Shapiro was a veteran sports television anchor and producer known for his bulldog reporting, vast knowledge, contacts throughout the sports community, and unflinching opinions.
Les Shapiro, longtime Colorado sports broadcaster, dies at 65
Sports and Recreation
Park Hill golf course committee boots open space advocates
A city official said Save Open Space Denver, which scored a win at the ballot box in November, doesn’t support the “prevailing vision” for the 155 acres.
Denver’s five-year, 125-mile bike lane project passes halfway point
Once completed by 2024, the city will have about 300 miles of bike lanes. Planners say 400 more miles of bike lanes will be needed by 2050.
Glenmoor Country Club members approve $8M for golf course renovation
The Cherry Hills Village course is expected to close Aug. 1 and reopen in June 2023 with a better irrigation system to help nourish the fairways.
Two more golf simulator bars tee up in RiNo, Ballpark
The Back Nine at The Walnut Room and One Shot Back will vie with about a half dozen similar venues that either opened or leased space in Denver last year.
National Western Stock Show ticket sales outpacing 2020
“It’s a very good sign,” said the CEO of the Jan. 8-23 event. Last year’s Stock Show was canceled because of the pandemic.
Former Topgolf CEO lines up high-tech mini golf in RiNo retail complex
Puttshack at Lot Twenty Eight will join a crowded field of no-grass-required golf establishments, which are booming in Denver.
81-year-old pickleball player opening indoor center in Westminster
Sam Brown, founder of the American Pickleball Association, owns the Mission Commons Shopping Center where Pickleball Food Pub is located.
Loveland Ski Area leases Idaho Springs motel for employee housing
“We explored so many things, and this was the quickest thing we could do for this season,” said Loveland’s HR Director Karen Cameron.
Colorado’s first brewery-bowling alley combo rolls into Wheat Ridge
A co-owner and an employee of Edgewater’s Joyride Brewing are launching Live Slow Brewing, which will reopen six of the 12 lanes that used to be Paramount Bowl.
