Denver Post: Sports
- Broncos CB Riley Moss on performance in loss to Bengals: “Sometimes you eat a (expletive) sandwich and you have to own it”
Saturday - 12/28/2024 - 09:40 PMCINCINNATI — Riley Moss didn’t hide from his mistakes Saturday afternoon at Paycor Stadium. He owned up to them.
In Denver’s 30-24 overtime loss to the Bengals — Moss’ first game since Week 12 — he was at a complete disadvantage against Tee Higgins.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - PHOTOS: Denver Broncos lose to Cincinnati Bengals 30-24 in OT, NFL Week 17
Saturday - 12/28/2024 - 10:25 PMThe Denver Broncos lost to the Cincinnati Bengals 30-24 in overtime at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio on Dec. 28, 2024.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - PHOTOS: CU Buffs dominated by BYU 36-14 in Alamo Bowl
Saturday - 12/28/2024 - 11:00 PMThe Colorado Buffaloes lost to BYU 36-14 in the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nuggets hold off late comeback from Pistons in 134-121 win
Saturday - 12/28/2024 - 11:55 PMNot much has been easy for the Nuggets this season, even the double-digit wins.
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Jamal Murray scored 21 of his 34 points during a 6-for-9 third quarter, giving them a 25-point lead that was just enough to survive Detroit’s late push in a 134-121 win on Saturday night at Ball Arena. - Nathan MacKinnon fights for first time in three seasons: “Sometimes the anger comes back out”
Saturday - 12/28/2024 - 12:30 PMSALT LAKE CITY — NHL teams have had enough trouble containing Nathan MacKinnon the past two seasons. Don’t make him angry.
MacKinnon, the reigning league MVP and current scoring leader, logged his first fight in three seasons Friday night during a 4-1 win for the Colorado Avalanche against Utah HC at Delta Center.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Groups break down barriers on Colorado’s slopes to diversify winter sports that are “just so hard to get into”
Saturday - 12/28/2024 - 07:45 AMWhen Vivian Perez was growing up in the suburbs of Chicago as a first-generation Mexican American, sledding was the extent of her winter sports experience. Her parents weren’t raised with snow, so they couldn’t teach her skiing or snowboarding.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Renck & File: Sean Payton as Santa Claus? Broncos coach will be in his bag vs. Bengals
Friday - 12/27/2024 - 02:34 PMCINCINNATI — There is no mildness to his method.
Aggression defines Sean Payton.
He craves touchdowns like Homer Simpson does Duff beer. He defended his end-of-first-half clock management against the Chargers with exclamation points.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sportscaster Greg Gumbel dies from cancer at age 78
Friday - 12/27/2024 - 05:52 PMBy HALLIE GOLDEN
Greg Gumbel, a longtime CBS sportscaster who broke barriers during his career calling some of the biggest sporting events, has died from cancer, according to a statement from family released by the network on Friday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Keeler: CU Buffs QB Shedeur Sanders set new bar in Boulder. Will Julian Lewis rise to meet it?
Friday - 12/27/2024 - 12:31 PMThe touchstone wore diamonds and spun gold. Shedeur Sanders, the greatest pure passer to ever run behind Ralphie, takes a CU snap for the last time Saturday night. Flex your watches accordingly.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Broncos’ Pat Surtain II vs. Bengals’ Ja’Marr Chase provides must-watch theater: “Both those guys, man, they’re something”
Friday - 12/27/2024 - 07:45 AMThere’s good-on-good in the NFL.
Then there’s Pat Surtain II vs. Ja’Marr Chase.
The Denver cornerback and Cincinnati wide receiver could see each other often Saturday afternoon when their teams collide in a game with major playoff implications.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Renck: And then there was one. Broncos must beat Chiefs to reach playoffs.
Saturday - 12/28/2024 - 09:56 PMCINCINNATI — The fans were screaming “M-V-P!” Then they were yelling “O-M-G!”
The game was over. Then it wasn’t. It went off the rails. Then it went off the left upright.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Broncos grades: In a game full of big swings and big plays, hidden yardage and decision making loom large
Saturday - 12/28/2024 - 10:32 PMOFFENSE — C
A boring grade for an outing that was anything but. Bo Nix and the Broncos turned in several highlight-reel plays and one big-time drive late in regulation to send the game to overtime.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Keeler: CU Buffs, Deion Sanders humbled by BYU Cougars in blowout Alamo Bowl loss
Saturday - 12/28/2024 - 11:34 PMSAN ANTONIO — Cam Ward opted out of the second half. Ralphie VI opted out during pregame.
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Turns out the young girl had the right idea all along. - Keeler: Deion Sanders, CU Buffs poised to dominate watered-down Big 12 — even without Travis Hunter, Shedeur Sanders
Saturday - 12/28/2024 - 03:33 PMSAN ANTONIO — It’s Prime’s Time.
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The method is madness. But so is the moment. Deion Sanders was built for this window in college football, where moms want to hear about the degree, kids want to hear about The League, and agents want to hear about the cut. - Grading The Week: Will someone please get Nuggets star Nikola Jokic some defensive help? Looking at you, Calvin Booth.
