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Olympic postponement gives Durango wrestler Nick Tarpley time
COVID-19 pushes back U.S. Team Trials for wrestler with neck injury
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High School Sports
Durango High to turn stadium lights on in time of darkness
Demons join movement to illuminate field
Professional Sports
Ovechkin, Crosby favor NHL going directly into playoffs
NHL hockey players Jordan Staal, captain of the Carolina Hurricanes, clockwise from top left, Claude Giroux, captain of the Philadelphia Flyers, Marc Stall, alternate captain for the New York Rangers…
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MLB uniform maker switches to producing medical masks, gowns
Fanatics joins effort to produce needed materials
High School Sports
La Plata County basketball stars honorably mentioned by CHSAA
Four girls, two boys make all-state teams
Youth Sports
Peewee power: Durango hockey team storms to Avalanche Cup title
Durango youth hockey squad went 4-0 in Denver
Professional Sports
Indianapolis 500 postponed until August because of COVID-19
The Indianapolis 500 has been postponed until August because of the coronavirus pandemic and won’t run on Memorial Day weekend for the first time since 1946. The race will instead…
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Nona Blues: McDowell concerned with restaurants and his golf
Graeme McDowell, of Northern Ireland, watches his tee shot on the first hole during the third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament Saturday in Orlando, Fla.Phelan M. Ebenhack/Associated…
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We’ll miss Opening Day, but its wonderful sense of anticipation will return someday soon
Once, I titled a book “Why Time Begins on Opening Day.” For others, time may seem to begin when gardens bloom, ski slopes open or a Kennedy Center opera season…
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NHL doctor warns of patchwork protocols across 31 markets
Goals used by the Nashville Predators are stored in a hallway in Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.Mark Humphrey/Associated Press file The NHL’s chief medical officer said Wednesday he expects the…
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MLB Opening Day memories: From Seaver to Scully, Ted to the Ted
No game today. On what was supposed to be opening day all around the majors, ballparks will be shut Thursday because of the coronavirus pandemic. So while we wait and…
Professional Sports
Game Zero: Spread of coronavirus linked to Champions League match
Event looked back on as ‘biological bomb’
Professional Sports
Some sports owners are stepping up during this crisis. It’s what they should do.
Late last year, finally, after years of wrangling, the Pittsburgh Penguins agreed to an affordable housing proposal in their new arena development plan in an old segregated black neighborhood, the…
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NEWBERRY: Will 2021 Tokyo Olympics become the spring games?
The Olympic rings are seen behind cherry blossoms Wednesday in the Odaiba section of Tokyo. Not even the Summer Olympics could withstand the force of the coronavirus.Jae C. Hong/Associated Press…
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Thweatt: Don’t rerun U.S. Olympic Trials for marathon
Durango High alumna may switch gears to 10K in second effort for Tokyo
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IOC President invokes Trump in defense of Olympic decision
GENEVA — A day after officially postponing the Tokyo Olympics, IOC president Thomas Bach invoked comments by President Donald Trump to defend himself from criticism on Wednesday. Bach spoke to…
High School Sports
U.S. Justice Department: Don’t treat trans athletes as girls
Barr signs ‘statement of interest’
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LITKE: The ‘no-win’ Olympics gets another chance
A man walks past large displays promoting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo on Tuesday. IOC President Thomas Bach has agreed “100%” to a proposal of postponing the Tokyo Olympics…
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‘Colossal’ coronavirus won’t slow Christopher Blevins’ Olympic dream
Blevins sad, not slowed by Olympic postponement to 2021
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Snow calls to Quinn Simmons while home because of coronavirus
Instead of Paris-Roubaix prep, star makes turns in San Juans
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Broncos agree to 2-year, $5.7M deal with new tight end
Vannett was with Seahawks, Steelers previously
Professional Sports
Wells Bayou wins eerie Louisiana Derby at empty track
NEW ORLEANS — As Wells Bayou completed a wire-to-wire victory in the $1 million Louisiana Derby, there was hardly a cheer to be heard — other than the isolated triumphant…
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Former Real Madrid president dies from coronavirus
MADRID — Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz died Saturday from the new coronavirus, his family said. He was 76. Sanz had been in intensive care since the beginning of…
Professional Sports
Former No. 1 overall draft picks still available on NFL market
Clowney, Newton, Winston seeking new teams
Professional Sports
NBA’s Adam Silver seeking answers, which are in short supply
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is introduced during a preseason basketball game between the Houston Rockets and the Toronto Raptors in Saitama, near Tokyo.Jae C. Hong/Associated Press file NBA Commissioner Adam…