Chambers: John Hayes, Ball Arena are good names for Denver hockey

Even the Pepsi Center’s name change to Ball Arena is a fantastic movement for Denver baseball. John Hayes, the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Broomfield-based Ball Corporation, is a hockey guy. He plays adult-league baseball and was the very proud owner of the Denver Cutthroats, the Central Hockey League affiliate of the Avalanche
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Colorado Xplosion, the state’s first pro women’s basketball team, helped ABL change the sport

Amid the dust, both dinginess and thin crowds of Denver Coliseum, the Colorado Xplosion planted seeds for women ’ s basketball’s growth and stabilization. The unheralded team was in the center of excellence in girls ’s basketball in 1996 as one of eight franchises in the American Basketball League. The ABL launched that October because
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