Derek Kessinger
Colorado Blogger
Derek Kessinger is a native of Denver, Colorado. He is currently a Broadcast Journalism major at the University of Colorado. He broadcasts sports on campus, primarily for the CU Hockey team. He is a member of a sports tv show, CU sports Mag and a host of "Radio Underground" News and Sports for Radio 1190 AM. He is a follower of the Avalanche, Rockies, Buffaloes, Nuggets & Broncos.
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Worst Baseball Stadium Entertainment: Comfort Dental Racing
Pictures Below! The between inning races: the Sausages in Milwaukee, the Presidents in Washington D.C. and Dental Care in Denver, Colorado. You read that right. Forget the circus taking place on the field for the Colorado Rockies, the main event is running around the warning track. Comfort Dental is sponsoring a between-innings race around Coors [...]
TweetColorado Rockies Manager Jim Tracy Has Seen Enough
To say it was the Colorado Rockies most ridiculous loss is impossible, just their most recent. The Colorado Rockies fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-7, after holding 3-0 and 4-1 leads. The Rockies fell behind in the eighth after giving up runs in four consecutive innings, but had a rally in the eighth to tie [...]
TweetGeorge Karl’s Player Development Key to Denver Nuggets Success
Denver Nugget’s Coach George Karl’s player management has often been pointed to as his biggest weakness. Gary Payton and Carmelo Anthony are the two players that may define Karl’s long career in the NBA, but it is his homegrown talent that will dictate the future. Kenneth Faried and Ty Lawson’s ascension from middle first round [...]
TweetStaples Center Weekend Spectacular With Six Games
The Staples Center will have six games over the course of four days. If you were the building manager, this would be a fine time to take a vacation, especially since two of those games take place on ice as opposed to a hardwood floor. The importance of these games is crucial as all six [...]
TweetDenver Nuggets Players Genuinely Like Each Other, Organization
As the players made their exits after a hard fought seven game series, there was a definitely a sense of disappointment. The Denver Nuggets outplayed the Los Angeles Lakers in almost every game in the series. They out-hustled, out-rebounded and earned the respect of the Kings of NBA Class in a seven game series they [...]
TweetColorado Rockies’ MAY-Day Crash Little Too Familiar
The Colorado Rockies are once again floundering through another May. Their inability to hit on the road, and the dynamite extracted on the pitching staff and bullpen has left the Rockies grasping at moral victories and a new attitude in the club house. Unfortunately the story is a little too familiar. May-Day, the Rockies are [...]
TweetDavid Stern Claim’s Chris Bosh as Next Victim
The NBA lost two months of its season to the NBA lockout. Already looking at falling revenue, Stern decided to play catch up, scheduling 66 games in four months, instead of 82 in five and a half months. The crunched season may be David Stern’s ultimate revenge as players continue to drop. Chris Bosh is [...]
TweetDenver Nuggets Finally Justify Rivalry They Created With Lakers
To Denver Nuggets Fans, the Lakers have been the Nuggets rival since the Carmelo Anthony era. Tough playoff series, especially 2009, coupled with the man who is Kobe Bryant, have created hatred within the walls of the Pepsi Center in Denver. For the Lakers, the Nuggets are annoying fly that buzzes around but can be [...]
TweetNo Kobe Bryant Suspension, Despite Blow to Faried’s Head
All of the Lakers’ apologists cannot accept the fact that a team with no identifiable superstar has the ability to force seven games against the royalty of the NBA. The “Kobe Bryant was sick” chants that are ringing through La-La Land are a discredit to his 31 point performance and the rest of the Lakers [...]
TweetThe Architect of the Colorado Rockies Leaves a Legacy
Almost 20 years since the franchise began, the Colorado Rockies are the heart of Downtown Denver in the summer. LoDo, the bar and restaurant district that surrounds Coors Field, was the bad part of town prior to the stadiums existence. It now is the prime place to be on weekends. The man that held it [...]
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