Comment on Altitude+ streaming service for Nuggets, Avalanche games available as smart phone app

Broncos cornerback Pat Surtain II returned to practice as a full participant on Wednesday, a sign he’s progressing through the league’s concussion protocol and toward a return to game action. Denver head coach Sean Payton said Surtain still has work to do to get cleared, but that his trajectory, “looks positive.” After a full day of work, Surtain is tracking toward returning for Sunday’s home game against Carolina. The All-Pro cover man was concussed on the first defensive play of Denver’s Week 6 home loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Oct.

The subscription-based streaming service that will allow local fans to watch Nuggets and Avalanche games is now available to download on mobile devices and Apple TV, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment announced Wednesday. The streaming platform, called Altitude+, is not available yet as a smart TV app in association with Roku, Amazon Fire and Android TV, according to a news release.

Cody Barton’s big performance against New Orleans was six days ago now. It’s never too late to be celebrated, though. The Broncos inside linebacker on Wednesday was named the AFC’s defensive player of the week for Week 7 after he dominated against the Saints last Thursday. Barton, signed in March to a one-year deal as a free agent, returned a Spencer Rattler fumble 52 yards for a touchdown in Denver’s 33-10 win.

Denver Post sports writer Patrick Saunders with the latest installment of his Rockies Mailbag. Pose a Rockies- or MLB-related question for the Rockies Mailbag. Given their recent seasons, are the Rockies profitable? — Ed Helinski, Auburn, N. Y. Ed, I don’t have access to the team’s books, so I don’t know if they are “profitable” from year to year.

BOULDER — Jon Cooper figured he was out of the unicorn hunting game when Travis Hunter picked off his heart and ran it all the way back to 1981. “Roy Green was an outstanding nickel safety for the Cardinals,” Cooper, the longtime pro scout, associate GM and senior draft analyst with Ourlads.com, told me recently.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — During Colorado’s winter sports media day on Monday in Boulder, CU women’s basketball coach JR Payne was, predictably, asked about the shift from the Pac-12 to the Big 12. Payne was raised on the West Coast, played collegiately on the West Coast, and has spent her entire coaching career in the west, with Boulder counting as the easternmost location of her journey.