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Media finally finds Colorado connection in Tiger Woods mega-scandal

Wednesday, December 16, 2009
By Ian Cerveny

He is one of the most widely recognized people in the world, and yet so little is known of him beyond his amazing golf game and mountains of endorsement deals. So when reports circulated that Tiger was a fallible, imperfect human… the game was on.

Nuggets vs Mavericks Conference Semifinal Preview

Tuesday, May 12, 2009
By Ian Cerveny

A cursory glance at the Conference Semifinal series between the Denver Nuggets and the Dallas Mavericks gives you the impression that these teams are simply going to work to outscore each other on the way to the Conference Finals. But this series will be defined by which team’s defense can find consistency in the second [...]

Nuggets play it cool in Game 5 finale vs. Hornets

Thursday, April 30, 2009
By Ian Cerveny

Nuggets sixth-man JR Smith The Denver Nuggets may have won by 21 points on Wednesday night, but this game was not as lopsided as the Nuggets’ three other victories in this series. Denver trailed the New Orleans Hornets by 9 in the first quarter, were tied at the half, and withstood a barrage of inspired [...]

Western Conference Wish List

Tuesday, April 7, 2009
By Ian Cerveny

With just over one week left in the NBA Regular Season, the playoff picture is still murky. Five and a half games separate two from eight, and the only squad with proven playoff mettle in that tight field (San Antonio) just lost its most dynamic player for the season.

Giants are the Best

Sunday, February 3, 2008
By Ian Cerveny

The New York Giants are the best football team on the planet… what? Well, sometimes the truth hurts, and sometimes it just doesn’t make any sense. In this case, the truth is definitely the latter. Not to say that these Giants didn’t deserve to win. They very much did. But in a year when many [...]

Returning is such sweet sorrow.

Saturday, January 12, 2008
By Jason Ackerman

Well, I’m back from the NW, where I mercifully got to not watch the Broncos train-wreck come to an end. I got to listen to a bunch of trash talk about the magically revived Trailblazers (yawn), and I got to remind all my Seahawks friends that just because you can beat the Redskins doesn’t mean [...]

Top Five NFL Game Statistics

Thursday, August 23, 2007
By Ian Cerveny

OK Dan, I’ll play your little game. Try this on for size.   TOP FIVE NFL GAME STATISTICS   1.)  Time of Possession Nothing is more important to the overall picture of a football game. ToP relates to how well your offense maintains drives, how long your defense is on the field (fatigue factor,) the [...]