Sports
College Sports
NCAA waives Division I minimum on scholarship spending
The Division I Council Coordination Committee approved two other blanket waivers Wednesday that had been requested by several conferences in recent weeks in response to coronavirus pandemic. Basketball and football…
High School Sports
Hyson gobbled up by Gila Monsters baseball
Durango pitcher eager to grow at Eastern Arizona College
High School Sports
Senior Spotlight: Blended group of golfers dispersed by COVID-19
Durango golf coach reflects on the season lost to COVID-19
Professional Sports
Athletes harassed in Spain while practicing amid confinement
The long-awaited return to practice amid the coronavirus pandemic wasn’t as pleasant as some Spanish athletes had hoped. High-performance athletes were allowed to resume training in Spain this week after…
Professional Sports
Play ball: Korean baseball league begins in empty stadiums
After a weeks-long delay because of the coronavirus pandemic, umpires wore protective masks and cheerleaders danced beneath rows of unoccupied seats as professional baseball got back on the field. There…
Professional Sports
Baseball resumes in South Korea, bringing innings to a world starved for sports
The leathery pop of a strike into the catcher’s mitt was no different than before. A solid hit to center field still had that satisfying clap. But little else was…
Professional Sports
Planning normal season, NFL forms ticket refund policy
In a memo sent to the 32 teams by Commissioner Roger Goodell and obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday, a uniform baseline for full refunds on any tickets purchased…
College Sports
NCAA women’s hoops committee moves away from RPI to NET
The Division I men’s basketball committee has been using NET since the 2018-19 season. “It’s an exciting time for the game as we look to the future,” said Nina King,…
Professional Sports
Broncos game in London moved to Atlanta
NFL moving all international games back to U.S. stadiums
Professional Sports
Lucky Lock: Broncos QB excited by offense-focused draft
Elway’s endorsement goes long way for second-year QB
Professional Sports
USA Cycling could cancel mountain bike nationals
Durango athletes such as Riley Amos have dominated the junior mountain bike national championships in recent years. This year, juniors may not get a chance to race for stars and…
Professional Sports
Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson headline charity match
Golf stars go head-to-head for COVID-19 relief
Youth Sports
USA Football launches app to help coach young players
Free program aids in progression of whole athlete
Professional Sports
NFL coaching great Don Shula dies at 90
Shula won more games, including perfect 1972 Dolphins, than any other coach
Sports
Olympians look to help young athletes during shutdown
The captain of the U.S. men’s water polo team is adjusting his training, too. He also misses playing alongside his friends. One way Smith is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic…
Professional Sports
‘We’re going to run the Kentucky Derby in 2020’
Churchill Downs president promises event
Professional Sports
Duplantis, Lavillenie split gold in backyard pole-vaulting
It was for backyard bragging rights. So he raised his intensity. Lavillenie and Mondo Duplantis of Sweden shared the gold medal Sunday during a men’s pole vault competition held in…
Professional Sports
The USWNT finally found a foe it couldn’t beat: Male entitlement
All you have to know about Klausner’s ruling is that it leads with, and lingers on, the men’s national soccer team and what it doesn’t get. You stare at the…
Professional Sports
Broncos decline 5th-year option on Garett Bolles
Hold-prone tackle has drawn ire of fans
Sports
Mountain top: Game of Thrones actor sets deadlift record
“Game of Thrones” actor Hafthor Bjornsson, who played Gregor “The Mountain” Clegane in the HBO series, set a deadlift world record by lifting 1,104 pounds on Saturday. Bjornsson, the 2018…
Professional Sports
NASCAR under watchful eye of sports world
Fans, other leagues eager to see what happens
Professional Sports
Hardrock 100 holding off decision on 2020 race
Organizers hope COVID-19 doesn’t lead to second consecutive cancellation
High School Sports
Senior Spotlight: The baseball season that could have been
Durango coach Coddington reflects on senior leadership
Professional Sports
Broncos’ Von Miller says he’s recovered from COVID-19
Denver Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller has been cleared of COVID-19 two weeks after he announced he had tested positive for the virus.Gregory Bull/Associated Press file “Got my results back.…
Sports
Bodybuilding attracts current, former Bayfield Wolverines
Hawkins, Kaufmann ‘pumped’ over new pursuit
Professional Sports
No one to lose a PGA Tour card in 2020
A memo sent to players Thursday to outline the changes was another step in the tour trying to figure out what’s equitable in a season that will be without 13…
College Sports
NCAA faces lawsuit over gender-based violence at colleges
Plaintiffs in the suit, filed this week in U.S. District Court in Michigan, include women who have been athletes at Michigan State, Nebraska and an unidentified America East school. Other…