a field-goal attempt, everyone in the crowd of 38,000 at Falcon Stadium was standing and engulfed in suffocating tension and emotion.
Dater: Talented, young Oilers are scary good We're at, roughly, the 15 percent pole of the NHL season. No matter what the percentage of an NHL season, it's never too early for a "What have we learned?"-type column.
Wetterstrom is willing go the extra mile It was first heard years ago, continues today and usually starts after he suits up and takes off behind his Longmont Trojans teammates.
Frei: No commitment issues at Furniture Row Racing I had heard so much about the bare-bones nature of Furniture Row Racing's operation, when I went to the team's shop in Park Hill last week to interview Sprint Cup driver Regan Smith, I expected the facility to be about the size of a home's detached two-car garage (with golf clubs, a lawnmower, garden hoses and a ladder stashed along the wall.)
Henderson: Alabama's Saban came half a loaf short on strategy Ah, the beauty of Friday night games. I set a personal record of watching football for 16 consecutive hours Saturday, only leaving the couch for a pizza delivery. Now, some random observations before finding a jogging path and a therapist:
Hochman: Watching Heat's lackluster LeBron a royal pain I watched Game 5 of the NBA Finals at Stoney's in Denver, where I didn't spot one person in Dallas garb, yet I might as well have been watching this thing with Mark Cuban, Dirk's mom and J.R. Ewing. It was surreal — all these Denverites were passionately cheering for Dallas. A couple of folks even rose from their seats when Jason Terry hit that no-no-no-YES 3-pointer in the fourth.
Kensler: Colorado coach Jon Embree leaning more on freshmen It's a trick that football coaches everywhere juggle at this juncture of the season when saddled with a losing record: maintaining a focus on the present while peeking toward the future.
Klis: Tebow Time will arrive too late for "spread" in NFL Tim Tebow may be nothing more than ahead of his time. In the year 2031, when the majority of teams are operating the spread offense, sharp-dressed former players in studios from Los Angeles to New York will all finally agree that Tebow had the goods to become an NFL quarterback.
Meisler: Bieniemy gets high praise on recruiting trail Twenty-five years after Eric Bieniemy's legendary high school playing career at traditional powerhouse Bishop Amat in La Puente, Calif., rivalries still run deep when he walks into conference foe Crespi Carmelite in Encino.
Renck: Jamey Carroll with Rockies? That's tough choice to make Creativity and flexibility remain critical to fixing the Rockies. Yes, the drywall cracked in the clubhouse, leaving no doubt that the culture must change. Team-first over me-first. Got it.
Dusty Saunders: Broncos' victory wasn't just a Tim Tebow show Sunday produced another chapter in "Tim Tebow TV Time," the ongoing Denver Broncos drama. But this chapter won't be followed this week by Tebow trauma, created by national and local TV analysts.
Willoughby: Northeast Colorado primed again for pheasant hunters The pheasant season opener is expected to arrive with a bang at sunrise Saturday in northeast Colorado, as hunters look to continue a streak of quality harvests considered among the best in history.
