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DU Pioneers hockey announces non-conference schedule for 2020-21, will include split home series with Air Force

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The Denver Pioneers baseball team has declared their 2020-21 non-conference program and will play host to Air Force, Arizona State and Alaska Anchorage. Denver will open their season with a non-conference tip at Wisconsin on Oct. 9-10 against the Badgers. The Pios then head to Boston College on Oct. 16 followed by Providence that the
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State hockey: Valor Christian advances to title game with 2-1 win against Regis Jesuit

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Valor Christian junior forward Evan Pahos did not expect to score when the puck left his stick. His unintentional heroics Thursday night against Regis Jesuit in the CHSAA state hockey semifinals at Pepsi Center, though, was the difference in sending the Eagles soaring into next week’s championship game against the winner of Fort Collins and
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Nuggets offense explodes in victory over defending NBA champion Toronto Raptors

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The madness of March descended about the Pepsi Center on Sunday with All intensity between the Nuggets and Toronto Raptors. After Nikola Jokic delivered a pass to help a Gary Harris layup late in the fourth quarter, the stadium erupted. Jokic earned his of the season and Denver took the defending NBA champions 133-118. Eight
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Chambers: Avs playing host to Blues on April 4 regular-season finale could be fantastic

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Something fabulous will unfold April 4. The Stanley Cup playoffs could start on a Saturday afternoon in the Pepsi Center. The St. Louis Blues, defending Cup champions, will close out the regular season against the Avalanche in Denver on April 4. And at the rate they’re moving, this game could ascertain the
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Avalanche beat Red Wings 2-1, extending two winning streaks

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DETROIT — Make a nice nine. Captain Gabe Landeskog withstood a crunching hit when making a pass that surfaced Logan O’Connor to get a breakaway goal in the next stage, and also the Colorado Avalanche conquer the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Monday night for their season-high seventh straight victory. Better yet, it was the
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Avalanche’s Martin Kaut relishes first NHL goal in win against Sabres: “That goal was for my mom”

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Avalanche forward Martin Kaut crouched on one knee, sent a flurry of fist pumps and received a bath from captain Gabe Landeskog in the Pepsi Center on Wednesday night. It was an celebration worthy of Kaut’s first NHL goal. And, wait, it becomes better. “My mother was still here,” Kaut told reporters in the Avs
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Avs coach Jared Bednar looks like he just left the duck blind with his camo jacket

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Where’s Jared? The Avalanche are now back on TV since Colorado is playing with a game against the Buffalo Sabres on NBCSN. Bednar, on Military Appreciation Night in Pepsi Center, chose to proceed with the camo blazer and it’s a thing of beauty problem is that he looks like he just jumped out of the
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Avalanche Insider: Brutal upcoming road stretch will determine grade for GM Joe Sakic’s trade moves

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The Avalanche’s final sprint toward the postseason features an gauntlet that is upcoming with six-of-seven matches. It’s imperfect timing, to say the very least, along with a rod for Colorado’s trade developments. There are seven Avs players to the accident report: forward Andre Burakovsky, Matt Calvert, Nazem Kadri, Matt Nieto, Mikko Rantanen, Colin Wilson, along
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C.J. Henderson to the Broncos? NFL mock draft has cornerback coming to Denver.

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Sam Greenwood, Getty ImagesC.J. Henderson (1) of the Florida Gators runs for yardage during the game from the Vanderbilt Commodores in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Nov. 9, 2019 at Gainesville, Fla.. Whoa, a draft with no Alabama receiver Henry Ruggs III going into the Broncos? This ’s what NFL.com’s Bucky Brooks has in his
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Czech Republic natives, J.T. Compher, lead the Avalanche to 3-2 win over Buffalo Sabres

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Czech, please. Czech Republic natives Martin Kaut and Pavel Francouz had yet another memorable night Wednesday in the Avalanche’s 3-2 triumph over the Buffalo Sabres at the Pepsi Center. Kaut, a newcomer forward, scored his first career goal, also Francouz, a goalie in his first full NHL season, closed the door with 13 third-period saves.
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