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Now a Colorado State University Alumnus of the Communications Studies Department, this young sportswriter has begun his professional career recently as an editing intern with B/R, and is continuing it as a writer for examiner.com.

His articles for examiner.com can be found here, http://www.examiner.com/x-20849-Colorado-State-Rams-Examiner, and he is the Colorado State University Examiner.

Kurtzman loves sports and has since he was young. He sites growing up in Denver, and being subject to Broncomania when he was very young as when he first fell in love.

Denver Nuggets games at the old McNichol's Arena are some of his fondest memories, along with the opening season at a Rockies game in Old Mile High, the opening seasons of Coors, Pepsi, and New Mile High, which he stresses is not called Invesco.

Kurtzman's long-term dream and goal is to one day work on Sportcenter, starting here on the internet with blogging, ranting/raving and editing.

Originally he wanted to become a newspaper writer like one of his personal heroes Woody Paige of the Denver Post. Now that newspapers are dying, he believes the internet is a great place to start.

And with 125 articles written, over 65,000 reads, 64 fans, an internship with the site, and now a writing job with examiner.com, he was right when first thinking as much in January when he began his writing career. Within those few articles, two have made their way onto cbssports.com thanks to the help of some on the B/R team, which he would like to take this time to give much credit to.

The first CBS syndicated article can be found here, http://www.cbssports.com/nba/story/11599655, and the second here,
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/174936-denver-nuggets-advance-to-western-finals-in-memorable-magic-moment.

Broncos 2009 season preview with over 1,000 reads in 12 hours...http://bleacherreport.com/articles/233532-2009-denver-broncos-schedule-predictions-broncos-to-win-afc-west

Rich has recently become a Denver Nuggets featured columnist and all his Nuggets news can be found here. http://bleacherreport.com/denver-nuggets

Kurtzman also said he understands how far he must go before accomplishing his goals, both long-term and short, but is confident he is up to the task.

Lastly, he wants all fans and casual readers alike to let him know (honestly please) what you all think. All criticism helps him become a better writer and in some way you could be helping Rich realize his dreams.

Thank you all,

Rich

Also, if anyone has any ideas/recommendations/needs of articles, feel free to ask. You can reach Rich Kurtzman by email at richkurt@ymail.com.

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Rich's Recent Articles

Colorado State Isn't Stuck With Stucker: Fairchild Should Switch To Jon Eastman

Published 4 days ago
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Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups Are Officially the NBA's Best One-Two Punch

Published 7 days ago
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Nuggets Season Preview: Denver Must Be On Guard to Go Far in 2009-10

Published 11 days ago
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Denver's Ty Lawson Shows Glimmer of What May Be a Bright Star Rising in Rockies

Published 14 days ago
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NBA (64),
Denver Nuggets (58),
Football (41),
NFL (41),
Denver Broncos (38),
Game Recap (30)

Courtzide Seatz responded to a comment on Denver's George Karl: The Most Refreshing Coach in the NBA
Courtzide Seatz responded to a comment on Denver's George Karl: The Most Refreshing Coach in the NBA
Rich Kurtzman commented on Denver Nuggets: 2009-2010 Season Preview; Window Slowly Closing.

The Short List What Rich thinks about sport's most pressing questions

Favorite Athletes

John Elway, Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Shannon Sharpe, Terrell Davis, Patrick Roy, Andres Gallaraga, Joe Sackic, Dekembe Mutombo, Jay Cutler, Champ Bailey, Daunte Bishett, Michael Jordan is kinda good just not from Denver, Lebron is tight, sorry if I misspelled your name!!
Favorite Coaches

Mike Shanahan, George Karl, Sonny Lubick, Jim Tracy, Steve Fairchild
All Time Sports Moment

Broncos winning Super Bowl 32
Most Memorable Game Attended

Nuggets v Blazers last game of the season in 03' sat last row in the house, bought tickets from a scalper for way too much, and the Nuggets made it to the playoffs for the first time in a decade and when I was a little kid. I had never heard the Pepsi Center that loud! Amazing.
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Comebacks by John Elway
Ruth or Mays?

Helton
Unitas or Montana?

Elway
Jordan or Russell?

Jordan
Gretzky or Orr?

Sakic
Pele or Maradona?

Rhonaldinho
Federer or Sampras?

Sampras
Tiger or Nicklaus?

Tiger
Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

Mountain West

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by Hotnuke
about 16 hours ago

Rich,

Just my take on the Miami’s disappointing loss to New England. Let me know what you think if you take a minute to peruse it…lol

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/286626-miami-new-england-dolphins-fall-short-against-patriots-in-27-17-loss

Thanks,

Daniel Barber aka Hotnuke
by Hotnuke
about 22 hours ago

Rich,

My take on today's game between the 'Phins and Patriots. Let me know what you think.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/286461-miami-new-england-despite-everything-will-dolphins-beat-patriots

Thanks,

Daniel Barber aka Hotnuke
by Courtzide
11 days ago

Rich

Please check out this article and see what you think. Not getting the exposure I think it should. Thanks!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/279952-george-karl-is-the-most-refreshing-coach-in-the-nba
by Bhavik
13 days ago

Hey Rich

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/279180-denver-nuggets2009-2010-season-preview-window-slowly-closing

Previewing the 2009-2010 NBA season for the Nuggs!
by Bhavik
about 1 month ago

Hey Rich, I'm back after a little hiatus.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/262008-denver-nuggets-further-evaluating-the-signing-of-joey-graham

Evaluating the signing of Joey Graham.
by Punkus
about 1 month ago

Want to know how the Broncos will take down the Raiders in the Black hole this Sunday?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/261706-week-three-gameplan-broncos-vs-raiders
by Ezra
about 1 month ago

Oakland Raiders vs. Denver Broncos: What the Raiders must do to win.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/261808-why-sunday-vs-the-denver-broncos-is-a-must-win-for-the-oakland-raiders?just_published=1
by Rick
about 1 month ago

If I die I want you to know what happened.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/261500-raider-fan-trash-talka-premonition-humor
by Seth
about 1 month ago

I'm back check it out

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/260696-broncos-2-0-touching-basis-on-now-and-the-long-term?just_published=1
by big ROC
about 1 month ago

Why did you write your bio in the third person?
by Punkus
about 1 month ago

What are the Broncos Chances against the Browns?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/257119-week-two-gameplan-broncos-vs-browns
by Leslie
about 1 month ago

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/255484-cardinals-look-like-team-to-beat

I thought this would be a good read for baseball fans. I figure you would like it, Rich.
by Leslie
about 1 month ago

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/252217-these-rockies-just-dont-lose

I wrote about the Rockies on a Marlins perspective. I talked about the Marlins' frustration of not gaining ground, and I credited the Rockies for it. I also talked about how good the Rockies are.

Get ready for another Rocktober, Rich.

I hope you like it.
by Matt
2 months ago

Decided to give my take on what the top 25 rankings should be as the college football season heads to week two. Would appreciate any feedback given!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/249339-predicting-college-footballs-top-25-rankings-post-week-one
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whoops forgot the link haha here you go

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Nuggets Season Preview: Denver Must Be On Guard to Go Far in 2009-10

Denver's Ty Lawson Shows Glimmer of What May Be a Bright Star Rising in Rockies

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