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The Rockies head to Dallas with a game plan, but don’t expect them to make any dramatic deals in the “Big D.” General manager Bill Schmidt continues to believe that the club — undergoing a youth movement led by shortstop Ezequiel Tovar, center fielder Brenton Doyle and intriguing pitching prospects — is headed in the right direction. Many others beg to differ.

Full disclosure: The football guys in the Grading The Week offices liked Tim Patrick. A lot. Liked talking to him, liked watching him play, liked seeing that he was healthy again. Lukewarm take: All that being said, the Broncos might’ve done the right thing for the franchise by moving on from him. And the right thing for Patrick, too. Much as it pains us. Hindsight is 20/20 during a bye weekend, and we need something to get chippy about with Thanksgiving finally in the rear-view mirror and the Broncos on a well-deserved break. But we’re done arguing about Devaughn Vele vs.

COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. — Lindsey Vonn finished 24th in a lower-level FIS downhill race on Saturday as she returned from retirement to compete for the first time in nearly six years. The 40-year-old Vonn is on the comeback trail after stepping away from the sport because of injuries. She wound up 1.44 seconds behind the winning time of 1 minute, 5.79 seconds posted by Mirjam Puchner of Austria.

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