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Arvada zaps and dumps some voracious fish
Good midday, Colorado, hope you’re out there enjoying this lingering, exceedingly green spring. Can’t tell you how much a nonscorching May helps set our brains up for a brilliant summer — it’ll be hot zephyrs and xeriscaping on the Front Range soon enough. Sixty degrees in mid-May is a blessing.
No. 5 Denver draws No. 4 Syracuse in NCAA lacrosse national quarterfinal | Colorado Sunshine
No. 5 Denver lacrosse will meet No. 4 Syracuse in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals at 10 a.m. Sunday for a spot in the Final Four. Denver (12-3), a western power, is 0-4 against Syracuse (12-5), an east-coast blueblood. The quarterfinal will be played in Towson, Md., and broadcast on ESPNU and 104.3 FM.
Shaquille O'Neal announces Red Rocks concert
DENVER — Basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal will headline his first solo concert at Red Rocks this autumn. Shaq, known as DJ Diesel in the electronic music community, will perform "Shaq's Bass All Stars at Red Rocks" at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Sunday, Oct. 27. Organizers said the event will...
Harvey P. Sterkel: Softball Hall of Fame Pitcher
Pitcher Harvey Sterkel’s name evokes memories of a different time in Denver. Denver in the 1950s was a much smaller city with two amusement parks, three fledgling TV stations and no major league sports teams. People had to create their own sports entertainment wherever they could, in playgrounds, parks and vacant lots.
All hail the queen: Broomfield’s Nichols sets Colorado girls’ pole vaulting record
LAKEWOOD — When Broomfield senior Lilly Nichols first cleared the 13 foot, 7 inch pole vault bar at the state track and field championships on Thursday afternoon, she had already won her third Class 5A crown and set a personal record. Then she kept going. Nichols decided to go...
Title watch: The top Fort Collins-area athletes chasing gold at high school state meet
The Colorado high school state track and field championships are back this weekend at Jeffco Stadium in Lakewood. This year is shaping up to be a fairly strong one for the Fort Collins area, with only a couple former champions but several rising stars poised for a breakout performance on the state stage. As...
Colfax Marathon takes off this weekend with 5K Saturday, marathon Sunday
The Colfax Marathon will take 21,000 runners from across the world through Denver and parts of Lakewood this weekend, spanning across two days with a total of eight races, including a marathon, half marathon, urban 10 miler, marathon relay and 5K. The event, in its 18th year, is the largest...
Goose It Play of the NCAA First Round: Denver's Richie Connell Steamrolls Past Slide
(Photo courtesy Denver Athletics | Rachel O’Driscoll/Clarkson Creative Photography) The momentum gained from a play like Denver midfielder Richie Connell made for the Pioneers' eighth goal on Saturday in their First Round win vs. Michigan is so, so valuable. Connell ran past his matchup coming out of the box...
Golfers with disabilities now with more options on Denver courses
Denver golf courses add four new carts for adaptive use. Denver Golf has added four new VertaCat mobility carts for players in need of adaptive tools to help them enjoy the game. “I just started getting into this last summer. At first it’s very awkward, but I want to do...
Brush, Fort Morgan sending athletes to state track
The track and field season will officially come to a close this weekend, as thousands of athletesfrom every corner of Colorado convene in Lakewood. The state meet, which is set to begin onThursday and run through Saturday, will take place at Jefferson County Stadium. Brush will send athletes in nine...
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