`` 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.

For a time, no credible offers surfaced from Denver interests, and it looked like the franchise would be moved to Tampa, Florida before even playing a game.

Despite the club's poor record, several Rockies hitters gained notoriety for their exploits at the plate, assisted by the thin and dry air of Denver, which purportedly allows balls to carry farther than they would at sea-level ballparks.

The Jags postseason would end quickly as they fell in their first game, a 42 – 17 defeat against the eventual Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos at Mile High Stadium.

Federal judge Richard Paul Matsch ordered the venue for the trial be moved from Oklahoma City to Denver, Colorado, citing that the defendants would be unable to receive a fair trial in Oklahoma.

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.

If the system is not changed beforehand, the 2016 General Conference would be in the West, which has not hosted since Denver, Colorado in 1996.

It was originally announced that the new gauge railroad would proceed south from Denver and travel an estimated south to El Paso via Pueblo, westward along the Arkansas River, and continue southward through the San Luis Valley of Colorado toward the Rio Grande River.

By late 1880 William Bell had begun to organize railway construction in Utah that would become the Palmer controlled Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway in mid 1881.

The rush created a few mining camps such as Denver City and Boulder City that would develop into cities.

This was the first major professional sports championship a Denver based team would bring to the city.

As part of the deal, Kroenke placed the teams into a trust that would ensure the teams will stay in Denver until at least 2025.

Despite a 20 point improvement from last season's efforts, the team failed to reach the playoffs for the second straight year, the first time the Colorado club would do so in their 17 years playing in Denver.

In the trade that would send six-time All-Star Dwight Howard to the Lakers, Philadelphia agreed to send 2011 first round pick Nik Vučević, 2012 first round draft pick Maurice Harkless, and a future first round draft pick to Orlando, as well as All-Star guard / forward Andre Iguodala to Denver.

Led by Mutombo, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf ( who changed his name from Chris Jackson prior to the season ), and Ellis, Denver would finish with its first winning season since the Doug Moe era at 42 – 40.

Denver would almost do the same in the next round, falling to the Utah Jazz in Game 7 of the second round.

Denver would struggle, causing Issel to resign as coach partway into the season.

Denver would rebound and get the 8th seed again in the playoffs, finishing 41 – 41.

Following that season, Denver would acquire Antonio McDyess in a draft day trade with the Los Angeles Clippers.

As part of the deal, Kroenke placed the teams into a trust that would ensure the teams will stay in Denver until at least 2025.

In the postseason, the Spurs ' playoff run would get off to a rocky start as they dropped Game 1 to the Denver Nuggets 93 – 87.

By finishing sixth in the Western Conference, with a record of 47 – 35 ( their highest finish since the team left Buffalo ), they benefited from the current NBA playoff format of regular season records taking precedence over winning the division, and secured home court advantage over the Denver Nuggets instead of traveling to Denver for four games as a No. 6 seed would usually be expected to do.

Denver's loss to the Buffalo Bills later that same day created a primetime showdown between Denver and San Diego in San Diego for the AFC West Championship, as well as the fourth seed in the playoffs.

The Giants then marched to the Denver 6-yard line with Simms ' 18-yard pass to receiver Stacy Robinson, and then a 17-yard completion to tight end Mark Bavaro two plays later.

Denver finally scored a touchdown when Elway found Johnson on a 47-yard bomb later on, which was the 100th recorded Super Bowl touchdown.

Two plays later on 3rd and 6, Elway's 15-yard completion to Ed McCaffrey gave Denver 1st and goal from the 5 yard.

He was born in Denver, Colorado and later grew up in Fresno, California, attending Fresno High School.

The family later moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where Denver graduated from Arlington Heights High School.

Green later married hall of fame quarterback John Elway, who played for Raiders rival the Denver Broncos.

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.

The Bulls later traded Weems to the Denver Nuggets for Denver's 2009 regular second-round draft pick.

The Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad ( later the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe ) ran from Guthrie to Enid, Oklahoma.

However, the season 14 ( 2010 ) episode " 201 " later reveals that Liane actually is his mother, and that his true biological father is Jack Tenorman, a fictional former player for the Denver Broncos whom Cartman arranged to be killed in the season five ( 2001 ) episode " Scott Tenorman Must Die ," making Cartman and Scott Tenorman half-brothers and putting Liane's intersexual identity in question.

* Calvin Natt, National Basketball Association player who was born in Monroe, but attended Bastrop High School, later NLU and was an NBA All-Star with the Denver Nuggets.

In 1872, the village was platted by the Nebraska Land and Town Company, and the St. Joseph and Denver City railroad line ( later taken over by Union Pacific ) was built through the site of village.

The Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad built a track nearby a few years later in 1902 a 1 / 2 mile from town so the entire town moved to be near the railroad.

Around thirty years later, the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway was built, and its railroad tracks ran through the area.

* Bob Denver, actor, spent most of the later years of his life in Princeton

The Romans constructed the Fen Causeway, a road across the Fens to link what later became East Anglia with what later became central England ; it runs between Denver and Peterborough.

One year later, a trademark for the name " cheeseburger " was awarded to Louis Ballast of the Humpty Dumpty Drive-In in Denver, Colorado.

After Dobie Gillis ended in 1963, Denver landed the title role on the sitcom Gilligan's Island, which ran for three seasons ( 1964-67 ) on CBS, and became a staple of later syndication.

After stops in Denver and Chicago, he and Quappi later took an apartment at 38 West 69th Street in Manhattan.

Among his later appearances were an episode of The Brady Bunch, as an Indian chief who befriends the Bradys in the Grand Canyon, and an episode of the short-lived Dusty's Trail, starring Bob Denver of Gilligan's Island fame.

This album featured the modest pop hit " Searching for a Heart " and the rocker " Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead ", later utilized for the title of the neo-noir film of the same name directed by Gary Fleder ; after some skirmishing over the unauthorized use of Zevon's song title, the Zevon track was licensed to play over the film's end credits.

Five days later ( on July 6, 1972 ), while still in Denver, deWilde was killed in a motor vehicle accident.