The Colorado Springs Backskate Bandits: A tale of hockey, heists, and chaos
In the early 1950s, Colorado Springs became home to a short-lived but unforgettable semi-pro hockey team called the Pikes Peak
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Joe Ditzel
Joe Ditzel Has Some Problems
5 farmers you have to meet at the Colorado Springs farmer’s market
1. Hank “The Pumpkin Picasso” Mulligan Specialty: Gourds and Pumpkins with Hand-Painted FacesHank: “Y’know, anyone can grow a pumpkin, but
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The great gondola debacle: Colorado Springs’ unrealized dream
Back in the mid-1970s, fueled by a combination of civic pride, questionable engineering, and too much Coors at city council
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How Colorado Springs almost got the Pikes Peak Thunder
Back in the late 1980s, Colorado Springs was this close to landing an NFL franchise: the Pikes Peak Thunder. The
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Roasting 10 local fashion choices in Colorado Springs
1. The “Adventure Bro” Look Uniform: Patagonia puffer vest, cargo shorts (yes, even in winter), and Chacos with socks.Roast: We
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How to fix your “over the top” golf swing — dodgeball memories
Let’s talk about the classic golf disaster: swinging “over the top.” If you’re not familiar, this is when your club
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Colorado springs neighborhood spotlight: Cimmaron Hills garage nights
It was late, the kind of late where you wonder if people are at the bar because they’re still trying
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5 dumb government proposals to handle the growing traffic and construction issues in Colorado Springs
1. “Mountain Goat Rideshare Program” To reduce car traffic, the city proposes training mountain goats to carry commuters along scenic
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10 of the most amazing athletes in the history of Colorado Springs
Here are 10 of the most amazing athletes in the history of Colorado Springs, spanning all kinds of sports and
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How to buy an affordable house in Colorado Springs
“I found a house I can afford just outside Colorado Springs…It’s in Gunnison.”
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War dogs in Appalachia didn’t listen to Jimmy
Once again, here is another scam that urges me to repeat Jimmy Conway’s wisdom from “Goodfellas.” Jimmy Conway : [Johnny
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Trump rewrites the names of famous bodies of water
Trump recently decided to rename The Gulf of Mexico to The Gulf of America. It didn’t take long for him
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The NFL’s Next Wave of Inevitable Changes
Roger Goodell never sleeps. He spends his nights hunched over a futuristic holographic map of the NFL, tweaking, shifting, and
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How I became the first senior citizen on Elon Musk’s gov-busting DOGE crew
I’ve always wanted to get in on the ground floor of something big. In the ’80s, I thought about buying
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Patrick Mahomes Had a Worse Night Than Your Uncle Who Bet His Mortgage on the Chiefs
You could see it in Mahomes’ eyes during that first drive—hope, determination, the faint sparkle of a man who thought
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