Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Marlins end Rockies' win streak at 5
A lack of All-Star magic from Aaron Cook and a sudden dulling of the Rockies’ explosive bats proved to be an unfortunate combination for Colorado in a 10-5 loss to the Florida Marlins on Sunday.
Coloradans mark Sunday liquor sales with a toast
Cheers! Today was a historic day in Colorado as consumers celebrated the first Sunday a person could legally buy wine, full-strength beer and spirits. Above, Brent Anderson, of Denver, checks out the wine selection at Applejack Liquors in Wheat Ridge.
CHANDLER: TV portrait of the artist less than flattering
During HBO's The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not for Sale, the '80s shooting star goes through enough turmoil for Job ... and learns little, if anything in the process.
FAMILY HELP LINE: 10 is too young for unsupervised trips to the mall
Malls are not safe places for unsupervised children. A child of 10 should be supervised when she's out of the house.
ASK!: The long and short of baseball pants
The lengths of professional baseball players' pants have changed over the years, and today players can pick the length they want.
PRIME RATING: July 7
Prime-time television picks for the week of July 7-13
COLORADO CHESS: 'Immortal' struggle plays out
It's a rare situation in chess when you don't want it to be your move because any move will make your position worse. The German word for this is zugzwang, or "compulsion to move."
Nadal outlasts Federer for epic Wimbledon win
Rafael Nadal ended Roger Federer’s five-year reign at Wimbledon on Sunday, winning a riveting, five-set marathon to claim his first title at the All England Club and signal a changing of the guard in men’s tennis.
Anthony Carter likely to accept Nuggets offer
The free agent said Sunday the Nuggets have offered him a guaranteed contract for the NBA minimum, which is $1.262 million in his classification. He said the “chances are very, very high” he will accept the offer and sign shortly after the signing period begins Wednesday.
Rockies' Cook, Holliday on All-Star team
Holliday was selected as one of 11 reserves for the National League team and Cook, who has gone 11-5 this season, is one of 12 NL pitchers.
Hoshovd sprints to win in second stage of Tour
Thor Hushovd won the 2nd stage of the Tour de France on Sunday after leading a group sprint.
If they can sell booze, why not cars?
And then there was one. One blue law left on the books, that is. With today's formal end to the ban on Sunday sales of liquor in Colorado, coupled with soaring gas prices eating away at their business, it has to be increasingly uncomfortable for the state's car dealers to defend their no-sales-on-Sunday perk.
SPEAKOUT: Synthetic pheromone packets a safer way to fight mountain pine beetle infestations
Pesticides often have larger effects than we intend. Some of those used in responding to the mountain pine beetle infestation are no different. Carbaryl, the active ingredient in the most common sprays used to protect trees against beetles, is one of these. It is a neurotoxin that is dangerous to humans and pets through skin contact, inhalation and ingestion through food or water. And it is highly toxic to bees, stoneflies and some fish.
Busch wins under caution at Daytona
Kyle Busch bested Carl Edwards in a door-to-door drag race Saturday night that ended under caution with Busch earning his Sprint Cup Series-best sixth victory of the season.
WILL: A hymn to the fallen
Maj. Steve Beck — now Lt. Col. Beck — was a CACO, a casualty assistance calls officer whose duty was to inform a spouse or parents that their Marine had been killed. He is the scarlet thread — like the stripes on Marines’ dress-blue trousers, symbolizing shed blood — that connects the heart-rending stories in Sheeler’s Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives. The book, which proves that the phrase “literary journalism” is not an oxymoron, expands the meticulous and marvelously modulated reporting he did for the Rocky Mountain News, and for which he received a Pulitzer Prize. His subject is how America honors fallen warriors.
Injury-riddled Rockies win fifth straight
Matt Holliday homered and drove in four runs as the injury-riddled Rockies won their season-best fifth straight, beating the Florida Marlins 12-6 Saturday night.
Gay tumbles at Olympic trials, out of 200
Tyson Gay suffered what his manager called a severe cramp in his left hamstring at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials Saturday and had to be carted off the track. Now, the nervous wait begins to see if it was, indeed, just a cramp, and how that affects his training over the next month.
Phelps qualifies in eighth event; Hall misses Olympics
Michael Phelps will get another shot at Mark Spitz's Olympic record in Beijing after locking up his eight-race schedule by winning the 100-meter butterfly at the U.S. swimming trials.
July 5 & 6, 1908
Front Page July 5 & 6, 1908: The states that Democratic presidential candidates Judge George Gray and Gov. John Johnson said were locks to vote against presumptive nominee William Jennings Bryan actually look to be solid for the commoner. Polls of supposed opposition stronghold states Massachusetts, Connecticut, Louisiana, New Jersey and New Hampshire found that all of the states would nominate Bryan, with very few delegates opposed to him.
Crush bumped from playoffs by SaberCats
Mark Grieb threw for 283 yards and seven touchdowns, and the defending Arena Football League champion San Jose SaberCats advanced to the conference finals with a wild 64-51 victory over the Colorado Crush on Saturday.
