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Helton: Face of Rockies Baseball

  By Dave Land | September 1, 2013 - 8:33 pm | MLB, Rockies
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MLB: San Diego Padres at Colorado RockiesIt was a vintage Todd Helton at bat in the seventh inning of the game today against the Reds. He battled to work the count full against Reds pitcher Curtis Partch, and then on the full count pitch Todd Helton became just the 96th player in Major League baseball to reach 2,500 career hits. Read More →

Rockies Win Series Against Reds

  By Dave Land | September 1, 2013 - 8:15 pm | MLB, Rockies
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rockiesTodd Helton belted a double down the left field line in the seventh inning of the game today to secure his 2,500th hit in his glorious career, and helped the Rockies secure a 7-4 victory over the Reds to finish out the series. Read More →

Broncos Final Roster Deets

  By Anthony Rodriguez | August 31, 2013 - 3:43 pm | Broncos, NFL
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broncos 45The last major deadline before the start of the regular season is upon us. Today, the Denver Broncos made their roster moves and have their 53-man roster. Read More →

Rockies Begin Series With Reds

  By Dave Land | August 30, 2013 - 3:28 pm | MLB, Rockies
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rockiesThe Rockies are coming into this series with the Reds with something that has been hard for them to get in the second half of their season…momentum. The Rockies have a chance to play spoiler and ruin the Reds plans for postseason plans. Read More →

College Football is Back! Week 1

  By Sammy Mugharbil | August 30, 2013 - 1:52 pm | College
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Passion, intensity, drama, excitement, Lee Corso’s headgear, and the list goes on. That’s right, College Football is back, not to mention ESPN College Gameday too! You think I’m excited, imagine Lou Holtz or Kirk Herbstreit. Read More →

2013-14 UEFA Champions League

  By Sammy Mugharbil | August 30, 2013 - 1:47 pm | Soccer
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 The group stage draw for the 59th installment of the European Cup has been set. This is the 22nd installment since it was renamed the UEFA Champions League in 1992. Read More →

Chacin Flirts With No-No

  By Dave Land | August 29, 2013 - 9:43 am | MLB, Rockies
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chacinJhoulys Chacin was magnificent on the mound tonight as he was able to limit the Giants to one hit over seven innings of work on his way to getting the victory as the Rockies held on for a 5-4 victory. Read More →

Credit Nicasio’s Improvements

  By Leslie Monteiro | August 28, 2013 - 1:02 pm | MLB, Rockies
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nicasioNo one figured Juan Nicasio would be in the rotation for extended amount of time after he filled in for Roy Oswalt by making a start against the Dodgers on July 12. Read More →

KMet Radio Sports Podcast

  By Anthony Rodriguez | August 26, 2013 - 6:52 pm | Broncos, College, Metro State, MLB, NBA, NFL, Nuggets, Rockies, Sports
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kmet radioThe very first KMet Radio Sports Show! Myself (Anthony Rodriguez), Brandon Hart, and Colton Denning took to the KMet Radio Studios at the Auraria Campus and talked sports! Read More →

Barclays Recap, Fed Ex Cup

  By Josh Sisco | August 26, 2013 - 5:15 pm | Golf
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adam scott barclays 2What an amazing start to the PGA playoffs at the Barclays with Adam Scott taking the title in dramatic fashion.  Even though he was not in the final group, there was still suspense all the way down to the end.
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Sunday Sports Round-Up

  By Sammy Mugharbil | August 25, 2013 - 11:35 pm | Broncos, Golf, Soccer, Tennis
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Here’s an overlook of some of the big sports stories that transpired this weekend! As always, there was a little bit of everything! Read More →

Chacin Propels Rockies

  By Dave Land | August 23, 2013 - 8:39 pm | MLB, Rockies
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chacin 2The Rockies had a great start from Jhoulys Chacin which propelled the Rockies to a nail biting 3-2 victory against the Marlins.  Read More →

Déjà Vu For The Rockies

  By Dave Land | August 22, 2013 - 10:37 pm | MLB, Rockies
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rockiesRafael Betancourt was placed on the waiver wire earlier in the day and tonight he blew his second straight save chance in as many days as the Phillies beat the Rockies 5-4. Read More →

Rafi Blows It For Rockies

  By Dave Land | August 22, 2013 - 9:36 am | MLB, Rockies
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rafael-betancourt-gettyRafael Betancourt blew a one run lead in the ninth inning and the Phillies defeated the Rockies by a final score of 4-3. The Rockies fought hard to get the lead in the eighth inning but it all unraveled when Betancourt came in to close it out in the ninth. Read More →

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