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Stick here for live updates and analysis as Denver takes on the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. Live updates Second-quarter updates Injury (11:42 a.m.): The Chiefs’ starting left tackle is hurt. Big development considering the pass rush on the other side of the ball. — Schubert Mimsy (11:38 a.m.): Not sure what happened, but this is the most involved Marvin Mims Jr.

Jamal Murray issued a challenge to his locker-room neighbor. He needed to be entertained somehow. And someone other than Nikola Jokic was going to have to score to make up for Murray’s absence. He was recovering from a hamstring injury, and the Nuggets were halfway through a month of fending without him.

Justus Annunen’s string of competent goaltending helped steady the Colorado Avalanche during a tumultuous start to this season, and it will likely help him stave off a challenge for his place on the NHL roster. But what if we think a little bigger for the large Finnish goaltender? Could Annunen’s strong work at the end of last season, plus a steady run of solid starts this year, push him into the conversation for Finland’s third-string goaltender at the forthcoming 2025 4 Nations Face-Off or the 2026 Winter Olympics? “I think he’s played really well,” Finnish Avs star Mikko Rantanen said.

FORT COLLINS — After a violent outburst almost cost him everything, Avery Morrow was determined to get his life back on track. His path took a turn after an on-campus altercation in January 2023, when he assaulted a fellow male CSU student who contacted Morrow’s parked car while riding by on a longboard. For tackling and punching the student multiple times, Morrow was suspended from the team for six months and served 46 days in a work-release program last summer after being convicted of misdemeanor assault.

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AIR FORCE ACADEMY — Quentin Hayes ran for 91 yards and two second-half touchdowns on 25 carries, Dylan Carson had 120 yards rushing and a TD and Air Force beat Fresno State 36-28 on Saturday night to snap a seven-game losing streak. Air Force (2-7, 1-4) won for the first time since it beat Merrimack 21-6 in the season opener on Aug.