As CU Buffs athletic director Rick George navigates uncertain future, there’s only one certainty: Change is coming

Editor’s note: Last in a series considering CU’s go in the Big 12 into the Pac-12 a decade past. Now: CU’s potential BOULDER — The control center for surfing the Colorado Buffaloes through the pandemic is your home office for one of America’therefore most athletic directors. Think you harbor ’t slept since the coronavirus pandemic
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Nuggets’ Monte Morris: “I would love to get an extension here”

For all the questions the Nuggets answered about their promising future this past season, their riveting postseason run raised another. Do the Nuggets have two starting-caliber point guards on their roster? After Jamal Murray, Nikola Jokic and Swiss-army wing Jerami Grant, Monte Morris was probably the next steadiest player during Denver’s playoff run to the
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NBA draft: The Nuggets need a shooting guard. Fortunately, this draft is full of them.

Editor’s note: Second in a series previewing the upcoming NBA draft. Today: shooting guard The Nuggets have a slight advantage as the NBA draft on Nov. 18 creeps closer. At shooting guard, one of Denver’s most pressing needs, there’s actually a fair amount of depth that could be within range with the No. 22 pick.
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NBA draft: Why Nuggets can’t rule out drafting a PG at No. 22

After what Jamal Murray just did in Orlando, point guard is about the last place the Nuggets need to upgrade in this month’s draft. Murray’s rise coupled with Monte Morris’ steady play as a backup gives Denver a backcourt tandem that only a handful of teams can rival. But this year’s draft process, the most
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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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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Is Ball Arena another example of Kroenke family loving Nuggets more than Avs?

Ball Arena is OK If the Nuggets are Now Playing. However, for Avalanche matches, shouldn’t we predict it Puck Arena? — John, Denver Kiz: Avalanche lovers have claimed Josh and Stan Kroenke adore the Nuggets finest. Does the arena’s new name confirm these suspicions? Well, if they also alter the locks onto the joint and
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Grading the Week: Much like a cold can of Pepsi, Ball Arena is fine

We here at Grading the Week are nothing if not extreme believers. Which is why We’ve chosen to waste no time in fixing the most important topic of week at Colorado sports arena … Ball Arena — C Nobody chooses Pepsi. At least not with their original option. Usually, it’s ’s something that you agree
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Nuggets journal: What clues are there for Denver’s No. 22 pick?

There are three prevailing schools of thought as to how the Nuggets will utilize their 22nd overall pick in the NBA draft next month. The first, and perhaps most tantalizing, is to trade it. The Nuggets could use it as a sweetener in a deal for an immediate upgrade. The thinking here is that Michael
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Nuggets Mailbag: What sort of offseason trades might Denver be able to swing?

Beat writer Michael Singer opens the Nuggets Mailbag Sporadically throughout the offseason. Pose a Nuggets — or NBA — connected question here. I believe my dream scenario for the Nuggets this offseason is that a commerce for Victor Oladipo or Jrue Holiday (I prefer Oladipo though I understand most of Nuggets country seems to prefer
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After 21 years, Pepsi Center to be renamed Ball Arena as part of new partnership

So long Pepsi Center. Beginning Thursday, the home of the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche will be known as Ball Arena as part of a multiyear global partnership between Ball Corporation and Kroenke Sports and Entertainment. In addition to the local naming rights, the partnership includes sustainable and environmentally friendly elements that will be established at
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