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Missy Franklin is Going for Gold

The Olympics start this week, and if you’re a Coloradan, there’s one person you’ll be watching more closely than all the others: swimming wunderkind Missy Franklin, whose showing in London could portend historic future achievements.

Afterburn: A Survivor of the 2010 Fourmile Fire Speaks

Karen Minniear and her family survived the 2010 Fourmile Fire in Boulder County. Their home did not. In this interview, she talks about the lessons she learned and gives insight into what the victims of this year’s wildfires are going through now.

Rockies: Is Change Coming?

The Rockies are on pace for an incredible season—of terrible baseball. What is the team going to do about it?

Missy Franklin

Golden Girl

Missy Franklin likes texting, dancing in her basement, and having sleepovers with her friends from Regis Jesuit High School. She also happens to be the best female swimmer in the world and is poised to take home multiple medals from the London Olympic Games this summer. Meet the new face of American athletics.

 

Q&A: Don Coram’s Dilemma

The Republican state representative—whose son is gay—voted against a bill that would have allowed civil unions for Colorado’s same-sex couples.

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