
Great Book of Denver Sports Lists.
Title:
Great Book of Denver Sports Lists.
Author:
Brown, Irv.
ISBN:
9780786741687
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (302 pages)
Contents:
CONTENTS -- Introduction: What It Was Was a Book of Lists -- Top Ten Finest Gentlemen in Colorado Sports -- Worst Decisions in Denver Sports -- Top Opponents :: Joel Quenneville -- Best Broncos Games Ever -- Most Devastating Broncos Losses -- What's in a Name? -- Five Best Coaching Performances in Nuggets History :: Andrew Feinstein -- Five Worst Coaching Performances in Nuggets History :: Andrew Feinstein -- Most Memorable Baseball Moments :: John Hickenlooper -- Key Events in Early Broncos History :: Dave Kopel -- Bobby Unser is Driven -- King of the Mountain :: Bobby Unser -- Best Sports Movies :: Michael Booth -- Our Top Ten Sports Movies -- Most Memorable Athlete Performances in Movies :: Michael Booth -- Irv's Top Movies about Coaching and Motivation -- Joe's Five Favorite College Football Films -- Best Sports Movies According to Our Listeners -- Colorado's Best Women Athletes :: Dorothy Mauk -- Top Five Early Rockies -- The First Rockies Played Hockey :: Terry Frei -- Three Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Broncos :: Jim Saccomano -- Broncos Draft Misses and Hits :: Joe Williams -- First-Round Picks That Didn't Stick -- Broncos Trivia Tutorial #1 -- Calling It Like I See It :: Jim Evans -- Guys Who Don't Get Enough Credit -- Our Favorite Avs -- My Top Ten Denver Sports Highlights :: Adam Cayton-Holland -- Most Astonishing Series of One-Game Performances by Denver Pros -- Highlights Beyond the Orange and Blue -- Five Nuggets for All Time :: Nick Sclafani -- Long-Gone Colorado Teams -- Top Colorado Pitchers -- Five Toughest Hitters :: Goose Gossage -- Five Favorite Pitchers :: Bus Campbell -- Best All-Around Baseball Players :: Tony DeMarco -- Bauldie Moschetti and the Boulder Collegians -- Great players who played in the National Baseball Congress -- Our Favorite Players and Memories at Merchants Park.
Our Favorite Billy Martin Quotes -- Top Five MLB Scouts :: Dick Balderson -- Ten Best Pioneer Baseball Players :: Jack Rose -- Our All-Time Top 50 Pros -- Our Listeners List the Best Players Ever -- Mecklenburg Never Took a Play Off -- Toughest Guys Ever To Play Football in Colorado -- Toughest Wideouts To Cover :: Louis Wright -- In Rod We Trust -- Five Toughest NHL Players :: Brett Clark -- Five Toughest Centers :: Bill Hanzlik -- Homegrown Basketball Pros -- Five Favorite Interviewees :: Woody Paige -- Dan's Best Sportswriters -- Best Three-Point Shooters -- Broncos Trivia Tutorial #2 -- Five Tough Offensive Linemen :: Alfred Williams -- Most Memorable Kicks :: David Treadwell -- From Player to Coach -- Great Colorado Golfers -- Irv Picks the Best Junior Golfers :: Irv Brown -- Best Colorado Golf Courses :: John Edwards -- Irv's Golf Course Picks -- Best Public Golf Courses -- What We'll Miss About The International -- Best Denver Boxers :: Dave Sidwell -- Irv's Top 10 College Football Games -- Joe's Top Bowl Games :: Joe Williams -- Best College Football Coaches Ever -- My Favorite Buffs :: Irv Brown -- Notable Buffaloes :: Bill McCartney -- Five Downs Not Four -- Top College Football Teams :: Pat Forde -- A Nod to the Buckeyes :: Tom Kensler -- Amazing Air Force Athletes :: Troy Garnhart -- DU Football Memories -- Irv's Favorite UNC Bears -- Irv's Favorite Rams :: Irv Brown -- Hat Tip to the School of Mines -- Irv's Top College Basketball Players in Colorado -- Best Wyoming Cowboys :: Ryan Thornburn -- The Best Game Ever :: Charlie Brown -- Broncos Trivia Tutorial #3 -- Top Preps on CET :: Brian Roth -- Swimming With Lions :: Maurice "Stringy" Ervin -- Top Women's Volleyball Players :: Lo Hunter -- Irv's 100 Best Ever High School Players in the Metro Area -- Things You Might Not Know About Irv :: Joe Williams -- Favorite Final Fours.
Explosive Basketball Coaches -- Irv's Secrets for Success in Sports :: Irv Brown -- Zebras from Denver -- Notable Broncos Assistants -- Local Team Nicknames -- Great Names and Nicknames in Colorado Sports -- Sportscasters We'll Never Forget -- Best Trivia Shows on TV :: Tom Green -- A Dozen Great Interviews :: Mark McIntosh -- Golden Voices :: Jim Conrad -- Favorite Soccer Moments :: Vic Lombardi -- An Anchor Picks His Top News Stories :: Jim Benemann -- Talking Pros -- Sports Media Gone But Not Forgotten :: Bob Martin -- Players Who Made Me an Avalanche Fan :: Aaron D'Albey -- Lore to Store -- Hoop Dreams at the Auditorium Arena -- Top Basketball Players from Back in the Day :: Vince Boryla -- Colorado Women Hoops Stars :: Ceal Barry -- The Denver Viners :: Irv Brown -- Best Basketball Pros :: Jeff Bzdelik -- Best Big Guys in Basketball :: Ervin Johnson -- Three Basketball Dream Teams -- Bad Pickaxe Picks :: Chris Dempsey -- Irv Picks the Best College Basketball Coaches Ever in Colorado -- It Spells Trouble -- Johnsons We're Glad to See -- Colorado's Best Track Competitors :: John Hancock -- Great Colorado Runners :: John Meyer -- Denver Makes a Run for It -- Five Places to Run -- More Great Colorado Runners :: John Meyer -- A Couple of Characters :: Irv Brown -- Athletes from Colorado Springs :: Mike Spence -- A Selection of Avalanche Highlights :: Terry Frei -- Irv Picks the Best Buffs Who Went Pro -- Best Denver Pro Players Not Born in the U.S.A. -- Greatest Duos in Colorado Sports -- How The Drive Went Down -- Jim "Tank" Turner -- Orange Crush Ain't Sodypop -- Best Broncos by the Numbers -- Sports Legends from Z to A -- Our Namedropping List -- Nastiest Defensive Linemen :: Babe Parilli -- Worst Time Ever for Denver Sports -- Irv Remembers When Softball Was King -- The Comeback Kid.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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