The motto for the new Inner Strength Fitness Gym (2115 S. Birch St., one block west of Evans and I-25) is “You don’t have to be a fighter to train like one.” And thanks to the gym’s innovative approach to fitness, you don’t have to be a professional athlete to exercise with professionals, as well as enjoy the benefits of a professional gym.

Just as their name implies, the Denver Outlaws are an unruly bunch of Old Western-style thieves that aren’t to be trusted. After all, since their induction into Major League Lacrosse in 2006, these Denver desperados have been stealing all the glory, limelight and lucre of the lacrosse circuit, to be sure. And these bandits seemingly won’t back down until they’ve lassoed themselves a national title. 

...misconception that Pilates is exclusively for women, its inventor was, in fact, a man. Not any mere man either, Pilates was a boxer, a circus performer and a self-defense trainer. He could’ve probably kicked most of our @$$-es if he’d wanted to.

When did you finally get the "cajones" to join said club?
I knew I wanted to join the MHC before the team even existed. In order to guarantee my spot, I practiced hard and gave my all in every bout. I also needed to make sure my husband would be okay with it...

A commonly uttered sports adage is that “it’s better to be lucky than good.” After a miraculous month of September that saw the Colorado Rockies rally their way to a National League pennant and their first World Series appearance in franchise history, Denver baseball fans are hoping the Rockies might actually, and finally, be a little of both.

Hairstylist by day, cage-fighter by night, Kenneth Ivan synergizes seemingly polar-opposite interests, cutting hair and kicking @$$, as deftly as a barber shaves a head and Lancelot wields a six-foot sword.  A Denver salon and cage-fighting fixture, making a name in fashion photography too, if he has his Alexander-conquering way within the next several years, he’ll lay claim to the vast lands of follicle, fashion, and fighting.

The girls swore to change this stalemate. So they started a website bringing together the best apparel and gear meeting the ‘fashion and function’ philosophy for skate, ski, snow, surf and wake. But stopping there would not sate these girls’ appetites, so they added to it an on-line forum for discussion and customer interaction where women could gather to learn more about action sports and fashion.

Kickboxer and ultimate fighter Brandon Thatch puts a new twist on the Ring of Fire mixed martial arts circuit. With his Liquid Counterfeit Crew, Thatch and his raving cohorts spin fire every Sunday night at dusk--complete with tribal drum circle--at Confluence Park, next to the REI on 15th Street. Talk about a real ring of fire.

As the Colorado Rapids soccer club holds steady in the middle of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer circuit, 18-year-old cheerleading phenom Jacklyn Sutton holds a steady pose on the sideline during the teams’ home games at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.