‘that First Crisp Bite Can Make Or Break The Hot Dog Experience’

With the Western Conference’s best team in town, Wednesday presented a test for the streaky Avalanche. Colorado flunked. The Jets beat the Avs 3-2 in overtime at Ball Arena, using a pair of second-period goals followed by Neal Pionk’s game-winner 17 seconds into the extra frame to increase Winnipeg’s lead in the Central Division to nine points. With 33 games left, Colorado’s nowhere near mathematically eliminated from overtaking the Jets down the stretch, but Thursday’s OT defeat only adds to the uphill climb.

Members of the McCartney family knew the day was coming. Bill McCartney died on Jan. 10 at the age of 84 after a long battle with dementia and his son, Mike, said this week, “I thought I was ready, because we knew he was dying.” Who can really be ready, though, to say goodbye to a man who meant so much? “It hit me a lot harder than I expected,” Mike said, “and I got really emotional for a few days.

FORT COLLINS — Jalen Lake hit a 3-pointer with three seconds left to break a 72-72 tie and give Colorado State a 75-72 victory over Boise State on Wednesday night at Moby Arena. Colorado State won for the eighth time in 10 home appearances this season, but it wasn’t without some late drama.

An 18-year-old woman who injured five people after shooting into a crowd outside Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row in Denver was sentenced to seven years in Colorado’s Youthful Offender System on Wednesday. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Family of 16th Street Mall stabbing victim: “Fight for our city to be safe” Crime and Public Safety | Man charged with murder, other crimes in stabbing spree on Denver’s 16th Street Mall Crime and Public Safety | Second person killed in Denver’s 16th Street Mall stabbings identified Crime and Public Safety | Pueblo man shot by Chaffee County sheriff’s deputies arrested on suspicion of attempted murder Crime and Public Safety | Denver man on the run wanted for murder in July shooting in Aurora, police say Keanna Rosenburgh was 17 years old when she was denied entry into a LoDo bar, pulled out a gun and started shooting into the crowd the night of Sept.

BOULDER — If they handed out Heismans for selfless hearts, Archie Griffin would be eating Peach Pagano’s dust. “I was bawling down there,” Pagano told me Wednesday, not long after the last chords of the public memorial service to honor the late, great CU icon Bill McCartney had faded into the Events Center rafters. “I had no idea they were going to honor me.

"Border czar" Tom Homan vowed to snatch undocumented immigrants from schools if he deemed them a threat to national security. During a Tuesday interview on Fox Business, host Stuart Varney noted that the Department of Homeland Security "issued a memo to repeal limits on ICE agents." "Am I right in saying that this frees up ICE agents to go into schools, hospitals, and other institutions to arrest illegals?" Varney asked Homan. "Well, again, the officers have a great deal of discretion depending on the location," Homan confirmed.