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NBA75: Meet the best players in league history
The first 25 players on the league's list of the NBA's 75 greatest have been unveiled.
Garrett Whitlock, Nathan Eovaldi falter late, Red Sox dealt crushing Game 4 loss as Astros even ALCS
By: Stephen Hewitt
With a one-run lead into the late innings on Tuesday night, Red Sox manager Alex Cora had a plan of attack, his two best pitchers rested and ready, needing six outs from them to take a commanding lead in this American League Championship Series. The Houston Astros, however, had other...
Youth, steady improvement among early themes for CU Buffs men’s basketball
By: Pat Rooney
Among the many messages Colorado men’s basketball coach Tad Boyle shared during the university’s annual winter sports media day were two distinct and actually polarizing thoughts. The first was nothing new, as the youthful, mostly new-look Buffaloes boast the makeup of a team that expects to be much better in...
Nathan MacKinnon, Avalanche struggle in 6-3 loss at Washington
By: Mike Chambers
WASHINGTON — Nathan MacKinnon was expected to spark the shorthanded Avalanche in his season debut on Tuesday. Instead, Colorado fell to 1-2 on the season in a game its superstar center might not have been prepared to play. MacKinnon, who missed the Avs’ first two games while in COVID protocol,...
Kiszla: There’s never been better time than now for Nuggets to win NBA championship
By: Mark Kiszla
If Nikola Jokic plays like the MVP and Tim Connelly’s big $250 million bet on Michael Porter Jr. and Aaron Gordon pays off, you will have a better chance of watching the Nuggets on Comcast than seeing injured Jamal Murray on the court before March 1. And that could be...
Nuggets power rankings tracker: How national experts rank Denver entering the 2021-22 NBA season
By: Joe Nguyen
The Nuggets kick off their 2021-22 campaign with much optimism and plenty of hurdles. The team doubled down on the belief in its talent after re-signing Will Barton, Aaron Gordon and JaMychal Green and extending Michael Porter Jr.’s contract. But is this team strong enough to contend for a title,...
Broncos’ Von Miller guarantees dominant performance on Thursday Night Football against Browns: “I’m going to go off.”
By: Kyle Newman
Three years ago, with the Broncos mired in a four-game losing streak and playing on Thursday Night Football in Arizona, Von Miller guaranteed a Denver domination. What followed was a 45-10 blowout win for the Broncos in which Miller registered two sacks, four tackles and a pair of forced fumbles...
CU Buffs hope momentum has shifted for offense
By: Brian Howell
With a fairly comfortable 27-point lead in the fourth quarter on Saturday, Colorado head coach Karl Dorrell admitted he did think about giving some playing time to backup quarterback Drew Carter. The game was in hand at that point, but Dorrell took the previous month into consideration, as well. Freshman...
How NBA teams handled extended absences of star players in recent history
By: Mike Singer, Matt Schubert
NBA history is littered with examples of teams being derailed by an injury to a star player. One of the best books written on the league — David Halberstam’s “Breaks of the Game” — centers around one such instance. Hint: It didn’t end well. With the Nuggets looking to clear a...
ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ returns to Pac-12 country for UCLA-Oregon showdown
By: Jon Wilner
This is quite the week for UCLA. The men’s basketball team debuted at No. 2 in the Associated Press preseason poll, while the women checked in at No. 20. The football team faces 10th-ranked Oregon on Saturday afternoon at the Rose Bowl, and the campus gets to host a pre-dawn...
Gymnasts Biles, Maroney, Raisman and Nichols ask Congress to dissolve Olympic committee’s board of directors
By: Scott Reid
Four Olympic and World champion gymnasts formally asked Congress on Wednesday to dissolve the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s board of directors, saying the organization ignored sexual abuse for decades and failed to take the necessary steps to eradicate a culture of abuse within American Olympic sports. In a letter...
Vic Fangio expects Teddy Bridgewater to start at Cleveland Browns despite foot injury
By: Ryan O’Halloran
Broncos coach Vic Fangio expects quarterback Teddy Bridgewater to start Thursday night at Cleveland despite suffering a foot injury late in Sunday’s loss to Las Vegas. The Broncos went inside this morning for their walk-through of the week and Bridgewater had a noticeable limp as he walked from the locker...
We bought the Hearts! 'Succession' storyline brought to life on club's kit
As season 3 of "Succession" arrives this week, Scottish club Hearts gave a nod to their part in one of the hit U.S. show's most memorable moments.
CU Buffs coach Tad Boyle: Don’t let Kansas fans take over Boulder like Nebraska football supporters did in 2019. “That was embarrassing”
By: Sean Keeler
BOULDER — The bean-counters at CU might have enjoyed the financial windfall from all those Nebraska Cornhuskers fans taking over Folsom Field in September 2019. Buffs men’s basketball coach Tad Boyle didn’t enjoy it. At all. “That was embarrassing to me,” the longtime CU coach said of seeing a Buffs...
Trainer: Tyson Fury ‘Possibly’ Knocks Out Holyfield, Lewis, Usyk, Joshua In Mythical Matchups
By: Lem Satterfield
By Lem Satterfield Newly crowned WBC champion Tyson Fury has declared himself “the greatest heavyweight of my era,” having transitioned from pure boxer to a 6-foot-9 behemoth with two-fisted power whose footwork and mobility belie his size. The unbeaten “Gypsy King” can whip former champions Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield,...
Nuggets Journal: From Nikola Jokic to Michael Porter Jr., five bold predictions for upcoming season
By: Mike Singer
On the eve of the Nuggets’ 2021-22 opener, it’s unclear if even Denver’s decision-makers have any idea how this season will go. Will Jamal Murray return from his ACL injury in March, then lead the Nuggets on another joyous postseason ride? Will he remain sidelined for the entire season? How...
Miami's plan to offer a race experience like no other
Formula One racing will make its debut in Miami next year and the organisers of the race are hoping to create an experience unlike any other race on the F1 schedule.
Browns place RB Kareem Hunt, LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah on injured reserve
By: Tom Withers
BEREA, Ohio — The Browns placed running back Kareem Hunt and rookie linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah on injured reserve Tuesday before practice. Hunt suffered a significant calf injury in Sunday’s loss to the Arizona Cardinals. Going on IR means Hunt has to miss a minimum of three games and there’s a...
