Pierre-Edouard Bellemare – C Quite literally nothing happened with him on the ice, as there were only seven total shot attempts between the two teams in his nearly 10 minutes of ice. Andre Burakovsky – D A step back from Burakovsky after some great performances. The powerplay in the third period really stood out in a negative way, with some…...

When the Avalanche originally signed Val Nichushkin after Dallas officially gave up on him and bought him out, I went back and watched the video of his draft day to see what impressions were back when he was still considered a high-end prospect. https://youtu.be/yLSZBJZ8jOo?t=710 Just listen to this conversation. It’s almost spooky how on the nose it ended up being.…...

BOULDER – It may feel like the 2020-21 basketball season is winding down but Colorado head coach Tad Boyle doesn’t see things that way. “Look, there’s four seasons in college basketball,” Boyle told reporters after his team’s win over Arizona State Thursday. “You have the preseason, or non-conference portion of your schedule, you have your conference portion–which this year was…...

The Denver Nuggets are rolling. After a 113-103 victory on the road over the Indiana Pacers, they enter the all-star break on a four-game winning streak, having swept a four-game road trip. The Nuggets held the rest advantage for once, and a tired Pacers squad had only one real push in them. Denver weathered the storm and took home an…...

Following a brief morning skate at Ball Arena, Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar announced that star forward Nathan MacKinnon was ready to go tonight against the visiting Anaheim Ducks. Having MacKinnon in the lineup is a stroke of good fortune for the club after he was the recipient of a headshot by San Jose rookie Joachim Blichfeld halfway through the…...

DNVR Rockies beat reporters Drew Creasman and Patrick Lyons battle for supremacy discussing various hot topics pertaining to the inhabitants of 2001 Blake Street as well all the scuttlebutt in and around the game of baseball. The coldest, hardest winter on record for supporters of the Colorado Rockies has finally come to an end. Spring Training has begun and along…

“Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.” – John W. Gardner Most tasks, no matter how complex they seem, can often be broken down into a series of simpler goals. This is especially true in professional sports, where complex sequences that seem outside the bounds of mere mortals can usually be broken down into more mundane bits and bytes. In…...

The outlook for Von Miller, Justin Simmons, Shelby Harris and the Broncos' restricted free agents were among myriad topics touched on by the Broncos' top football brass March 4.

After nearly two months on the job, new general manager George Paton's review on Drew Lock is in. On Thursday, he made it public.

It’s early October 2021. The leaves on the trees are turning color and falling gently onto increasingly snowy streets and driveways. The smell of postseason baseball is in the air. There are more fans in the stadiums now, not to full capacity, but things are starting to feel closer to normal again. The playoff picture is beginning to emerge more…...

The Avs made domination of the Sharks look routine as Rantanen and Landeskog combined for four points each. Nathan MacKinnon’s health is uncertain after an unfortunate hit. https://youtu.be/agpkH04dr8k

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare – C+ Getting shot attempts, but definitely doesn’t look to be putting much fear in goalies as none of them are hitting the net. Had a great chance in the second period in the slot but missed the net completely. Did like the fourth line overall. Andre Burakovsky – B+ Burky looks back, even though he was held…...

I wrote two days ago that we were going to learn a lot about the Colorado Avalanche tonight. That the loss two days ago was so bad, so inexcusably lazy and self-inflicted, that the Avalanche would show their true colors in how they responded tonight. The team clearly agreed something had to be discussed as they held a meeting to…...

FORT COLLINS, CO. — After struggling to knock down jump shots in Monday night’s win over the Falcons, Adam Thistlewood and Kendle Moore stayed late to work on their 3-point shooting. The duo had just played 27 and 33 minutes respectively in a 30 point victory over Air Force — but after combining to go 1-of-13 from the perimeter — the two…...

George Karl and Adam Mares breakdown Nikola Jokic’s MVP-caliber play, Jamal Murray’s hot shooting streak, and Michael Porter Jr. learning to fit into his role on the Denver Nuggets. Coach Karl also shares some insight into what it is like to participate in NBA all-star weekend, talks about some of his favorite stories from those events, and what things Jokic…

The Broncos' decisions on what tenders to use on their restricted free agents need to be submitted before the start of the new league year on Mar. 17.

Here are the Broncos' six RFAs and the decisions that need to be made.

The Denver Nuggets were handed a scheduled loss to the Milwaukee Bucks Tuesday night. At least, that’s how it looked on paper. Down four rotation players and on the second half of a road back-to-back, expectations were low. That’s why you play the games. Nikola Jokić led the way with a 37-point triple-double en route to a 128-97 blowout. The…...

How Denver got back to its basics in Milwaukee, according to Jamal Murray, and why Torrey Craig signed with the Bucks...and not the Nuggets.

He's playing the best football of his career right now. His ESPN QBR of 76.9 last year was the best of his career, which followed a 68.3 QBR in 2019 that now stands as the second-highest.