There is always a motive when someone does something. That was the case when NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reached an epiphany to suspend a NFL player for six games if he committed domestic violence the first time and for life if he did it the second time. Read More
Author Archives: Leslie Monteiro
Appreciating Manning Never Gets Old
Peyton Manning is polarizing. He is mesmerizing yet infuriating. He is the best regular season quarterback in the history of football, but his postseason record raises questions. He gets everyone talking one way or another whether it’s good or bad. That’s what great players do. Read More
Latest Super Bowl Loss Will Bother Peyton
Peyton Manning has not bothered to explain what happened on this February night when he and his Broncos teammates were outclassed and out-physicaled by the Seahawks in the Broncos’ 43-8 Super Bowl loss. He knows it’s useless to dwell on it. Read More
No Hope For These Sorry Rockies
With the Broncos starting their 2014 season on Sunday night, it’s important to note the Rockies are still playing Major League Baseball this month. They have 22 games to go until their nightmarish season is over. Read More
Rocky Mountain Showdown Lacks Sizzle
There are in-state college football rivalries like Alabama-Auburn, USC-UCLA, Michigan-Michigan State, Florida State-Florida, Clemson-South Carolina, Oklahoma State-Oklahoma, Oregon-Oregon State, Brigham Young-Utah, Ole Miss-Mississippi State, and then there are rivalries such as Colorado State-Colorado. Read More
Rebuilding Buffs Will Be Endless Process For MacIntyre
Second-year Colorado Buffaloes head coach Mike MacIntyre found out he was not coaching San Jose State anymore last season. In his first year coaching the Buffaloes, he took a beating as coach as the Buffs were outclassed against Pac-12 teams. Read More
Why Not Lubick As CSU Athletic Director?
Firing Jack Graham as Colorado State athletic director has not sit well with Colorado State fans, coaches, athletes, alumni and boosters. They realized he brought validation and credibility to that athletic department that was slowly dying before he got there. Read More
Firing Graham Creates Problems For CSU
For the outsiders, the firing of Colorado State University athletic director Jack Graham was news. For anyone close to the situation, it wasn’t surprising Graham lost his job. The timing was odd considering the sports season is about to start for CSU athletics. Read More
Will Osweiler Ever Get Chance To Succeed?
Most football fans stop paying attention to preseason football in the second quarter when the second-stringers and third-stringers play for the rest of the game. They know those guys won’t result to anything in the NFL, so it’s pointless to them. Don’t tell this to Broncos backup quarterback Brock Osweiler. Read More
Opportunity Beckons For Ball
After the Broncos spent $110 million on defense this offseason, they did not have the money to sign running back Knowshon Moreno, who left to sign with the Dolphins. Though he’s out for the preseason, the opportunity has arisen for Montee Ball. Read More
Lack of Trades Shows Rockies Are Dysfunctional
We all knew Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez were never going to be traded. Trading guys like that don’t happen until the offseason. Plus, Tulowitzki is on the disabled list, and Gonzalez is nursing an ankle injury again. Read More
Days Of Owners Like Bowlen Are Over
With Pat Bowlen announcing his days of running the Broncos is officially over last week, it marked the end of a successful era for him and the Broncos. It also marked the end of a great run for owners who understood the value of running a sports franchise. It was a sad day in so many respects when the announcement was made. Read More
Super Bowl Blowout Loss Lingers For Broncos
The last Broncos game of the season was something to remember for all the wrong reasons. Not only were the Broncos denied of a Super Bowl championship, but they were outclassed by the Seahawks in the Super Bowl. The 43-8 loss hit the point home to how bad it was for the AFC champions. Read More
Monfort Can’t Wait For Spotlight To Focus On Broncos
This has not been two good weeks for beleaguered Rockies owner Dick Monfort. It started with him going off on couple of frustrated fans who ripped him in an email by saying they shouldn’t come and they don’t deserve a baseball team. Then, he managed to turn more Rockies fans off by saying he thinks his baseball management team is doing a good job. Finally, he told Rockies season ticketholder Christine Voss in a breakfast meeting that if he fires his baseball people, he is worried about breaking the Rockies’ culture (insert laugh track). Read More














