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College Football Playoff expansion faces obstacles

When talking about the possibility of expanding the College Football Playoff, the word momentum gets tossed around a lot. Expansion seems inevitable. Why? Because playoffs always ...

DATE: Jan 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Sick of Alabama vs. Clemson? The football will be great

Whatever downer might spring from a title game featuring same old vs. same old ought to be offset by a central feature: the football. Alabama-Clemson IV on Jan. 7 promises a caliber of footb...

DATE: Jan 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Dabo Swinney fulfills promise with Clemson’s best decade

Dabo Swinney had no doubt Clemson was headed in the right direction to be a national power again. He just wasn’t sure he would be around to be part of it after the 2010 regular season ended ...

DATE: Jan 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Nick Saban hasn’t slowed down, and isn’t planning to at Alabama

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Nick Saban still has plenty of fire. If there was any question about that, consider this scene from the Orange Bowl. Saban was absolutely livid on the Alabam...

DATE: Jan 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

NFL makes it hard for defense to lead way to Super Bowl

From Pittsburgh’s Steel Curtain in the 1970s to Chicago’s Monsters of the Midway in the ’80s to Seattle’s Legion of Boom more recently, dominant defenses have often been the story of the NFL...

DATE: Jan 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Antonio Brown out from Pittsburgh Steelers?

Mike Tomlin frustrated with star receiver’s antics

DATE: Jan 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Houston hires Dana Holgorsen away from West Virginia

Houston hired West Virginia’s Dana Holgorsen as its coach Wednesday, ending his eight-year run with the Mountaineers. Holgorsen was 61-41 and 33-30 in the Big 12 as he helped guid...

DATE: Jan 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

UCF’s win streak ends in Fiesta Bowl to LSU

LSU quarterback has memorable game

DATE: Jan 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

NFL head coaching positions a slippery ride

Sean Payton despises the term “Black Monday.” And he’s one of the coaches who always survives it. Six head coaches were fired as the NFL season concluded, four of them on Monday. ...

DATE: Dec 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Decision time for Kyle Murray: Football, baseball or both?

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Kyler Murray had it all working: pinpoint throws, speedy feet and unflappable resolve all the way to the finish. If this was his football finale, it was a ge...

DATE: Dec 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Russo: With Alabama-Clemson set, get ready for part 5

ARLINGTON, Texas – Before Alabama-Clemson IV is even played, know that part five of college football’s epic championship series already is in production. The top-ranked Crimson Ti...

DATE: Dec 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Vance Joseph fired by Denver Broncos

11-21 mark in two years not the Denver standard

DATE: Dec 31, 2018 | 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