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Denver Business Journal •

'Let's go build this city': Former DURA head Tracy Huggins avoided the spotlight as she transformed Denver - Denver Business Journal

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The Colorado Sun •

With Denver Summit FC, Rob Cohen is betting on Colorado falling in love with pro women's sports

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A poster board behind Rob Cohen’s desk asks a simple question: Why do you want a pro women’s soccer team in Denver?

Dozens of little girls filled it with answers. 

Some trigger a laugh: “Girls rule, boys drool.” Others call for representation: “Women are soccer players too!” 

But in 13 words, one girl managed to sum up the cause Cohen has championed for nearly 30 years. “Denver has been a good sports city; let’s make it a great one!”

The CEO and chairman of IMA Fin...
Mountain Time •

Climbing's Viral, Rage-Baiting, Unhinged, Content Genius - Mountain Time

The post read, “free soloing buildings until I get arrested.”


The building in question: Stearns West Tower in the Williams Village campus at the University of Colorado Boulder. The daunting structure consists of smooth tan brick walls that lack any of the necessary holds of a traditional climbing route. So he’d have to chimney climb for 15 stories.


“It was like a leg extension. A 500-rep leg extension,” said Lincoln Knowles, the 21-year-old climber crazy enough to do it. 


The July video...
Sko Buffs Sports •

Slurs and harassment at BYU game alienate Mormon CU students

The University of Colorado freshman was at Folsom Field for the first time as a student last Saturday to watch the matchup against Brigham Young University. With plenty of BYU alumni in her family, a week of trash talk made it a battle she needed the Buffs to win.“That was the first time I was in a place where I was Mormon, and I was genuinely a little bit concerned that somebody was going to try to fight me, like hurt me,” she said. CU was fined $50,000 by the Big 12 on Tuesday for chants of “F...
Sko Buffs Sports •

In week 4, an entire state of fans getting priced out of the NIL era

In the union's least populated state – where the largest city is smaller than my college town – one university reigns supreme. Because it's the only university. Coming from every corner of the state, the War’s tailgate alley — the parking lot outside — is filled with cars and lots and lots of trucks that have driven hundreds of miles to get here. I’d made the 131-mile trek from Boulder in my Subaru Outback that day for the home opener against the Northern Iowa Panthers. Not to watch the Pokes ba...
The Colorado Sun •

As Lee fire continues southward, crews are fighting and residents are praying Colorado 13 holds as a fire line

RIFLE — The hummingbirds have gone silent on Moe Disney’s 32 acres in Garfield County. Disney bought the land in 2018 to settle down in retirement, where more than 100 hummingbirds have spent their summers enjoying nine birdfeeders on the property.

On Sunday, smoke from the Lee fire had gotten so bad that Disney, who is the primary caretaker for her disabled husband, realized they needed to leave their home.

The area where the property sits is currently in ready status of the “ready, set, go”...
The •

They replaced their front yards with gardens. The demand followed

A staple of the American dream — the perfectly cut, Kentucky bluegrass front lawn — is missing from 15 south Minneapolis yards. In its place: big, rectangular boxes of dirt. One of them is made from an old bed frame. Others were built with 2x4’s. They hold an array of vegetables, leafy greens and herbs. Two artists built and manage them. And when the crops are ready, they’re shared with those who support the operation; the rest is then donated to feed many more.Every Wednesday from June through...
The Minnesota Star Tribune •

For their first job, these teen brothers started a hot dog cart

It all started with the pickles. A jar had been sitting in the back of the fridge untouched for some time when Sam and Janna Fischer’s youngest son, Viggo, decided to put them to good use. He made relish — three different kinds — and it was good. Really good.“It was like all distinct different flavors, and I just kind of said ‘If we can this stuff, we can get a cottage food license and you guys can go sell it at farmers markets,” said Sam Fischer.Sev Fischer, 15, and his brother Viggo, 14, both...
The Colorado Sun •

A Colorado pole vaulter survived cancer — and is now setting a high bar with her resilience

LONGMONT — Connor Westphal coaches pole vault for every high school in Denver Public Schools. He’s never worked with a vaulter quite like Lauren Sankoff.

“Lauren has, by far, out of any of the schools and any of the students I’ve had the best already, and she’s just a sophomore,” Westphal said, baking in the sun on the track at Longmont High School on Friday.

He was there to coach Lauren as she vaulted in the Hoka St. Vrain Invitational, one of the state’s most elite high school meets. Hundred...
Estes Valley Voice •

LGBTQ+ residents find community and acceptance in Estes Park

On a snowy February night, about 20 people gathered at The Stanley Hotel for a monthly night of cocktails and camaraderie. They call themselves the GLEE Club – gays, lesbians, and everyone else. In May, the group will mark their third anniversary.In a destination town for retirees like Estes Park, it might be easy to think that old prejudices might move in, too. But, for many of the town’s out LGBTQ+ community members, they’ve received a reprieve in Estes from places they’ve moved from. The GLEE...
Sko Buffs Sports •

Former Buff credits Colorado for path to leading NWSL Denver expansion

When Jen Millet left the Golden State Warriors for Bay FC, she made a leap of faith. It was 2022, and the explosion of popularity for women’s sports, captained by Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, had not yet reached its boiling point. That decision paid off tenfold last week when Millet was selected as the first President of Denver’s NWSL franchise, its first hire.She's the youngest of six and was often the new kid at school as her family hopped around the country. So when she arrived at the 3,600...
CU Independent •

South Carolina band Easy Honey brings "youthful energy" to Boulder’s Fox Theatre

While on their “Cupidity Unlimited” tour, indie rock band Easy Honey stopped at the Fox Theatre on July 20 with the High Lines, a local band made up of University of Colorado Boulder students, as an opening act. 
Easy Honey, based out of Charleston, South Carolina, consists of brothers Selby and Webster Austin on guitar and bass, respectively, along with Darby McGlone on guitar and Charlie Holt on drums. 
The band has been traversing the country as they promote their new album “Cupidity Unlimite...