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Hillcrest to open – really
The Hillcrest Golf Club driving range is scheduled to open Friday, with the course opening Saturday. Hillcrest opened Feb. 20, but only for two days. Jim McLaughlin enjoyed last year’s…
Professional Sports
Nuggets Hunt down the Hawks
Denver Nuggets forward Danilo Gallinari led the team to a big win against the Eastern Conference-leading Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night in Denver.David Zalubowski/Associated Press By the end of the…
College Sports
Buffaloes open Pac-12 with 78-71 win over Oregon State
Colorado’s Josh Scott dunked the Buffaloes into the second round of the Pac-12 tournament with a big win against Oregon State on Wednesday night in Las Vegas. Scott finished with…
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Target: Tight ends
Tight end Owen Daniels has spend his entire career – nine seasons – playing for coach Gary Kubiak. So when he had a chance to sign with the Denver Broncos…
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Not this time around
Broncos making offseason ripples, not big splashes like previous three years
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Durango’s Freeburn 11th at nordic junior nationals
Freeburn was second in the qualifier for the freestyle sprint in the U16 division, and made it to the “B” group final before taking 11th, assistant Durango Nordic coach Paige…
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McNabb, Quick lift Kings to 5-2 win over Avalanche
Brad Stuart got a big hit on Nick Shore, but it was the Los Angeles Kings who dealt a bigger blow to the Colorado Avalanche’s playoff hopes by picking up…
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‘Build in the draft and then add with free agency’
Elway, Broncos more strapped on cash this year
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Tulowitzki, Gonzalez back for Rockies
Tulowitzki, a four-time All-Star shortstop, struck out looking and popped to the catcher with a runner on third in his first game since July 19. No longer worried about the…
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1st loss of season for FLC women’s lacrosse
Regis scored four goals in the first half before Ellie Carpenter put the Skyhawks on the scoreboard with 10:39 left in the half. The Rangers scored again at 3:21, but…
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Rockies make it 2 in a row in spring
The Rockies’ Tommy Murphy, right, scores ahead of the tag of San Diego catcher Wil Nieves in the third inning Sunday in Peoria, Ariz.Lenny Ignelzi/Associated Press The former All-Star outfielder…
High School Sports
By the numbers
Wyatt Hayes and the Ignacio Bobcats are back in the state tournament for the second consecutive year. They’ll be the No. 3 seed, a stark contrast to the top seed…
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Skyhawk softball sweeps
The Skyhawks (8-11, 6-2 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) won the first game 17-8, and Kiley Raica pitched the Skyhawks to their first shutout win of the season, 9-0, in five…
Youth Sports
Garth Brooks, Pro Football Hall of Fame pals hold football camp in Buffalo
Like Jim Kelly and Thurman Thomas, for example. The Pro Football Hall of Famers were among numerous current and former athletes to join Brooks in holding a football camp for…
High School Sports
DHS boys, girls 2nd
Durango’s Justin Marcum cleared 12 feet, 9 inches – and the competition – in the pole vault Saturday in Farmington.Photo courtesy of Don Scott “Durango lost a big cadre of…
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A win for home team in men’s super-G
Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud said “It feels like a weight off my shoulders” after Sunday’s World Cup super-G win at home in Kvitfjell, Norway.Alessandro Trovati/Associated Press The Norwegian completed the Olympiabakken…
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After a not-so-super stretch, a super ‘W’ in super-G for Vonn
After struggling at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships at Beaver Creek – near her hometown of Vail – and a few races soon after, Lindsey Vonn found her way…
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Arenado hits 3-run homer, Rockies beat Cubs 7-5
The 23-year-old third baseman has two Gold Gloves in as many major league seasons. The Rockies hope Arenado becomes a force at the plate after a strong finish last season.…
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Cortez’s Archibeque climbs European ladder
After playing three years in Poland, one year in the Republic of Georgia and a season in Slovakia, Montezuma-Cortez and Fort Lewis College graduate Kirk Archibeque is playing professional basketball…
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Reichelt claims 2nd consecutive World Cup downhill win; Ganong sixth for U.S.
The United States’ Travis Ganong caught air but couldn’t catch the leaders, finishing sixth Saturday in the men’s World Cup downhill in Kvitfjell, Norway.Alessandro Trovati/Associated Press Reichelt, the super-G world…
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Vonn finishes 7th, maintains downhill lead
Lindsey Vonn finished seventh Saturday in the World Cup downhill in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany, but it was enough to hold onto the lead in the downhill standings.Marco Tacca/Associated Press Weirather…