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PITTSBURGH — The Colorado Avalanche hockey club is still not whole, but it sure looks like a potential powerhouse again. Mikko Rantanen had a hat trick and two assists, and Nathan MacKinnon had one goal and four assists as Colorado’s stars dominated in a 6-2 victory Tuesday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena. The Avs finished a season-long five-game road trip with four victories and are now a season-high four games over .500 (17-13-0).

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Rashaan Salaam would want the company. “He would love that,” Khalada Salaam-Alaji, mother of the late CU Buffs icon told me Tuesday when I asked about Travis Hunter and the 2024 Heisman Trophy. “He would love that. “These young men, who weren’t even born when he was playing football — he’s old enough to be their father.

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Five weeks have passed since the Colorado men’s basketball team opened the season. The Buffaloes are nowhere near where they hope to be once they embark on the program’s return season in the Big 12 Conference. Yet in terms of making progress from week to week with a new-look roster, head coach Tad Boyle has been encouraged by the early returns. CU got back to work on Tuesday, reconvening for the first practice since improving to 7-2 with a Saturday night rivalry win against Colorado State. “I think we understand better now what our jobs are defensively,” Boyle said.