First-year Cavaliers head coach David Blatt did not anticipate a rocky start to his NBA coaching career. It’s hard to blame him when he has talented players in Kyrie Irving, LeBron James, Tristan Thompson and Kevin Love on his roster. Read More
Author Archives: Leslie Monteiro
Pining for Raiders To Be Good
Back in the day, Raiders Week had the state of Colorado on alert twice a year. Nothing boiled the fans and the Broncos more than the Raiders. That was when the Raiders were contending for titles. That was when the team had so many renegades that played dirty. Read More
Boiling Point Is Near For Roy
Avalanche coach Patrick Roy is finding out last year is over. If a struggling start is not any indication, then the fans booing his team off their home ice last night should do the trick. It’s a humbling experience to get booed by the home fans. Read More
Foxborough Continues To Be Broncos’ Kryptonite
This was an eye-opener for the Broncos during the game and after the game. It’s a good bet they will be numb from what happened for days. It’s not something where they can shake it off that quickly. Not when they thought they were good enough to finally beat the Patriots at Foxborough. Read More
MacKinnon Does Not Let Slump Get Him Down
It isn’t the Avalanche getting off to a losing start that is surprising. It’s hard to believe they were going to sneak up on teams like last season that helped them get off to a great start for months. Read More
Nuggets Banking On Faried To Be Go-To Guy
Kenneth Faried starts his 2014 season with a five-year, $60 million extension from the Nuggets. With extension, responsibilities come with it. It’s not only about being a player that puts great numbers every game, but it’s about being the go-to guy in the fourth quarter.
No Hope For These Nuggets
In basketball locales like San Antonio, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Oklahoma City and Chicago, fans can dream about winning a NBA championship this season.
There’s Life After Rockies For Guthrie
Jeremy Guthrie is a survivor after enduring a horrible season with the Rockies in 2012. Pitching for the Royals in a swing game of the World Series is something he never envisioned when the Rockies traded him to that team, but that’s what happened to him last night. Read More
Matter Of Time Until Sanders Flourishes
Emmanuel Sanders has been an afterthought in the offseason and during the regular season. His signing has not received much pub that Aqib Talib, DeMarcus Ware and T.J. Ward received when the Broncos signed them this offseason. Read More
Yost Gets Best Of Bochy In Game 2
The experts had this managerial matchup as a mismatch in the battle of managers in the World Series. Who can blame the experts? Giants manager Bruce Bochy won two World Series championships while Royals manager Ned Yost is lucky to be managing the World Series. Read More
Giants Send Message To Royals
The Royals found out they were not playing the Athletics, Angels and Orioles anymore after the end of the Game 1 of the World Series. They found out early on that it’s going to take more than magic to beat the Giants. Read More
Manning Couldn’t Care Less About His Night
Anytime a network has a televised game, the producers and announcers search for a storyline that would make this game a big event. With Peyton Manning, there’s always a storyline whether it’s him breaking records or winning a big game. Read More
Grayson Epitomes CSU’s Toughness And Smarts
It was desperation. It was gutsy. It was a thing of beauty. That was what Colorado State quarterback Garrett Grayson’s 46-yard pass to Rashard Higgins from Colorado State’s 32-yard line with a minute to go in regulation was all about. Read More
Yost Makes This October His Time
This is Royals manager Ned Yost’s world, and baseball fans are living in it this month. He is going through such a good fortune right now with his team in the World Series. He is 8-0 in the postseason in his managerial career. Read More

















