Olympic pin collecting going way of Olympic tug-of-war
LONDON — “Got a pin?” In past Olympics, I received that question every other hour or so. Everyone from fans to other journalists to even some athletes would see my Denver Post credential and ask if I...
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Take a look at the Olympic BMX site
[media-credit name="John Henderson, The Denver Post" align="alignnone" width="495"][/media-credit]Olympic BMX course where Wheat Ridge's David Herman starts his medal drive today.
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Trip to the Canals a venture off London’s beaten path
[media-credit name="John Henderson, The Denver Post" align="alignnone" width="495"][/media-credit] LONDON — During the Olympics, getting off London’s beaten path may force you all the way to Loch...
View ArticleBMX riders are nuts and we love them for it
LONDON — I said this before about cyclists hurling down the Alps during the Tour de France and now I’ll apply it double to BMX riders: These kids don’t need drug testing. They need drug counseling....
View ArticleAllyson Felix shares memories of middle school in Denver
London –Triple gold medalist Allyson Felix has spent most of her life in Los Angeles, but she did spend three years in Denver while in middle school. And it was there she ran on a track for the first...
View ArticleHadleigh Farm makes mountain biking a great spectator sport — which it will...
HADLEIGH, England – I hate mountain biking. I’m the only person I know who loves to watch it instead of doing it. I’m fairly athletic. I’m fairly coordinated. I can no more mountain bike than I can...
View ArticleMissy Franklin tops list of London Olympic highlights
LONDON – I wrote my Best & Worst of the London Olympics in Sunday’s paper but it was very general. It wasn’t personal. I have my own personal favorites that I’ve listed below. 1. Missy Franklin. I...
View ArticleAnother spine-tingling Olympic moment — of a different kind
London — So I’m sitting in the Olympic Stadium two hours before the closing ceremonies, writing my last story of the Games. The stadium is empty and final rehearsals are going on. I’ve got my head...
View ArticleLondon Closing Ceremonies begin with celebration of British music
London — We’re a half hour into the Closing Ceremonies and so far it’s been great, featuring the London Symphony Orchestra, Madness playing “Our House,” Pet Shop Boys playing “West End Girls,” One...
View ArticleUgandan marathon gold medalist Stephen Kiprotich inspires pride
London — I love how the medals ceremony for the men’s marathon is always held during the closing ceremonies. Tonight I happened to be sitting next to a Ugandan journalist as he watched countryman...
View ArticleU.S. Paralympics finally get TV coverage on American soil
The Paralympic gods do exist. Last month, the International Paralympic Committee gave a gift to the U.S. when it announced its detailed plans to provide online coverage of the London 2012 Paralympic...
View ArticleMissy Franklin will be on NBC’s “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno”
Missy Franklin can’t seem to catch a break, but that’s no surprise. When you’re a 17-year-old darling who won five medals — four of them gold — in your first Olympics, the world wants to eat you up...
View ArticleColorado boasting 2nd most U.S. athletes at London 2012 Paralympics
The London 2012 Paralympics begin August 25 with the Opening Ceremony, and 13 U.S. athletes hail from Colorado. Here is the list, along with the athletes’ birth place, residence and sport,...
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Dominic Breazeale, former UNC Bears QB, wins professional boxing debut in...
Dominic Breazeale at the London Olympics in July. (John Leyba, The Denver Post) Dominic Breazeale, the former Northern Colorado quarterback who took to boxing as a heavyweight for Team USA at the...
View ArticleMissy Franklin’s dual meet more evidence of why she’s glad she’s swimming preps
AURORA — I never thought I’d enjoy a high school swim meet as much as I did Tuesday when I saw a four-time gold medal winner face a bunch of suburban girls in a dual meet. I thought of this in London...
View ArticleWhile Missy Franklin wowed Highlands Ranch, Justin Bieber wowed Missy Franklin
AURORA — I covered Missy Franklin’s dual meet against Highlands Ranch High Tuesday and I couldn’t tell if the four-time Olympic gold medalist was more excited about qualifying for two events and two...
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Colorado swimmers come to Missy Franklin’s defense after Wall Street Journal...
Missy Franklin. (John Leyba, The Denver Post) CENTENNIAL — I wrote a Sunday piece on Missy Franklin’s six-month anniversary of her gold rush in London and didn’t have room to get in one subject that...
View ArticleMissy Franklin may add 50 freestyle, IM for World Championships
CENTENNIAL — Missy Franklin may add to her swimming menu of the 100 and 200 freestyles and backstrokes. The 50 freestyle and individual medleys are possibilities, her Colorado Stars coach told me. The...
View Article“First,” the official documentary of the London Olympics, is worth seeing
Centennial’s Missy Franklin and gymnast John Orozco, who trains at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, are two of the 12 first-time Olympians featured in “First,” the official documentary...
View ArticleWomen’s boxing more technical than men and less brutal
LONDON — People who think boxing is too violent would like Olympic boxing, particularly the women. There are very few knockdowns, even fewer knockouts. The headgear is massive. So are the gloves. Also,...
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