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Denver was awarded the 1976 Olympic Winter Games in 1970, but due to rising costs, the state of Colorado voted to back out of its organizational commitments and the IOC rewarded the 1976 Winter Olympics to Innsbruck, Austria, host of 1964.
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not long ago `` Denver Mud '' was most popular.
The husky 6-3, 205-pound lefthander, was in command all the way before an on-the-scene audience of only 949 and countless of television viewers in the Denver area.
`` When Mickey went to the Yankees '', says Mark Freeman, an ex-Yankee pitcher who sells mutual funds in Denver, `` DiMaggio still was playing and every day Mickey would go by his locker, just aching for some word of encouragement from this great man, this hero of his.
A man with the same name as those given by the FBI turned up alive in Saudi Arabia, saying that he had studied at the University of Denver and his passport was stolen there in 1995.
They began play in 1993, sharing Mile High Stadium with the National Football League's Denver Broncos their first two seasons while Coors Field was constructed.
The Colorado Baseball Commission, led by banking executive Larry Varnell, was successful in getting Denver voters to approve a 0. 1 percent sales tax to help finance a new baseball stadium.
A November wedding date in Denver was moved up to July 1 due to the pending outbreak of World War I.
In 2003, he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Denver Film Festival.
Around the same time he was living in Denver, Colorado, where he hosted a show at local radio station KHIH on Sunday nights called " Gary Coleman's Colorado High ", where he played light jazz and new age music.
The hyperbolic paraboloid structure was removed when the Denver Pavilions facility was constructed.
* Impressionism: Paintings collected by European Museums ( 1999 ) was an art exhibition co-organized by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Denver Art Museum, touring from May through December 1999.
Their next game was on the road against the Denver Broncos, who had earned the AFC's top seed with a 13 – 3 record and were widely regarded as the best team in the AFC, if not the NFL.
Lord Peter's was born the second of the three children of Mortimer Wimsey, 15th Duke of Denver, and Honoria Lucasta Delagardie, who lives on throughout the novels as the Dowager Duchess of Denver.
After the war he was ill for many months, recovering at the family's ancestral home in Duke's Denver, a fictional setting — as is the Duchy of Denver — about 15 miles ( 24 km ) beyond the real Denver in Norfolk, on the A10 near Downham Market.
The first show was in Denver on 26 December 1968, followed by other East Coast dates before they moved to California to play Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Al Albert was the former play-by-play announcer for USA Tuesday Night Fights, the Indiana Pacers and the Denver Nuggets.
" In 2010 The New York Times noted that the word “ Moonie “ was being used in Washington D. C. to denote that someone was a “ swooning loyalist .” The Denver Post reported that supporters of conservative congressional candidate Dan Maes were being called " Maes moonies " for their " almost cultish " devotion to him.
He was fired following the 1992 season, and replaced by former Denver Broncos ' coach Dan Reeves.
One of the bright spots of that season was a win over the Denver Broncos in week 15, giving the Broncos their first loss of the season after starting 13 – 0.
He was the guest of honor at Denvention, the 1941 Worldcon, held in Denver.
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In 1975, Denver was awarded the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year award.
During the 1980s, Denver was critical of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Administration, but he remained active in his campaign against hunger, for which Reagan awarded Denver the Presidential World Without Hunger Award in 1985.
He supported medical and education institutions in Denver, and in 1993, the University of Colorado awarded him an honorary doctorate for his acting work.
The 1989 – 90 season saw Miami awarded with the 3rd pick overall, only to parlay via two trades ( first with the Denver Nuggets and later with the Houston Rockets ) into getting the 9th and 12th picks, with which they selected Willie Burton of the University of Minnesota and Alec Kessler of the University of Georgia.
After World War II, Western was awarded a route from Los Angeles to Denver via Las Vegas, but financial problems forced Western to sell the route and brand new DC-6 delivery positions to United Air Lines in 1947.
One year later, a trademark for the name " cheeseburger " was awarded to Louis Ballast of the Humpty Dumpty Drive-In in Denver, Colorado.
The games were originally awarded to Denver in May 12, 1970, but a 300 percent rise in costs and worries about environmental impact led to Colorado voters ' rejection on November 7, 1972, by a 3 to 2 margin, of a $ 5 million bond issue to finance the games with public funds.
He also led the Nuggets to nine consecutive playoffs, and for himself was awarded with three All-NBA Second Teams ( 1982, 1985, 1986 ), 8 All-Star appearances, set 31 team records in his decade in Denver, helped Denver win 2 Midwest Division titles and get to the 1985 Western Conference Finals, and was the leading scorer in 55 % of the games he played in Denver.
