The Nuggets had been stunned by many underwhelming teams so far this year, but there wasn’t any such letdown Tuesday night in Pepsi Center. The Nuggets burned the nets for a win on the reeling Pistons, advancing about the year and shooting 57 percent from the field. It had been Detroit’s consecutive loss, also marginally
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Sarah Stier, Getty ImagesHenry Cejudo responds after defeating TJ Dillashaw in the first round during the UFC Flyweight title game at UFC Fight Night in Barclays Center on Jan. 19, 2019 in New York City. Together with the Colorado state wrestling tournament just wrapped up last weekend, it seems fitting that a yearlong winner is
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Andy Cross, The Denver PostAndy Garcia, Pueblo East, celebrates his 4A 285-pound final match victory making him a four-time state champion at the Colorado State Wrestling Championships in the Pepsi Center Feb. 22, 2020. After three days of blood, sweat and tears, then the 2020 Colorado high school state came to a close on Saturday,
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Sunday provided an early referendum on Denver’s trade deadline deal that shook the locker area up . And the returns, at least in Denver’s perspective, were asserting. Gary Harris hounded Malik Beasley, now Minnesota’s starting shooting guard, along with the Nuggets drilled the Timberwolves 128-116 on Sunday in the Pepsi Center to improve to 39-18.
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Wrestling moms, bless them, don’t even miss a hint. Or a call. “You know those refs robbing our boys,” Suzette Olguin, mother of Pomona 120-pounder Elijah Olguin, said since the third-place suits wrapped up Saturday afternoon at the Colorado state wrestling championship. While we huddled about the Pepsi Center concourse, another Pomona mom passed. Suzette
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Preps fans think about the state wrestling championship as the postseason event in the nation. This ’s because their coaches, families along with 896 qualifiers and supporters from all corners of Colorado descend upon Pepsi Center for an unparalleled, raucous atmosphere more than three days. Andy Cross, The Denver PostWrestling historian, Bob Smith, center, watches
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Windsor Produced history a bunch of times Saturday night at the Pepsi Center. Dominick Serrano and also Isaiah Salazar both combined the champions club, with Serrano’s tournament at Class 4A 132 lbs and Salazar’s title at 182 lbs. Their performances helped speed Windsor . “My eighth-grade year, when I watched men winning names and came
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The irony is not lost on Wesley VanMatre when he climbs atop the medal stand. On Saturday night, the John Mall High School wrestler turned into a four-time state winner. As a kid, VanMatre was a reluctant grappler. “It seemed like I hated it ” VanMatre mentioned of wrestling. “I only stuck by it, kept
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The Colorado high school wrestling state championships take place Thursday, Feb. 20 through Saturday, Feb. 22 in the Pepsi Center in Denver. Our staff will be present during the weekend providing live coverage. See this page for the most recent updates and outcomes. In addition, real-time Tweets from reporters across the country are in the
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When the final mats are rolled up inside Pepsi Center after the 2020 CHSAA state champions are crowned, a new era of Colorado high school wrestling officially begins. One of the strongest senior classes in recent history — Andy Garcia (Pueblo East), Wesley VanMatre (John Mall), Dominick Serrano (Windsor), Isaiah Salazar (Windsor) and others —
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