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LAS VEGAS — Colorado football coach Deion Sanders walked onto the stage and confused reporters for parishioners. “Good to see you. How are you all doing?” Sanders said from the Allegiant Field end zone stage. “I need more energy. This is horrible. If I was in church I would get up and walk out.” Sanders wasn’t going anywhere, embracing his turn in the spotlight during the second day of the Big 12 media carwash.

LAS VEGAS — Derrick White was named to the U. S. men’s basketball team for the Paris Olympics on Wednesday as a replacement for Kawhi Leonard. White — a Colorado native who starred at Legend High School, UC-Colorado Springs and the University of Colorado — averaged 15.2 points and 5.2 assists for the NBA champion Boston Celtics this past season. RELATED: Colorado native, Celtics guard Derrick White reflects on being an NBA champion: “I’m super thankful” Leonard missed 12 of the Los Angeles Clippers’ final 14 games this past season with right knee inflammation.

By TIM REYNOLDS LAS VEGAS — Kawhi Leonard will not be part of the U. S. men’s basketball team that will compete in the Paris Games after all. It would have been the first Olympic trip for Leonard, who missed 12 of the Los Angeles Clippers’ final 14 games this past season with right knee inflammation.

Editor’s note: Third in a series previewing the Broncos’ position groups entering training camp. Today, wide receivers. Previous previews: quarterbacks, running backs. On the roster (12): Courtland Sutton, Tim Patrick, Josh Reynolds, Marvin Mims Jr., Troy Franklin, Jalen Virgil, Brandon Johnson, Devaughn Vele, Phillip Dorsett, Michael Bandy, Lil’Jordan Humphrey and David Sills V. How many on the 53?

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. Was 2023 Nolan Jones’ ceiling? Or did the early season injuries set him too far back? — Kyle, Thornton Kyle, I don’t think Jones peaked last season when he slashed .297/.389/.542 with 20 homers and 20 stolen bases in 106 games.

By JENNIFER PELTZ NEW YORK (AP) — Former NBA player Jontay Porter admitted Wednesday that he schemed to take himself out of games for gambling’s sake, pleading guilty to a federal conspiracy crime in the scandal that already got him banned from the league. “I know what I did was wrong, unlawful, and I am deeply sorry,” the former Toronto Raptors center said as he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Echoing findings in an NBA investigation and allegations in an ongoing prosecution of four other men, Porter acknowledged that he agreed to withdraw early from games so that co-conspirators could win bets on his performance. He did it, he said, “to get out from under large gambling debts.” Porter, 24, is free on $250,000 bond while awaiting sentencing set for Dec.