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Jamal Murray, Nikola Jokic pace Nuggets’ dramatic double-overtime win over Jazz
By: Mike Singer
If Saturday’s dramatic thriller was any indication, absolutely no one could complain about a first-round series between division rivals Utah and Denver. It took two overtimes and two potentially seismic clock malfunctions, and somehow the Nuggets survived. Even after blowing separate six-point leads, once in regulation and again in the...
Avalanche now No. 2 seed heading into 16-team playoff after overtime loss to Golden Knights
By: Mike Chambers
The Avalanche rallied to force overtime Saturday but lost 4-3 in sudden-death to the Vegas Golden Knights at Rogers Place in Edmonton. The round-robin finale for both teams determined the top two seeds in the Western Conference for the traditional 16-team playoffs that start Tuesday. Vegas will be the No....
Kickin’ It with Kiz: With Steve Addazio under scrutiny, CSU should not play football until 2021
By: Mark Kiszla
It all went wrong for the Colorado State football team when the Rams chose Steve Addazio over Tony Alford as their new coach. It was a mind-numbingly bad decision. I could have even gotten behind keeping Mike Bobo. I want to believe in my alma mater so badly and want...
CSU Rams football players release statement saying allegations against program, coach Steve Addazio “patently untrue”
By: Sean Keeler
CSU Rams football players released a collective statement Saturday morning denouncing recent allegations levied against first-year coach Steve Addazio and his staff. A six-paragraph statement, addressed to “Members of the Colorado State University community,” describes charges of racism and verbal abuse on the part of Addazio and the staff as...
KSE, PointsBet announce partnership that will bring enhanced WiFi, in-arena destination to Pepsi Center
By: Matt Schubert
The days of spotty wifi inside Pepsi Center may soon be a thing of the past. As part of a new multi-year agreement with global sports book operator PointsBet, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment announced plans Friday to enhance in-arena wifi and introduce branded areas inside Pepsi Center for the 2020-21...
Mid-American Conference cancels fall football due to coronavirus
By: Ralph D. Russo
The Mid-American Conference on Saturday became the first league competing at college football’s highest level to cancel its fall season because of COVID-19 concerns. “I’m heartbroken we are in this place,” MAC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher said. With the MAC’s 12 schools facing a significant financial burden by trying to maintain...
Rapids announce 6-game schedule, including three at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
By: Jake Shapiro
The next phase of the Colorado Rapids’ season in set after Major League Soccer announced plans Saturday to resume play at home stadiums throughout the league. The Rapids will kick things off against Real Salt Lake at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on Saturday, Aug. 22, as part of a six-game...
Grading the Week: CHSAA’s impossible fall football decision, MPJ’s offensive outburst and Altitude in the dark
By: Matt Schubert
We’re two weeks into a bizarre 60-game Major League Baseball season and the Colorado Rockies have yet to lose a series. Trevor Story is blasting bombs, Matt Kemp is channeling his Coors Field magic, and the pitching staff is doing its best 1990s Atlanta Braves impersonation. The Grading the Week...
Manual grad, former NBA all-star Micheal Ray Richardson remains “Sugar” — just in a different way
By: Andy Yamashita
Whenever anyone reaches out to Micheal Ray Richardson, they inevitably ask the same questions. Why did you get kicked out of the NBA? What were your lowest points? How long have you been sober? “Who has lived a perfect life?” Richardson said during a recent phone interview with The Post....
Brooks Koepka’s hip, not the knee, causing a problem at the PGA
By: Doug Ferguson
SAN FRANCISCO — Brooks Koepka came into the PGA Championship concerned about a left knee that may or may not require more surgery when he gets a chance to catch his breath. But that’s not what had him sprawled on on the ground at Harding Park while a trainer work...
Missed tap-in costs Rickie Fowler the weekend at PGA Championship
By: Eddie Pells
Rickie Fowler’s putt was the length of a pencil. Cameron Tringale could’ve used an eraser. Fowler’s silly mistake — a miss from 6 inches on the sixth green — cost him a weekend starting time at the PGA Championship. Tringale’s error — signing an incorrect scorecard — saved him a...
Avs Mailbag: Will Nathan MacKinnon win the Hart Trophy?
By: Mike Chambers
Denver Post sports writer Mike Chambers responds to questions in the Avs Mailbag every other week during the regular season. Pose an Avalanche- or NHL-related question for the Avs Mailbag. How are you planning on filling out your Hart Trophy ballot, Mike? Do you think Nathan MacKinnon will end up...
CSU Rams pause all football activities amid allegations of racism, verbal abuse
By: Sean Keeler
The future of CSU’s football program, and its leadership under Steve Addazio, took another turn early Friday evening. Rams athletic director Joe Parker announced via a news release that CSU football has been “paused” immediately due to allegations of “racism and verbal abuse from CSU’s athletic administration generally and in...
Keeler: Furious about spring football? Your beef’s with Gov. Jared Polis, not CHSAA
By: Sean Keeler
Here’s the thing about the spring on the Plains: It blows. On March 6, 2017, NOAA charted a 50-mile-per-hour wind gust at Fort Morgan Municipal airport. The average maximum wind speed since 2012 around Fort Morgan checks in at 22.1 miles per hour in April, higher than any single month....
Ex-Angels employee charged in overdose death of Tyler Skaggs
By: The Associated Press
FORT WORTH, Texas — A former Los Angeles Angels employee has been charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in connection with last year’s overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs, prosecutors in Texas announced Friday. Eric Prescott Kay was arrested in Fort Worth, Texas, and made his first appearance Friday in...
Ryan Castellani to make MLB debut for Rockies in Seattle on Saturday; Chi Chi Gonzalez sent to injured list
By: Kyle Newman
The Rockies’ rotation, which has posted an impressive 2.78 ERA through its first dozen games, will have its first shakeup. Colorado sent fifth starter Chi Chi Gonzalez to the injured list on Friday with biceps tendonitis, and recalled right-hander Ryan Castellani from its satellite camp. Castellani will wear No. 60...
Even in the Edmonton bubble, home-ice advantage matters for Avalanche
By: Mike Chambers
Obscure but seemingly important factors surround the Avalanche’s third and final round-robin tuneup for the traditional 16-team Stanley Cup playoffs. With a victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday at Rogers Place in Edmonton, the Avs will be the Western Conference’s No. 1 seed and have “home-ice” advantage throughout...
Litter, graffiti and vandalism are increasing at state parks, national forests across Colorado
By: John Meyer, The Know
Spray paint and carvings on bridges and trees at Eldorado Canyon. Graffiti at Roxborough, and graffiti and vandalism at Golden Gate. Those state parks and others across the Front Range are reporting a host of negative impacts stemming from big increases in visitation that have been linked to reduced recreation...
