Bad Times and Getting Worse for Coach Hawk

The self-fulfilling downward spiraling vortex kraken of doom has the HMS Dan Hawkins firmly in its maw. I think Hawkins is a really good guy and when he was hired I was optimistic. (Full disclosure: I also thought the Rick Neuheisel and Gary Barnett hires were good ones at the time, so my usual adroitness [...]

Momix in Boulder

We went to see Momix at the University of Colorado’s Mackey Auditorium last night. They’re currently doing a “Best of Momix” tour, and the show was wonderful. I’d never seen them before, and the inventive mix of dance, visual illusion and humor left me looking forward to their return. Here’s one they didn’t do last [...]

Everybody’s Wrong: Some Thoughts on the Boulder Riots of 1997

An edited version of this story appeared in the Denver Post on May 8, 1997 (p. 7B). The past few nights in Boulder have seen student rioting unlike anything Colorado has experienced in years. Darkness has literally transformed the Hill into a bonfire-lit war zone, with drunken youths throwing everything they can pick up and [...]