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BOULDER — Once the Buffs grabbed the Rocky Mountain Showdown by the neck, squeezing the life out of CSU’s hopes, CU guard Julian Hammond III insisted it wasn’t personal. “It feels good to beat them,” Hammond said after his Buffs throttled the Rams 72-55, giving CU its fourth win over its last five men’s basketball meetings with its in-state rival. “And also feels a little bit better because they also didn’t offer me (a scholarship).

FORT COLLINS — Like a heavyweight prizefighter down halfway through the bout, Cherry Creek football reminded the state there’s only one way to beat the Bruins on the big stage: You’ve got to knock them out. Columbine did so last year, snapping Cherry Creek’s streak of four straight titles. But Legend couldn’t deliver the finishing blow on Saturday at Canvas Stadium, where the Bruins erased a 10-point halftime deficit in a 13-10 victory over the upstart Titans. The comeback gave Cherry Creek its fifth title in the last six years and 14th crown overall.

DETROIT — The Colorado Avalanche need better play from Alexandar Georgiev in the bigger picture of the 2024-25 season, but the guys in front of their beleaguered goaltender really needed him to deliver Saturday night. And he did. Behind a strong effort from Georgiev and a much-needed power-play goal from the top unit, the Avalanche gutted out a 2-1 victory against the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena.

WASHINGTON — Asked to share the biggest challenges of coaching a game without multiple starters Saturday night, a straight-faced Michael Malone said, “Making sure I don’t play Nikola 48 minutes.” When the comment fell on deaf ears, he felt the need to clarify. “That was a joke,” he said, banging on the table in front of him like a drum set. It was no joke three hours later, when Jokic was seated on the bench with 47 points through three quarters and the shorthanded Nuggets were struggling to tread water against an opponent on a 16-game losing streak. Jokic finished with a career-high 56, but Denver spared the Washington Wizards from their misery anyway with a 122-113 loss at Capital One Arena.

FORT COLLINS — Coach Robert O’Brien’s fiery halftime speech had one overarching theme. “He just told us, ‘Don’t blink,'” teary-eyed Broomfield Eagles senior Elliot Less said. Easier said than done. After all, the fifth-seeded Eagles had been punched in the mouth, fooled more than once, and out-executed by a blue-collar Montrose team in the first half.

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