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Cristiano Ronaldo, Carli Lloyd win FIFA best player awards

4th time for Ronaldo, 2nd in a row for Lloyd

DATE: Jan 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Seattle wins MLS Cup, beating Toronto on penalty kicks

TORONTO – Roman Torres scored in the sixth round of penalty kicks to give the Seattle Sounders their first MLS Cup title, 5-4 over Toronto FC after 120 scoreless minutes Saturday night. ...

DATE: Dec 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

FIFA president suggests 16 groups in 48-team World Cup

LONDON – FIFA President Gianni Infantino has suggested having 16 three-team groups if the World Cup expands to 48 countries. Members of the FIFA Council received a recommendation ...

DATE: Dec 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Brazilian soccer team’s plane crashes in Colombia; 71 dead

South America’s soccer world mourns loss

DATE: Nov 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

All-State soccer teams impacted by all-league votes

DHS goalkeeper first team all-state on 1 list, left off another

DATE: Nov 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Arena: U.S. ‘fighting for our lives’ in World Cup qualifying

NEW YORK – Bruce Arena opened a binder to a page with 48 names, his depth chart for the U.S. soccer team. Back in charge for the first time in a decade, he views the Americans’ st...

DATE: Nov 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Rapids’ season ends with 1-0 loss to Sounders

Seattle wins conference finals, off to first MLS Cup

DATE: Nov 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Bruce Arena is back as U.S. men’s soccer coach

Former USMNT coach hired to replace fired Klinsmann

DATE: Nov 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Bruce Arena returns as U.S. men’s soccer coach

Former USMNT coach replaces fired Klinsmann

DATE: Nov 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Second half Sounders PK stops Rapids

Seattle wins West finals first leg 2-1

DATE: Nov 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Klinsmann fired as U.S. men’s soccer coach

NEW YORK – In a sign of just how much American soccer has grown up, U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann was fired after a pair of losses in the final round World Cup qualifying. ...

DATE: Nov 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Klinsmann impatient with prospects lacking playing time

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Jurgen Klinsmann has grown impatient with the whining American prospects who fail to earn playing time on their clubs. For every player like teen sensation ...

DATE: Nov 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Colorado history gets weird, wild, wacky at Fashion Do’s and Don’tsAnnual Snowdown event has become so popular, auditions are now required

Cowboys. Fancy ladies. Gold miners. Even-toed ungulates that some in Durango might consider more like rats.Where can you find a runway show that takes you on a whirlwind tour through the weird, wacky and wildly exaggerated 150 years of Colorado history? Only at Durango’s annual Fashion Do’s and Don’ts, held Wednesday, where models and audience members wore costumes celebrating Colorado’s sesquicentennial – the theme of this year’s two-week Snowdown celebration.Standout acts included the Ghosts of Durango, which featured four of Durango’s most famous ghosts: a Rochester hotel ghost in a Victorian get-up of a more “modern” variation; the Strater Hotel’s head of housekeeping, also head of more discreet services; a young girl haunting El Rancho’s bathroom; and Sheriff Bob Thompson, killed in a 1906 gunfight. according to emcee Suzan Lane. A Another act was the Secret Circus Society, featuring Rubi Starr, Jeni Gross, Tabatha Joy Bettin, Adrienne Young and Ethan Deffenbaugh dressed as a car and the roadside pests better known as deer. Group members said the inspiration for the costume came from lived experiences driving Durango roads. The two-person Cantine Couture act starred Leslie Ponce and Tyler Frakes in an homage to the plentiful variety of Mexican restaurants found in any Colorado town. Ponce, dressed in comically large Mexican pointy cowboy boots, ambled down the runway as if taking a stroll under the hot, dusty, high-altitude sun, while Frakes flitted about the stage in a bright yellow salsa dress. Ponce said this year’s costume had been tough to decide, but the final decision was inspired by TikTok videos of Mexican cowboys in pointy boots. This was the duo’s third year strutting down the runway. Why they keep coming back for more, Frakes said laughing, was, “for the fame, the glory and the attention.”

Fashion Do’s and Don’ts has been one of the most highly anticipated Snowdown events since its inception in the 1990s. It has more than doubled in size over the past several decades. Last year, there were a record number of models, and in order to keep the event at a manageable size, this year’s fashion show was the first one to require the acts to audition. But many of the models were unfazed by the change. “It was actually easy,” said Jodi Zuber, one part of the two-person duo that made up the 1950s Texas Invader Ski Couple. Her partner-in-costume, Danny Jaques, said they had been doing this for several years, and it’s good with everything going on in the world to “get some levity and let your hair down.” The performers were not the only ones in costume. Audience members also dressed in a wide variety of unique takes on what makes Colorado, Colorado. JonBenet Ramsey made a miraculous appearance, being played by an 82-year-old woman, as did Casa Bonita, an ensemble that included a taco, sopaipilla and gorilla in chains – to name some of the characters. By the end of the show, people were in high spirits, as usual. “It was just delightful,” said a first-time audience member. If blessed with the chance to get the much coveted tickets – he said he would jump on it. jbowman@durangoherald.com

Annual Snowdown event has become so popular, auditions are now required

Photos: Snowdown 2026 Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

About a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

The Durango Herald’s year in photos 2025

Photos: Chapman Hill fires up the snow guns

Cristiano Ronaldo, Carli Lloyd win FIFA best player awards

Seattle wins MLS Cup, beating Toronto on penalty kicks

FIFA president suggests 16 groups in 48-team World Cup

Brazilian soccer team’s plane crashes in Colombia; 71 dead

All-State soccer teams impacted by all-league votes

Arena: U.S. ‘fighting for our lives’ in World Cup qualifying

Rapids’ season ends with 1-0 loss to Sounders

Bruce Arena is back as U.S. men’s soccer coach

Bruce Arena returns as U.S. men’s soccer coach

Second half Sounders PK stops Rapids

Klinsmann fired as U.S. men’s soccer coach

Klinsmann impatient with prospects lacking playing time

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