It’s rare a non-conference college basketball game carry this much buzz in November, but last night’s game between Duke and Kansas was no ordinary nonconference game. Both teams feature two stars that will be the next generation of NBA stars in Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker, so there was going to be interest. Read More
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[Photo Courtesy: AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker]
The Colorado Avalanche fell to the Carolina Hurricanes Tuesday night at PNC Arena. Jordan Staal led the way for the Canes with a goal and an assist, and Jason Peters stuffed the Avs. Avalanche haven’t won at PNC since January 12th, 2008. Read More
The long-awaited matchup between the Chiefs and the Broncos is finally under a week away. The 9-0 Chiefs face the 8-1 Broncos in a clash of two of the best teams in the NFL. It isn’t a game simply between two great teams or AFC West rivals, either. The design of each team is fundamentally different. Read More
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[Photo Courtesy: AP Photo/Rick Bowmer]
The Denver Nuggets came away with the victory at Energy Solutions Arena in Utah, as Andre Miller scored nine of his fifteen points in the 4th, outscoring the Jazz 30-13, with a 100-81 victory. Read More
Talking to a Jets fan at a sports bar in New York yesterday afternoon, he muttered “Why can’t the Jets have players like the Broncos on offense?” The Broncos have been consistently good on offense all season long by averaging 42.9 points per game through eight games. That’s amazing in a league where inconsistency is the norm. Read More
Dan O’Dowd was hired as the Rockies General Manager on September 20th, 1999. Since that time he has amassed a win-loss record of 1,063-1,206. A difference of 143 more losses than wins and 72 games UNDER 500 for his GM career. Read More
The Colorado Avalanche under rookie head coach Patrick Roy earned their fourteenth win of the season, downing Alexander Ovechkin’s Capitals, 4-to-1 Sunday night at the Pepsi Center. Read More
The Denver Broncos have started this season strong, despite a loss to Indianapolis; they are currently 7-1 and in second place in the AFC West standings. Halfway done with the season and coming off of a bye-week, and are in San Diego to take on Phillip Rivers and the Chargers. Read More
Coming off of a big win at home against the Atlanta Hawks, earning their first win of the season, the Denver Nuggets fell flat in the fourth after outscoring the Suns 40-to-20 in the 3rd quarter, losing 114-103. Read More
(Jack Dempsey, AP)
Here’s hoping Brian Shaw enjoyed a nice meal and a good night’s sleep Thursday night. He should after getting his first regular season victory in four tries as the new Nuggets coach last night in the Nuggets’ 109-107 victory over the Hawks at the Pepsi Center. Read More
The Denver Nuggets prevailed at the Pepsi Center Thursday Night against the Atlanta Hawks, earning their first win of the season, as point guard Ty Lawson led the team with 23 points, 7 rebounds, and eight assists. Read More
It was hard for the fans to get up for last night’s Avalanche game against the Predators at the Pepsi Center. Apparently, the Avalanche couldn’t get up for it either after a 6-4 loss last night to the Predators. Hard to blame fans for not getting worked up against a team the Avalanche have zero history with. Read More
The Colorado Rockies are team that raced out of the gates on fire, going 13-4 shocking the baseball world, to a team that finished the season 74-88, back in the cellar of the National League West with the continual theme of injuries surrounding the team. Read More
In light of what Richie Incognito did to Jonathan Martin, it’s troubling we have former football players, current football players, couple of sports radio talkies and fans defending football players for hazing. Read More
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