SPORTS
Amid slumping crowds, Rockies
close out season
The last-place Colorado Rockies close out their 2005 home schedule Sunday against San Francisco with “Fan Appreciation Day.” Their home attendance for the season ranks 14th in the National League and 26th in Major League Baseball, and for the first time in franchise history, the Rockies will fail to draw 2 million fans. This from a franchise that led the major leagues in attendance from 1993-99 and drew more than 3 million fans in each of its first nine years. 1BB
DENVER & THE WEST
Rocking chair
is a giant draw
Inspired by the drawings accompanying a children’s tale, woodworker Dwayne Simmons fashioned a “really big” rocking chair that now attracts visitors to a Fountain restaurant. 1C
PERSPECTIVE
Disasters hit women harder
Hurricanes may be the classic example of “a hard rain that falls on the just and unjust alike.” But the burden of recovering from such disasters falls especially heavy on women, who must often struggle as caregivers for their families under exceptionally difficult circumstances. Elaine Enarson, a sociologist who has long studied natural disasters, focuses on the challenges faced by women in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. 1E
NFL SUNDAY
Return specialists think end zone
From shooting stars such as Travis Williams to players with long-blazing flames such as Brian Mitchell, the best at bringing back punts and kickoffs share the ability to tell opponents: “Return to sender.” 1J
