The ghost of Kris Bryant haunts the Rockies.
There have been only fleeting visions of the star player the franchise thought it signed back in 2022.
Reoccurring injuries bedevil the four-time All-Star.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The reigning World Series champions got nothin’ on these Rockies.
Colorado won its first series on Saturday on its 13th try, snapping a franchise-worst drought to begin the season in that regard.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Instant reaction from the Avalanche’s 4-1 loss to Dallas in Game 3 of their second-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareMINNEAPOLIS — Three days off during a playoff series is a conveniently long time to recover from physical ailments. It’s also an unusually long time to dwell on the past.
In the Nuggets’ case this week, “that was miserable,” Michael Porter Jr.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Looking for their first NCAA Tournament quarterfinal trip in six years, the DU Pioneers left no doubt Saturday afternoon.
The University of Denver men’s lacrosse team set the tone early with seven goals in the opening 15 minutes of its first-round NCAA Tournament game against Michigan, then kept the Wolverines at arm’s length the rest of the way to claim a 16-11 win at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium.
The Broncos have made passing a kidney stone look easier than passing the football the past eight years. Only two quarterbacks since Peyton Manning boast a winning record – Trevor Siemian and Brett Rypien – and Russell Wilson is the only starter of the last 13 to eclipse 20 touchdowns in a season.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
MINNEAPOLIS — Aaron Gordon made the Timberwolves respect him, Jamal Murray made them fear him, and the Nuggets made them realize mowing through the Western Conference isn’t meant to be easy.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
MINNEAPOLIS — Nuggets coach Michael Malone was involved in a heated interaction with at least one Timberwolves fan near the visiting bench during an NBA playoff game Friday night.
Two fans at Target Center were escorted away from the sideline by security during the fourth quarter of Game 3 between the Nuggets and Timberwolves, but Malone said he didn’t ask for anyone to be removed from the arena.
The University of Denver women’s lacrosse team dispatched the Pac-12 champions in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday.
Next up? A shot at revenge for the end to last year’s historic season.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
DALLAS – Peter DeBoer called out some of his top players after Game 1 of this series.
It was Jared Bednar’s turn after Game 2.
Bednar was quite unhappy with how the second period played out Thursday night at American Airlines Center.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
BOULDER — Gerry DiNardo doesn’t know Deion Sanders from Adam Bledsoe. But he knows this: If ex-CU Buffs coach Bill McCartney had his mitts on the transfer portal four decades ago, he would’ve used that bad boy the way Rembrandt used a brush.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareCOMMERCE CITY — Cristian Espinoza had a goal and an assist, Vitor Costa de Brito added two assists and William Yarbrough had five saves to help the San Jose Earthquakes rally from a two-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Rapids 3-2 Saturday night.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The tears trickling down Tony Girard’s cheeks would have flowed in straight lines were it not for a smile as wide as Quebec diverting their path.
In that moment, there may not have been a happier person on the planet, nor a father more filled with pride.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Sean Payton plays enough golf at his summer place in Idaho to develop an appreciation for the finer points of the game.
He sees some similarities across sports to the one he coaches and his new quarterback, first-round draft pick Bo Nix.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Ke Huy Quan opens the envelope at the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. “And the Oscar goes to … Robert Downey Jr.!”
Only he’s … not … done.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Rangers right-hander Jon Gray and Rockies lefty Austin Gomber engaged in a sensational pitching dual Friday night at Coors Field. But 37-year-old Charlie Blackmon stole the show.
The veteran ripped a two-out, two-run double off of right-hander Yerry Rodríguez in the eighth inning to lift the Rockies to a 4-2 victory and give them their first winning streak of the season.
The Denver Nuggets dominated the Minnesota Timberwolves with a 117-90 win in Game 3 of their second-round NBA playoff series at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Friday, May 10, 2024.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
MINNEAPOLIS — Monte Morris would be lying if he claimed this very situation wasn’t one of the first hypotheticals that occurred to him after the trade.
“I thought about it,” he admitted as his Minnesota Timberwolves were preparing to face the Nuggets in the playoffs.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
With rookie minicamp set to take place this weekend, the Broncos announced the signing of 13 college free agents on Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe U.S. Women’s Deaf National Team is coming to Commerce City.
In conjunction with the USWNT’s friendly against South Korea on June 1, the Deaf WNT will face off against the Australian Deaf WNT as a part of a “historic” doubleheader.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
From Babe Didrikson Zaharias to Jennifer Kupcho, cold-weather Colorado’s produced some elite women’s golfers.
Now, the next household names might already be in the pipeline via four local high schoolers with professional potential.
Colorado’s high-flying hockey team has run into a problem it’s going to need to solve, and that’s the defensive acumen of the Dallas Stars.
The Avalanche dominated Game 3 of this second-round playoff series territorially, but not on the scoreboard.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Colorado Avalanche fell to the Dallas Stars 4-1 in Game 3 of the second round of the 2024 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Ball Arena in Denver on Saturday, May 11, 2024.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Broncos head coach Sean Payton said “significant” is a modest word when describing the league’s new kickoff rule.
“It’s bigger than that,” he added.
At Notre Dame, running back Audric Estime was fearsome.
Playing with power and strength, exemplified by his Hulk-like arms, Estime was wrecking a ball, mowing down or even leaping over tacklers that stood in his way.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Initial thoughts from the Nuggets’ Game 3 Western Conference Semifinal win over the Timberwolves:
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareMINNEAPOLIS – The face of the Nuggets’ most impressive win of the season wore orange sherbet and raspberry kicks and a black hat.
Jamal Murray stepped onto the Target Center court to thunderous boos and embraced the role of the villain.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Broncos first-round quarterback Bo Nix signed his first NFL contract on Friday, the team announced.
Nix, the 12th overall pick in last month’s draft, has a four-year deal worth a fully guaranteed $18.61 million and comes with a $10.36 million signing bonus, multiple sources confirmed to The Denver Post.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Gabe Landeskog has been joining his Colorado Avalanche teammates on the ice with more regularity in a tracksuit as the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs have progressed. But it doesn’t sound like he’ll be out there in full gear in the immediate future.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
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