By Chris Freud VAIL — To race or not to race?“I was skeptical, but I thought it was going to happen,” Eagle’s Jason Bent said. “It had to happen.”The Vail Grind, the latest and greatest in the Vail Recreation District’s Athletic Club at The Westin Mountain Bike Race Series was washed out last week.“I thought […]
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By Chris Freud There is no baseball for the two days.This is a disturbing development for those of us with no life.(Yes, there’s the ESPYs, but why isn’t Mikaela Shiffrin up for an award? And Lindsey Vonn has none chance of Best Female Athlete — Serena Williams — and Best Comeback Athlete — Derrick Rose […]
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By Chris Freud BEAVER CREEK — The Xterra Mountain Championship in Beaver Creek on Saturday marks a turning point in the XTERRA U.S. championship series with a shift to big mountain races. The consistent theme is long, sustained climbs on the bike and run. Beaver Creek (Mountain Championship), Ogden, Utah, in September (U.S. Championship), and [&h
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By Chris Freud BEAVER CREEK — The Xterra Mountain Championship in Beaver Creek on Saturday marks a turning point in the Xterra U.S. championship series with a shift to big mountain races. The consistent theme is long, sustained climbs on the bike and run. Beaver Creek (Mountain Championship); Ogden, Utah, in September (U.S. Championship); and [&h
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By Randy Wyrick EAGLE — A jury acquitted a Gypsum man in the death of his girlfriend’s dog.Ryan Slater was charged with aggravated animal abuse, a felony, in the death of Journey, a four-month old pit bull. At the end of the three-day trial, a 12-person jury — seven women and five men — said […]
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By Randy Wyrick EAGLE — A jury acquitted a Gypsum man of the death of his girlfriend’s dog.Ryan Slater was charged with aggravated animal abuse, a felony, in the death of Journey, a 4-month old pit bull. At the end of the three-day trial, a 12-person jury — seven women and five men — said […]
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By scott miller VAIL — The investigation into Vail’s biggest drug bust in years started the way most do — with word on the street. Monday, a grand jury handed down nine indictments stemming from the June 27 arrests of eight people. The nine suspects face felony drug and weapons charges.The arrests, and subsequent searches […]
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By Edward Stoner MINTURN — Police are investigating vandalism at a residence in Minturn that they say could have turned into a fire or explosion.Sheriff’s deputies responded to the home on North Taylor Avenue on Tuesday morning and discovered that intruders had entered the home and turned on the gas, damaged a water pipe causing […]
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By Edward Stoner MINTURN — Police are investigating vandalism at a residence in Minturn that they say could have turned into a fire or explosion.Sheriff’s deputies responded to the home on North Taylor Avenue on Tuesday morning and discovered that intruders had entered the home and turned on the gas, damaged a water pipe causing […]
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By Drew Munro GRAND COUNTY — More than 100 people gathered at the Pumphouse Recreation area south of Kremmling on Monday for the official ribbon-cutting of the newly opened Gore Canyon Whitewater Park. The park, completed in March, consists of a man-made underwater structure that creates a series of waves stretching across the Upper Colorado [&he
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