Three men arrested last week at The Maven hotel in Denver after a housekeeper discovered several guns inside their rooms and tipped off authorities now face federal gun charges, court documents show. Gabriel Rodriguez, Ricardo Rodriguez and Richard Platt are accused of possession of a firearm or ammunition by a previous offender. Gabriel Rodriguez also […]
All-Star Game
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Drew Litton: Colorado’s post All-Star Game blues
More cartoons from The Colorado Sun.
Posted inCrime and Courts, News
Denver police found loaded weapons, high-capacity magazine and drugs inside hotel room near Coors Field
Police found more than a dozen guns, a high-capacity magazine and a large amount of methamphetamine and heroin inside two hotel rooms one block from Coors Field on Friday, court documents show. While cleaning a room at The Maven hotel Friday evening, a housekeeper saw a rifle, numerous metal objects that appeared to be possible […]
Posted inNews, Politics and Government
Politics brought the All-Star Game to Denver. Here’s how much Colorado’s professional sports leaders donated to campaigns.
Politics played a central role in Major League Baseball’s decision to move its 2021 All-Star Game to Denver from Georgia, where state lawmakers passed a law restricting voting. The league’s interest in politics doesn’t stop there. In the run up to the All-Star Game Tuesday night, The Colorado Sun took a look at political spending […]
Posted inHousing, News
Advocates decry Denver homeless sweeps ahead of MLB’s All-Star game
By Colleen Slevin and Patty Nieberg, The Associated Press Ahead of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game in Denver this week, city officials are facing scrutiny from advocates who accuse them of accelerating the clearing of homeless encampments near Coors Field as the sports world turns its attention to Colorado’s capital city. Mayor Michael Hancock has […]
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Four arrested on gun charges after investigation into “suspicious occurrence” at hotel near Coors Field
Four people were arrested on charges related to illegal guns and drugs after Denver police began investigating a “suspicious occurrence” Friday at a hotel near Coors Field. “We have recovered weapons. We have recovered narcotics,” Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen said. “This investigation really is just getting started. There’s a lot of questions that we […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Littwin: Bringing the All-Star Game to Coors Field sends a dual message — on vaccinations and on voting rights
It is a happy coincidence — or, dare we think it was planned this way? — that the baseball All-Star Game comes to town within days of Jared Polis’ announcement that he is getting out of the, uh, tyrant business. The game brings with it a dual message — the need to get vaccinated (Colorado […]
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Nicolais: Colorado keeps hitting home runs as Georgia continues to strike out
Baseball stadiums, peaches and election laws. All things that are better in Colorado than Georgia. We can start with the easy ones. Truist Park in Atlanta, the former home of this year’s Midsummer Classic, is just a Coors Field knockoff. They literally lifted the “batter’s eye” design beyond the centerfield wall — a waterfall surrounded […]
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For this year’s MLB All-Star Game, the right/left divide goes beyond field
By Ronald Blum, The Associated Press Debates about right and left at the All-Star Game used to deal with pitchers or perhaps batting orders. This year it extends to the political divide in the United States. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred shifted Tuesday’s game to Denver’s Coors Field from Atlanta’s Truist Park because of a Georgia […]
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Carman: Georgia’s attack on elections should matter to everyone, even to Coloradans
I ate inside a restaurant last week for the first time in 13 months. It felt weird, even though I’m fully vaccinated. And, even if the governor says it’s OK, I wondered, is it really safe? A whole lot of Coloradans are still getting COVID and some of them could be right there in the […]