Rockies’ Austin Gomber Dominates Braves In Colorado’s 3-1 Victory

John Griffin ran from denial to acceptance in 4.4 flat. Griffin, the former Wyoming wide receiver, longtime Denverite, stalwart humanitarian and one of the Cowboys’ iconic “Black 14,” read about the reported collapse of the Mountain West and spun out of anger’s arm tackle. He juked bargaining. He trucked depression. “First off, I thought, ‘That’s interesting,'” the ex-Pokes wideout said of CSU’s leap to the Pac-12 late last week.

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. We open with two questions regarding the future of Rockies’ catchers. Patrick, what are the Rockies going to do with three catchers (Jacob Stallings, Hunter Goodman and Drew Romo), and what does that mean for their future? — Renee, Cody, Wyo. Patrick, I hear and see so many good things about Jacob Stallings.

Spoiler alert: Should the Diamondbacks fall out of the wild-card playoff race, they might point to this September series with the Rockies. Last year’s surprise National League pennant winner has owned the Rockies for the last two seasons. But these September Rockies aren’t those Rockies. They proved it again Tuesday night with an 8-2 romp over the D-backs at Coors Field.

Win and you could be in. For the first time since 2021, the Colorado Rapids are playing with a chance to clinch a playoff berth. With a win on the road against rival Sporting Kansas City, the Rapids could become the fifth team to secure a spot in the MLS Playoffs, joining Inter Miami, FC Cincinnati, Columbus Crew and L.

Charlie Condon hit 37 homers and batted .433 his junior season at Georgia, so of course he was excited to take batting practice at Coors Field on Tuesday afternoon. Alas, a pending thunderstorm meant that the tarp was down. No BP. No infield practice alongside major leaguers. No racing across the ballpark’s huge outfield. “It would have been cool to get to hit out there and see it fly,” the 21-year-old corner infielder/corner outfielder said. Still, the Rockies’ first-round choice in this summer’s draft (third overall) was able to soak up his first visit at Coors.

The Broncos were in desperation mode against the Pittsburgh Steelers when Sean Payton called Josh Reynolds’ number. Trailing 10-0 with 7:43 left in the third quarter at Empower Field on Sunday, Sean Payton dug deep into his bag of tricks, putting running back Javonte Williams behind the center in shotgun with quarterback Bo Nix lined up outside. Williams took the snap and handed the ball off to Courtland Sutton on a fly sweep before the veteran wideout pitched it back to Nix.