July 29th, 2020
Sports
Lou Williams rejoined his NBA teammates after an eventful few days outside the Disney World bubble that included a trip to Atlanta, the memorial of a family friend, and finally, a well-publicized stop at a Gentlemen’s Club. The 6’1” shooting guard and reigning Sixth-Man-of-the-Year for the Los Angeles Clippers was provided an excused absence by […]
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July 8th, 2020
Sports
We wear their names on the back of our jerseys, display their posters on our walls, and dream that we are them. Shooting baskets towards a rusty hoop we imagine we are Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, or Michael Jordan as the clock counts down to zero. As plastic bats connect with whiffle balls, we round […]
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June 24th, 2020
Sports
It was only last weekend that I sat on my couch watching some guy named Daniel Berger win the Charles Schwab Challenge in a playoff over some guy named Collin Morikawa. This wasn’t about the names of the players, the putts being drained, or even the awkward silence of an empty golf course. This was […]
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June 17th, 2020
Sports
The NBA is finalizing its Return to Play format as 22 teams will travel to Orlando in July to finish off the 2019-20 NBA season and crown a new champion. COVID-19 has changed the dynamics of this year’s playoffs as players return to the sport underconditioned, worried about safety, and understandably focused on social issues […]
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June 2nd, 2020
Sports
As states continue to relax quarantine rules in an effort to open up again, the NHL became the first of the four major sports to step forward with a comprehensive plan to get back on the ice. The Return to Play Plan was agreed upon in principle last week as the NHL decided on a […]
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May 19th, 2020
Sports
With the country trying to open back up after quarantine restrictions from COVID-19, one of the biggest questions in sports remains whether college football can open along with it. With current restrictions that include group gatherings of ten or less people, social distancing of six feet, and mask requirements in most public areas, does the […]
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May 6th, 2020
Sports
On the surface, the title seems like an ignorant tailgate cheer. Bring college football back so fans can paint their chest, shotgun a beer, and get back to the way things were. Over a million COVID-19 outbreaks alone in the United States, and over 70,000 deaths and we have the audacity to talk about […]
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April 29th, 2020
Blog
Our lives have all changed due to coronavirus. It has fundamentally altered our work, school and off hours pursuits. You can’t watch TV without seeing a commercial for COVID-19. The news starts with the stats on the virus—either nationwide or locally, depending on the broadcast. For those who are working, there are emails, meetings, and […]
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March 27th, 2020
Backstage
Ten writers. Ten days. One hundred stories. And so, at last, it has come to this: The world ends, not with a bang, but a whimper, not a bomb, but a bug. We don’t ride out in a blaze of glory in a nuclear explosion, but it all ends in the pestilential isolation of […]
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March 15th, 2020
Blog
Governor Jared Polis has made an executive order that all ski resorts in Colorado will be closed for a minimum of one week due to the outbreak of COVID-19. This comes after many resorts had already announced they would shut down beginning March 15. Vail Resorts, Alterra Mountain Company, Aspen Snowmass, Telluride, Arapahoe Basin, and […]
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