Benefit concerts were held in Denver ; New York ; Atlanta ; and Washington, D. C., to help defray his medical expenses ; and the government of Trinidad and Tobago, where he was born, awarded him a grant of $ 1, 000 a month for the same purpose.
In early 1975, newspapers reported that the Seals and Pittsburgh Penguins were to be relocated to Denver and Seattle, respectively, in an arrangement that would have seen the two teams sold to groups in those cities that had already been awarded " conditional " franchises for the 1976-77 season.
When Denver was awarded a major league franchise for the 1993 season, the new Colorado Rockies arranged for the Sky Sox to become their top farm team.
The jury cited the league's abandonment of Denver and several other major markets as one reason why it awarded the USFL only nominal damages.
Gay received his education at the University of Denver, where he was awarded a BA in 1946 and at Columbia University where he was awarded an MA in 1947 and PhD in 1951.
Although Denver was not awarded a franchise, MLB promised teams in the future for Denver and other cities.
After meeting Lamar Hunt, Bud Adams, and George Halas, Howsam helped form the American Football League ( AFL ) and Denver was awarded the Broncos.
Later Salazar was awarded honorary degrees ( Doctor of Laws ) from Colorado College ( 1993 ) and the University of Denver ( 1999 ).
Denver had already been awarded the games, but the movement succeeded in cutting off public funding for the games, forcing the city to cancel its hosting.
Independence Mountain was an olympic finalist and nearly selected for the signature alpine skiing downhill event for the ill-fated ' 76 Winter Olympic Games initially awarded to Denver, USA.
Denver and 1976
They would go on to win the AFC West, ( their 4th straight division title, only Oakland with five straight 1972 – 1976 is better ), along the way blowing out the Denver Broncos with a convincing 32 – 3 victory at Denver and defeating every NFC East team.
Around the same time, rumors had begun to circulate that the Penguins and California Golden Seals were to be relocated to Seattle and Denver respectively, the two cities that were to have been the sites of an expansion for the 1976 – 77 season.
In 1976, its last year of existence, the ABA pioneered the now-popular slam dunk contest at its all-star game in Denver.
For the 1976 – 77 season the Pacers were joined in the merged league by the New York Nets, Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs of the ABA.
The Spurs, Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers and New York Nets moved to the NBA for the 1976 – 77 season.
* Most fumbles recovered, game: 10, Denver Broncos ( 5 own, 5 opponents ) vs. Buffalo Bills, December 13, 1964 ; Pittsburgh Steelers ( 5 / 5 ) vs. Houston Oilers, December 9, 1973 ; Washington Redskins ( 2 / 8 ) vs. St. Louis Cardinals, October 25, 1976
However, in 1970 when Montreal won the voting for the 1976 Summer Olympics, Vancouver / Garibaldi was removed from further consideration and the games eventually went to Denver, Colorado.
Brown moved on to the ABA and coached with the Carolina Cougars and then the Denver Nuggets, who later joined the NBA in 1976, for five and a half seasons from 1974 to 1979.
* 1976 Denver Nuggets: ABA regular season champions ( single-division )
Later, the city was offered the 1976 Winter Olympics after selected host Denver declined the games due to funding issues.
# James Francis Stafford ( 1976 – 1982 ) appointed Bishop of Memphis ( later appointed Archbishop of Denver ; later President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity ; created Cardinal ; later appointed Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary ; retired 2 June 2009 )
Two-time defending Super Bowl champions who failed to three-peat include the Green Bay Packers ( 1968 ), Miami Dolphins ( 1974 ), Pittsburgh Steelers ( twice: 1976, 1980 ), San Francisco 49ers ( 1990 ), Dallas Cowboys ( 1994 ), Denver Broncos ( 1999 ), and New England Patriots ( 2005 ).
* Spirit ( John Denver album ), 1976
The Nets, Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, and San Antonio Spurs joined the NBA for the 1976 – 77 season.
In the league semifinals, the Colonels and the Denver Nuggets each won three games apiece before Denver claimed Game 7 133-110 at Denver on April 28, 1976.
| 1975-76 || 46 || 38 ||. 548 || Won 1976 First Round Lost 1976 ABA Semifinals || Kentucky Colonels 2, Indiana Pacers 1 Denver Nuggets 4, Kentucky Colonels 3
Peyton Williams Manning ( born March 24, 1976 ) is an American football quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League ( NFL ).
* 1976 Auraria Learning Resources Center, Auraria Higher Education Center, Denver, Colorado
In 1976, four of the six remaining teams of the ABA — the Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, New York Nets and San Antonio Spurs — were merged into the NBA.
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