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Pain-free Chacin allows 2 runs; Rockies fall to D-backs

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Jhoulys Chacin allowed two runs and two hits while getting five outs in his first game in more than eight months for Colorado in the Rockies’ 4-3 loss to the Arizona Diam...

DATE: Mar 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Rockies drop spring opener

Colorado debuts a new-look lineup

DATE: Mar 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Baseball punches in on the clock

New rules implemented for first time to speed up pace of play

DATE: Mar 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Sports

No need to make a pitch for new catcher Hundley

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Nick Hundley started last season in San Diego, finished it in Baltimore and then signed with Colorado. A dizzying year for the veteran catcher? Not so much fo...

DATE: Mar 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Major league baseball’s 1st black Latino star Minoso dies

CHICAGO – When Minnie Minoso broke into major league baseball, the “Cuban Comet” was part of a wave of black players who changed the game forever. By the time he played in his final game 35 ...

DATE: Mar 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Rockies' Nolan Arenado confident he can become a star

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Nolan Arenado won’t turn 24 until April and he has already collected plenty of accolades, including two Gold Gloves. The Colorado Rockies third basem...

DATE: Feb 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

A bullpen for old men

Rockies’ Hawkins is MLB’s oldest

DATE: Feb 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Steroids chemist headed to prison for 18 months

Brazilian also faces deportation

DATE: Feb 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

A-Rod back early with Yanks, still avoiding PED specifics

TAMPA, Fla. – Alex Rodriguez reported to the New York Yankees three days ahead of schedule. He spoke for 8½ minutes about his season-long drug suspension. But on his first day bac...

DATE: Feb 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Trade, injury talk takes toll on Rockies’ Troy Tulowitzki

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The constant trade talk finally began to affect Troy Tulowitzki over the winter. “I think this offseason was the first time it really hit me, just because it w...

DATE: Feb 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Manfred knows he’ll get hit as commish – his name is on the ball

NEW YORK – Rob Manfred knows he’ll get pounded now that he’s baseball commissioner – his name is printed in blue script on the sweet spot between the seams of every big league ball. ...

DATE: Jan 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki’s surgically repaired hip on mend

DENVER – This has almost become an annual rite of impending spring: Troy Tulowitzki insisting he is healthy and can stay that way for an entire season. The Colorado Rockies often-...

DATE: Jan 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday