Nuggets vs. Timberwolves, Game 7: Five themes to watch
Game 7s make for great theater, but not only because of the stakes and suspense. They are the final act of a ballet between two teams who have already revealed …
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Avalanche’s certainty at center helps ease cloudy future
It hasn’t been a great week for certainty about the future of the Avalanche roster. The Avs already had one key player — captain Gabe Landeskog — whose future contributions …
Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar deliver
Instant reaction from the Avalanche’s 5-3 win at Dallas in Game 5 of their second-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series. 1. MacKinnon, Makar come through: What was it Michael Malone reminded …
Covid-19 remains a worse killer than the flu, US study finds
Covid-19 remained a bigger killer than the flu last winter, despite hopes the pandemic virus would eventually blend into the background with other respiratory germs that cause seasonal epidemics, a …
Why can’t Colorado win playing “small ball”?
Denver Post sports writer Patrick Saunders with the latest installment of his Rockies Mailbag. Pose a Rockies- or MLB-related question for the Rockies Mailbag. In your (recent) Sunday article, where …
Colorado Rockies playing with fire with high walk rate
SAN DIEGO — Walks haunt, and late-game walks haunt absolutely. Usually. The Rockies’ 5-4 win over the Padres on Monday night at Petco Park was the exception. They pulled off …
Avalanche’s 3-1 deficit too steep a hill to climb
Instant reaction from the Avalanche’s 5-1 loss to Dallas in Game 4 of their second-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series. 1. No mojo = hard road: Whatever the Avs did to …
Alexandar Georgiev deserved more support
Instant reaction from the Avalanche’s 4-1 loss to Dallas in Game 3 of their second-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series. 1. Georgie deserved better: As maddening as the opening 55 minutes …
Nikola Jokic’s top 5 moments of third career MVP season
5. Perfect Triple-Doubles Nikola Jokic (15) of the Denver Nuggets works against Jaren Jackson Jr. (13) of the Memphis Grizzlies during the second quarter at Ball Arena in Denver on …
How Nikola Jokic’s 4-year run vs. NBA’s other 3-time MVPs stacks up
Nikola Jokic has been named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the third time in four years. He joins an exclusive club of players who won three or more MVPs …