Saturday - 12/28/2024 - 07:45 AMThe kids in the GTW offices want the same thing at New Year’s that Santa didn’t bring us for Christmas: Shooters to play with Nikola Jokic. Several, now that you mention it.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Nuggets give up season-worst 149 points in home loss to Cavaliers
Friday - 12/27/2024 - 11:38 PMThe Nuggets’ loss on Christmas day was an outlier within the context of this season, in that their offense betrayed them. Their 149-135 loss to the Cavaliers two nights later was more akin to the trend — but in its most extreme form.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Broncos’ inside-out build has worked so far, but playoff hopes ride on leaning in further: “It always comes down to blocking”
Friday - 12/27/2024 - 04:42 PMBo Nix turned, looked to his right and threw his hands in the air as a gaping hole came into his periphery.
As Audric Estime plunged into the end zone to cap a bruising opening drive last week in Los Angeles, he did so over a right side that had been completely caved in.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Michael Malone blasts Sacramento Kings for firing Mike Brown via phone call: “No class”
Friday - 12/27/2024 - 08:33 PMNuggets coach Michael Malone, whose first head coaching job was in Sacramento, ripped the Kings for firing Mike Brown on Friday and revealed that Brown was informed of the decision via phone call after leaving a team practice.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Broncos Journal: Denver DBs coach Jim Leonhard believes team is building strong foundation at cornerback
Friday - 12/27/2024 - 02:24 PMJim Leonhard is eager to come into work every day. The Broncos are building something special at cornerback, and Denver’s first-year defensive backs coach senses it.
Pat Surtain II established himself as a high-level cornerback from the moment he stepped onto the field as a rookie in 2021.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Broncos scouting report: How Denver matches up with Bengals and predictions
Friday - 12/27/2024 - 07:45 AMBroncos (9-6) at Bengals (7-8)
When: Saturday, 2:30 p.m. MT
Where: Paycor Stadium
Radio/TV: 850 AM, 94.1 FM/NFL Network
Broncos-Bengals series: Denver is 22-11 in 33 regular-season games dating back to 1968; the Broncos lost 15-10 in the last meeting, on Dec.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Broncos’ playoff hopes on hold after Sean Payton played for overtime and Denver faltered late in 30-24 loss to Bengals
Saturday - 12/28/2024 - 09:47 PMCINCINNATI — Sean Payton felt good about the Broncos’ standing in the moment and overall.
He liked the paths to the finish line from eight seconds left in regulation at Paycor Stadium.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - PHOTOS: Colorado State blown out by Miami (Ohio) 43-17 in Arizona Bowl
Saturday - 12/28/2024 - 10:40 PMColorado State University lost 43-17 to Miami (Ohio) in the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl in Tuscon, Ariz. on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Broncos QB Bo Nix on Sean Payton’s decision to play for overtime: “We thought we could move the ball in overtime, but we didn’t”
Saturday - 12/28/2024 - 11:15 PMCINCINNATI — Broncos coach Sean Payton opted to play for overtime rather than deciding the game on a two-point conversion late in Denver’s eventual 30-24 overtime loss to Cincinnati on Saturday night.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Broncos vs. Bengals: Live updates and highlights from the NFL Week 17 game
Saturday - 12/28/2024 - 12:00 PMStick here for live updates and analysis as Denver takes on the Bengals in Cincinnati.
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Scouting report (10 a.m.): Check out how the Broncos match up with the Bengals in Ryan McFadden’s scouting report.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Are too many 3s bad for basketball? Nuggets insulated from NBA-wide debate: “That’s not the make-up of our roster”
Saturday - 12/28/2024 - 12:47 PMFor the second time this month, the unheralded Cleveland Cavaliers big-timed the Nuggets and left them wondering if the NBA’s most hotly debated trend is too overwhelming to ignore.
Are too many 3s bad for the game of basketball?More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Artturi Lehkonen scores hattrick as Avalanche beats Utah in growing regional rivalry
Saturday - 12/28/2024 - 12:34 AMSALT LAKE CITY — Geography says there’s potential for a rivalry to develop between the Colorado Avalanche and Utah HC. It’s still on the players and teams, not map locations, to build a proper one.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- CSU Rams embracing opportunities in first bowl game since 2017
Friday - 12/27/2024 - 03:23 PMFor both the veterans playing their last game in a Colorado State uniform to young players looking to make an impact, Saturday’s Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl is all about opportunities.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Colorado weather: Mountain snow will make holiday travel risky, avalanche danger high
Friday - 12/27/2024 - 10:05 AMFresh snow will make roads slick and fuel dangerous avalanche conditions across the mountains this weekend, forecasters say.
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The National Weather Service wrote that northern Colorado mountains can expect light to moderate snow, with between 8 and 12 inches falling through Friday night near Rabbit Ears Pass and Cameron Pass, and 3 to 7 inches expected elsewhere. - Avalanche signs goalie Mackenzie Blackwood to five-year, $26.25 million contract
Friday - 12/27/2024 - 12:49 PMSALT LAKE CITY — The Colorado Avalanche didn’t need very long to decide Mackenzie Blackwood is the guy in net for this franchise.
Blackwood signed a five-year contract Friday, the club announced.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NFL Picks: Lamar Jackson should win his third MVP. There’s no need to think twice about it
Friday - 12/27/2024 - 07:45 AMAround the AFC
Lamarvelous: The MVP resides in Murrland, and there’s no need to think twice about it. Bills quarterback Josh Allen has put up absurd numbers (3,549 passing yards, 26 touchdowns, six interceptions and 11 rushing touchdowns).More | Talk | Read It Later | Share