Sorry, Miro. Avalanche’s Cale Makar is NHL’s real Stanley Cup hero
Spare the wreaths. Hold the psalms. You come to bury Cale Makar, you better come correct. Lordy, the yapping. The peanut gallery on X tapped out 150-character obits, a troll …
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I’m a freak of nature
All in a day’s work, Nikola Jokic dodged questions about his aggression against Rudy Gobert, exhibited gentle embarrassment at being called a genius by his coworkers, then referred to himself …
Anthony Edwards on Nikola Jokic’s Game 5 masterpiece: “I just laugh.”
Rudy Gobert’s effort was valiant. But Nikola Jokic was just too good. In the midst of Jokic’s scoring onslaught in the third quarter of Game 5, the Timberwolves big man …
NBA fines Rudy Gobert $75,000 for money gesture in playoff game
Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert was fined $75,000 for making a money gesture with his hands during Game 4 of Minnesota’s playoff series against the Nuggets, the NBA announced Tuesday morning. …
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 …
Avalanche reacts to Valeri Nichushkin news: “He made his decisions”
Jack Johnson could not hide his frustration. Fresh off a 5-1 loss to the Dallas Stars that put this Avalanche season that began with championship aspirations on the brink, the …
Nikola Jokic, Aaron Gordon shine as Nuggets even with Timberwolves
MINNEAPOLIS — Jamal Murray and Kevin Harlan perform a beautiful duet together. At the end of 20 series-shifting seconds, Murray planted his feet in front of the broadcast table and …
If Avalanche’s Jared Bednar doesn’t adjust, Stars’ Pete DeBoer will smother him
What is it about the Stanley Cup Playoffs that turns Peter DeBoer into Robert Oppenheimer and Jared Bednar into Opie Taylor? “The margin between winning and losing is so slight,” …
Defense-first Stars befuddle Avalanche, win Game 3 for 2-1 series lead
Colorado’s high-flying hockey team has run into a problem it’s going to need to solve, and that’s the defensive acumen of the Dallas Stars. The Avalanche dominated Game 3 of …
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 …