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The Colorado Avalanche School for Wayward Hockey Players has enrolled a new student. Colorado traded a third-round pick in 2027 and Ondrej Pavel to the Nashville Predators on Saturday for Juuso Parssinen and a seventh-round pick in 2026. Parssinen, 23, had two goals and five points for the Predators this season. “He’s had a tough year,” Avs coach Jared Bednar said.

Denver Post Broncos writer Parker Gabriel posts his Broncos Mailbag weekly during the season and periodically during the offseason. Click here to submit a question. Parker, our backs are to the wall now. Win and we’re in. With that, I have a couple of questions. Can we trust Riley Moss after his rough game against the Bengals?

SALT LAKE CITY — Jamal Murray contorted his face into a demonstrative expression worthy of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.” He was dribbling the ball past mid-court. The Nuggets were hunting fast-break points in Utah, and Murray needed to get a message across to Peyton Watson. The young forward was in the far corner, spaced next to Michael Porter Jr.

JoJo Nworie grew up playing soccer in the streets of Nigeria. But she’s come into her own in America with a basketball in her hands. CU’s 6-foot-5 sophomore center didn’t even start hooping until she was 17, the same year she arrived in the U. S. She moved from Lagos to California as a sophomore.

Managers from Vail Mountain have been sent to Park City to keep operations running there as ski patrollers from the Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association began striking Friday morning, calling for better wages and working conditions. Both Park City ski area and Vail Mountain are owned by Vail Resorts. Vail Mountain’s ski patrol director and senior manager of health and safety are among those who have been sent, according to a person familiar with the situation who agreed to speak off the record. Vail and Beaver Creek spokesperson John Plack said while he can’t comment on specific employee locations or assignments, he can confirm that a patrol support team has been deployed “to help support operational continuity.” Related Articles Outdoors | Arapahoe Basin could be next Colorado ski area to have unionized ski patrollers Outdoors | Groups break down barriers on Colorado’s slopes to diversify winter sports that are “just so hard to get into” Outdoors | Keystone is getting a game-changing revamp.

Snow is starting to stack up in the Colorado Rocky Mountains as waves of snowfall have continued since around the Christmas holiday, bringing nearly 2 feet of snow to some of the region’s popular ski resorts. Summit County’s ski resorts continue to lead the pack for snowfall since the Christmas snowstorm started.