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Zach Allen saw a pathway to success for himself even from 2,500 miles away. In early October 2021, Allen was in the midst of his third season with the Arizona Cardinals. He had two career sacks to his name after injuries plagued each of his first two seasons. And only recently had he come under the tutelage of future Hall of Famer J.

The road to American sport climbing at the Paris Olympics was paved through Boulder. Three of the four Americans headed to Paris for lead and bouldering — Colin Duffy, Brooke Raboutou and Natalia Grossman — spent their youth at ABC Kids Climbing in Boulder. There, the trio padded the city’s reputation as one of America’s premier climbing hotspots.

WESTMINSTER — Her rock is 28 pounds of Red Bull on four legs — one part husky, one part lab, one part funny car. Mishka, 11, moves like a comet in the grass, blessed with a gorgeous blond mane that fades into cream from the eyes to the nose. But you know what’s crazy?

This cannot be it. Otherwise, the Nuggets’ offseason becomes the finale of the Sopranos. Remember, Tony sitting in Holsten’s diner, waiting with his family when daughter Meadow walked through the door as a silent black screen popped up before the credits? Please tell me the Nuggets’ plans are not this cryptic, not this vacant. RELATED: Nuggets 2024 free agency preview: What Denver needs and why options hinge on KCP Following a heart-in-a-blender Game 7 loss to the Timberwolves in the second round, the Nuggets have responded by trading six-second round picks to draft DaRon Holmes and ship out Reggie Jackson to the Charlotte Hornets for $5 million in cap space. Nuggets Nation is starting to nibble its fingernails. There has to be more.

LAS VEGAS — It’s becoming clearer that without trading a significant player off the current roster, it could be a pretty quiet week ahead for the Colorado Avalanche. The Avs signed Casey Mittelstadt to a three-year contract to kickstart their offseason. They can sign Mikko Rantanen to a long-term extension for the 2025-26 season and beyond once the calendar flips to July. But the math is the math, and the Avs don’t have room below the salary cap ceiling to make a big addition to the 2024-25 roster without removing someone who was important in 2023-24.

Leave it to the 2024 Rockies to make the White Sox look like the ’27 Yankees. The White Sox entered the weekend series with a major league-worst 22-61 record. Then they beat the reeling Rockies, 5-3, on Friday night at Guaranteed Rate Field. On Saturday, the Rockies’ once-promising afternoon quickly derailed into a train wreck.