Marlins Come Back, But Fall Late In Loss To Padres

Are you ready for the Colorado Corkscrew? Or maybe the Colorado Chunder? The Denver Double Grabs? “I am talking to a big ownership group in Denver,” X Games CEO Jeremy Bloom, the former Olympian, Loveland native and ex-CU Buff told The Denver Post recently. “They would want it to be the Denver — the ‘Colorado Somethings,’ fill in the blank.

Nuggets coach Michael Malone was the first to point out earlier this month that Russell Westbrook seems to play “a little bit harder” against the Clippers, the veteran point guard’s most recent team before signing with Denver last offseason. Does the same principle apply to a coach and his ex? The Nuggets demolished the Kings on Thursday in the first head-to-head meeting between them since Malone sharply criticized Sacramento’s firing of coach Mike Brown.

In Denver’s second season with coach Sean Payton as the play caller, the offense made strides but there’s still more work to be done. Here’s a look back at the Broncos’ offensive production during the 2024 season: Five key offensive numbers 25: Points per game (No. 10 in the NFL) 324.6: Total yards per game (No.

Not even the most miraculous shot of his life was enough to earn Nikola Jokic the fourth quarter off this time. Jokic buried a one-handed, full-court heave at the third-quarter buzzer to give the Nuggets a 25-point lead that almost disappeared Thursday night in a 132-123 win over the visiting Sacramento Kings. “It’s not really a high-percentage shot,” Jokic said.

Miles Wood has more history with Mackenzie Blackwood than any other member of the Colorado Avalanche. They were teammates for part of one season in the AHL and five years in the NHL with the New Jersey Devils. They’ve been two of the best golfers on every team they’ve played on. Now, six weeks after Blackwood arrived in Denver in a trade, they might finally get to play in an NHL game together again.

By PAT GRAHAM Six weeks ago, Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t have the core strength to even rise out of a chair. A sneeze or a laugh brought on instant pain. That was all due to a serious crash in a giant slalom race on Nov. 30 in Killington, Vermont, where something punctured her in the side — still a mystery — and caused severe trauma to her oblique muscles. It’s been a demanding and difficult road back for the fast-healing Shiffrin, who plans to make her World Cup return at a slalom race in Courchevel, France, next Thursday.