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February 17, 2016: Farewell to Doug Moe

 

December 20, 2025: The Memoirs of Chuck Neinas

 

 

November 17, 2025:  Avalanche Glory Days: Sakic, Forsberg, Roy, and the Stanley Cup

 

 

November 12, 2025: "Chess" is back on Broadway. The original 1988 New York production deserved better 


November 11, 2025: Veterans Day salute: The POW experiences of Mark Hoskins and Don Pfotenhauer, my father's Wisconsin Badger teammates 

 

 

October 10, 2025: Forty years after it opened to negative reviews in London, "Les Miserables" still thrills me every time I see it ... and I've seen it 10 times in five cities. 

  

August 8, 2025: Would you want your kid to play football?  


 July 24, 2025: For 21 summers, the Broncos bonded in Greeley -- on and off the field

 

 June 2025How I was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease 

 

 October 2, 2024Phil Guardado and High Plains Honor Flight


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


 


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

 

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

 


May 7, 2024: RIP, Joe Collier

 

 

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

 

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"

 

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 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 11, 2023: So who was Bill Masterton

 

 

 

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


 December 16, 2022: 10th anniversary of Olympic Affair 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

 

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

 

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, the Eugene Emeralds, 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

 

Archives of journalism work accessible on page for each outlet -- Denver Post, Oregonian, Sporting News, Greeley Tribune. 

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