Andrew Agozzino, the Colorado Eagles’ leading scorer, gets his shot with the Avalanche

While tearing up the American Hockey League offense, Andrew Agozzino has waited patiently for his shot at the NHL. Even the 28-year-old center is the Colorado Eagles’ top scorer and ranks fourth in the AHL with 50 points (22 goals). Six Eagles forwards, however, were called up to the Avalanche until Agozzino obtained the call Sunday.
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Colorado Symphony might leave downtown Denver, but Boettcher Concert Hall is done either way

The Colorado Symphony is absolutely free to search for a new home on — off its present site in the Denver Performing Arts Complex, after a deal with the town that efficiently condemns its present house at Boettcher Concert Hall. Planning for a new concert hall is underway, because both parties have stated there isn’t
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As Legacy’s Grady Funk eyes a Class 5A state title, the weight of his family’s wrestling name intensifies

Most gritty wrestling tales don’t begin with a love story. This one does. Mike Funk met Colleen Senich at Northwestern in the late 1980s, where he was a four-time All-American wrestler while she was a three-time All-American field hockey player who also starred in lacrosse. The two were inducted into Northwestern’s Hall of Fame in 2004. It
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Denver Sports Omelette: Welcome to Nuggets Country Joe Flacco

Just when Isaiah Thomas was poised to grab the Wednesday news cycle, Joe Flacco and the Broncos swooped in and picked off him. The buzz which Thomas, the 30-year-old Nuggets point guard, could finally make his season debut against the Sacramento 11 months after hip operation, was anticipated to be the story of this afternoon
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Avalanche Insider: Jared Bednar won’t order bag skates or bench his top players

Jared Bednar won’t start yelling and kicking. The Avalanche coach, despite his staff ’s eight-game losing streak and NHL-worst 5-16-6 album since Dec. 7, won’t dictate bag skates and seat his leading players without constant cause. Bednar is a participant ’s coach who believes in person and group meetings over bag skates — a term
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Isaiah Thomas dishes on his hip, his rhythm, and “amazing” Nuggets fans

The timing was perfect, and, well terrible. When you’ve got your mojo working, once you’ve got the crowd, the shooter, the adrenaline pumping, even if you’t just played with your very first NBA contest in almost a year, the last thing you want is a stinking holiday. So Isaiah Thomas figures, what the hell? He’ll
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Analysis: Top-line struggles explains the Avalanche’s eight-game losing streak

Toronto’s top forward and its supporting offensive cast easily outplayed the Avalanche and its very best players Tuesday night in the Pepsi Center. In a match containing three point-per-game gamers on each aspect, the Maple Leafs won in a landslide. Colorado’s top line of center Nathan MacKinnon along with wingers Gabe Landeskog along with Mikko
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How Isaiah Thomas — Joe Pesci with a jump shot — pushed Nuggets to NBA stratosphere

He’s 5-foot-9 and rsquo & everybody;s big brother, Joe Pesci with a jump shooter. Occasionally it’s a tip. Occasionally it’s a nudge. Occasionally it’s a joke. Occasionally it’s a kick at the crown jewels. “He’s just one who’s definitely planning to mention anything such as, ‘You’re not playing good. You have to step upward,’ or
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From Florida Georgia Line to Snoop Dogg, a ton of Denver concerts were announced this week

Even though the metro area’s biggest outdoor places are quiet this season, the preparation isn’t, as evidenced by this week’s raft of concert statements. Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre on Sept. 13 will host Florida Georgia Line, with wholesalers Dan + Shay along with Morgan Wallen. Tickets for the pop-country display are on sale in 10 a.m.
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