Restoration of the People’s Games– sometimes called everyone’s games – probably could not have happened at a better time. Announcing the Rocky Mountain State Games would be restored to Colorado Springs and many other parts of the states, Colorado Springs Sports Corporation president and chief executive officer Dave Ogrean said the games held at the [...]
Continue reading …David Chavez loves his work. You can tell by the dozens of autographed photos, baseballs, hockey sticks, basketballs, and caps on his office shelves and walls. Olympic gold medalist, Rulon Gardner; Billy Blanks of Tae-Bo fame; the NFL’s Jamal Anderson; or NASCAR great, Bobby Allison share one thing in common: they’ve all contracted to appear [...]
Continue reading …With the beginning of the season right around the corner, (opening day is April 4th), the Colorado Springs Sky Sox are gearing up for what could be a season of milestones. The catch is, that might represent a year for the record books, or one just remembered as “that 2002 season.” The Sky Sox currently [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Springs-based RockShox Inc., has a new owner. Chicago-based SRAM Corporation purchased RockShox, which employs about 300 people locally making shock absorbers for high-end mountain bicycles. The deal should be complete in about 45 days. RockShox reported losses of $2.6 million in the last quarter of 2000, and, as a result of the sale, RockShox [...]
Continue reading …The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) moved forward with two trademark infringement complaints against Discount Tires on Jan. 8 and Quiksilver, Inc. on Jan. 23. Both complaints were filed in a Federal Court in Salt Lake City, Utah. The USOC alleged unauthorized usage of Olympic imagery in the Discount Tires complaint when a Discount Tire’s [...]
Continue reading …In his address at the Jan. 28 EDC luncheon, held at the Broadmoor International Center, Bill Hybl, Chairman and CEO of El Pomar Foundation, provided a brief look into his work as U.S. Representative to the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly and as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Hybl gave a warm [...]
Continue reading …Dawn Dawson leads a double life.During the week, the owner of Reflections Advertising in Colorado Springs works with clients and voices radio and TVcommercials. When the weekend comes she cuts loose on the water, although she recently traded her Jet Ski and a world title for a fishing pole and a bass boat. How did [...]
Continue reading …CO Springs Sports Corp. hosts first-ever basketball tip-off luncheon
September 21, 2001 Comments OffThe Colorado Springs Sports Corp. will host its first-ever basketball tip-off luncheon October 11 at the Wyndham Hotel. Denver Nuggets basketball president and head coach Dan Issel and United States Air Force Academy men’s basketball head coach Joe Scott will be featured with previews of the upcoming 2001-02 NBA and college basketball season. Registration begins [...]
Continue reading …The Pikes Peak Center on Deafness, a 501 (C) 3 organization in the Springs’ area since 1979, will hold its third annual golf tournament September 24 at Woodmoor Pines Country Club. The shotgun scramble begins at 9 a.m. with an awards luncheon to be held at 1 p.m. Money raised from hole sponsorship has not [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Springs officials work to protect city in state’s redistricting plan
September 14, 2001 Comments OffLocal officials are joining forces in an effort to present a cohesive redistricting plan to the state’s redistricting commission later this month. Last week, the El Paso County Commissioners were the latest group to unanimously endorse a resolution that would keep El Paso County as one voting district. As regulated by law, the U.S. Census [...]
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