Depth by Design: The Rockies roster is intentionally adaptable
The Rockies have developed a new philosophy for roster-building centered around depth and flexibility.
17 Ways to Stomach a .500 Broncos Season: Win some, lose some, eat some, drink more
The football is not round; every team starts undefeated; August wisdom becomes January folly; the Broncos could be better – or…
Play It Again, Tom: The Colorado official at the 2017 National Championship
Colorado played a major part in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game - Clemson’s classic, last-second win over…
Dinosaur Divots: Fun with the fossils in the shadow of Lookout Mountain
Fifteen minutes from downtown Denver, Fossil Trace Golf Club feels like a different place in time and topography.
Has venerable vendor Bob the Beerman poured his last Coors at Coors?
Bob the Beerman, he of Vendor’s License No. 0001, was not at Coors Field on Opening Day, aka Beer Vendors’ Heaven.
Go Where it Snows: A Super Sunday remedy to the I-70 blues
Relive Pencils Robinson's perfect Super Bowl weekend that could happen only in Colorado.
Balling in Bowser: The Flagler Legion Tourney celebrates 65 years
Pencils Robinson takes a trip to Flagler, where their annual American Legion Basketball Tournament has been going strong for six…
American Beauty: The Colorado high school 6-man state football championship
Welcome to the Colorado state high school 6-man football title game, played in the far eastern town of Seibert, which has more…
Ain’t it Grand: The country’s best classic car tour runs only in the Rockies
The Colorado Grand, a 1,000-mile classic car tour is the best classic car expedition in the United States and one of the coolest…
Fish Tales: The modern piscator tries a sport made for Colorado
Pencils Robinson dips more than a toe in the water as he harkens back to a simpler time and explores one of the finest forms of…
Steel City Gridiron: Pueblo, Colorado is Football Town, USA
Telling the story of Pueblo football is so big it’s like trying to start a plate of spaghetti and sausage at La Tronica’s
The Family on Thunder Mountain
Drag racers from high school to the NHRA have called Bandimere Speedway home since 1958. Meet the family behind the fastest track…
Rock of Ages: The nation’s most iconic amphitheater celebrates 75 years
Host to fitness gurus, party animals, the religiously devout and nature worshippers, Red Rocks is more than the world's greatest…
A Mile High Tale: When ballplayers were larger than life
Before baseball was big at Mile High or Coors Field, it was played on Broadway - where this historical fiction story is set.
Travel Demons: Durango High School has a long-distance relationship with athletics
At Durango High School, located in the far southwest corner of Colorado, travel to road games are gauged in hours, not miles.
The All-Time Colorado Preps Basketball List: Pencils attempts to assemble the impossible
Pencils decided that a list of the all-time best Colorado high school boys basketball players would be a solid addition to the…
Pencils for President: A cure for those NotTober blues
Pencils Robinson has a plan to fix the Colorado Rockies once and for all
Bucket List Trip: Cooperstown
Pencils hits the Hall
Back to the Future of Sports
When I was 17, it was a very good year
Let it Rain
A Biblical explanation of the excessive precipitation in Colorado
Confessions of a Teenage Idiot
My 50th high school reunion