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Denver, Rocky good sports

Denver, Rocky good sports

February 26, 2009

The suits at NBC were worried. It was June 1965, the network had just signed a lengthy deal with the American Football League, and now it was stuck with a "backwater, small-market team" - the Denver Broncos.

2010 Olympics not all fun and Games

2010 Olympics not all fun and Games

February 11, 2009

A year out, the story lines for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics are as difficult to predict as Bode Miller's next downhill. For Canadians, the big fear is the 2010 games will turn out more like the financially disastrous 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics than the smoothly run 1988 Calgary Winter Games. Photo gallery

Manual High hoops returns to the spotlight

Manual High hoops returns to the spotlight

February 6, 2009

Manual High School is back where it belongs this winter, playing boys varsity basketball after a strange two-year absence, a tormenting time when an old neighborhood dream was emptier than the Thunderbolts gym. Photo gallery Video

5 questions for Andrew Ryan on a Denver Winter Olympics bid

5 questions for Andrew Ryan on a Denver Winter Olympics bid

January 28, 2009

Andrew Ryan, director of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations, talked with Rocky reporter Clay Latimer about Denver's place in international sports.

Wingsuit enthusiasts show they're quite air conditioned

Wingsuit enthusiasts show they're quite air conditioned

January 21, 2009

BEYOND THE EDGE: Last in a four-part series | Wingsuit flying is "so far out there, people can't wrap their heads around it," said Jeb Corliss, a Californian who has made wingsuit flights in Colorado. What lures people to fly without a parachute?

Extremely odd sports from around the world

January 21, 2009

BEYOND THE EDGE: Extreme sports aren't limited to the West. Check out these extremely strange sports from around the world.

Wingsuit flying's Colorado connections

January 21, 2009

BEYOND THE EDGE: Here are some Colorado names to know in wingsuit flying: Jesse Hall, Matt Hecker and Brian Germain.

Wingsuit flight: Hall, Corliss describe what it's like

January 21, 2009

BEYOND THE EDGE: Jesse Hall and Jeb Corliss describe what it's like to descend in a wingsuit.

Park Service land off limits for thrill seekers

January 19, 2009

Jesse Hall looks at Colorado's mountains and sees opportunity. The National Park Service sees potential trouble, which is why it has banned BASE jumping and wingsuit flying on government land.

Colorado names to know in free skiing and ski-BASE jumping

January 19, 2009

A look at a few of the Colorado names to know in free skiing and ski-BASE jumping