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Avalanche’s Mikko Rantanen to miss “weeks” with upper-body injury suffered in overtime loss to Lightning

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The Avalanche injury difficulty is snowballing. Forward Mikko Rantanen endured an apparent shoulder injury Monday night in Colorado’s 3-2 overtime loss to the Lightning and is predicted to miss “months,” coach Jared Bednar informed reporters. It led from a tripping punishment in the second stage on Tampa Bay defenseman Erik Cernak, sending Rantanen crashing into
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Avalanche goalie Philipp Grubauer’s status questionable after Stadium Series injury

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AIR FORCE ACADEMY — Avalanche goaltender Philipp Grubauer tumbled backward into the ice once the back end of teammate Ian Cole collided late. Grubauer left the ice with assistance, Colorado switched to Pavel Francouz in net, and the Kings skated off with a 3-1 victory on Saturday night in Falcon Stadium to spoil the home
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Chasing Gretzky, Alex Ovechkin could join 700-goal club against Avalanche

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Alex Ovechkin will face the Avalanche on Thursday night needing two aims to become the eighth part of their NHL’s 700 club. But because of his age, that landmark goes past hockey and places the Washington Capitals superstar on par with the best professional athletes of all time. The Capitals’ media relations team duly suggests
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Avalanche blows 2-0 lead as Capitals snap Colorado’s five-game winning streak

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The Avalanche gave Alex Ovechkin ample opportunity to become the eighth player in NHL history to reach 700 goals Thursday. Ovechkin, who is No. 3 all-time with 259 career power-play goals, was a mainstay in the Washington Capitals‘ five opportunities with the man-advantage at the Pepsi Center. The Russian superstar didn’t have a point in
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LeBron James, Lakers spoil Nuggets’ winning streak with overtime win

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LeBron James’ electricity has bewildered hundreds of staff earlier, his size overwhelming them, his vision picking them apart. The Nuggets have been the most recent victims Wednesday night at the Pepsi Center, decreasing 120-116 in overtime, despite a valiant effort in their last match prior to the all-star break. The loss snapped Denver’s four-game winning
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Philipp Grubauer’s 34-save shutout leads Avalanche to win over Senators

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Over three months passed between Avalanche games within the Pepsi Center when Colorado finally returned to its house ice Tuesday night. The welcome-back party? A powerful performance against an NHL bottom feeder that prolonged the Avs&rsquo winning streak to five matches. Goalie Philipp Grubauer has been fantastic with 34 saves in his second shutout operation
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Birthday boy Paul Millsap leads Nuggets in huge second-half comeback over Spurs

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Well, that’s one way. Paul Millsap, on his birthday, then wrested the Nuggets out of a double-digit deficit and paved the road for a huge second-half comeback over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night. Millsap, about a minutes restriction as returning from his knee injury, scored 16 of his 22 points in the second
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Avalanche takeaways: Can this excellent road team bring that magic back to the Pepsi Center?

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — The NHL grind will ease up for the Avalanche in the finishing stretch. Colorado plays 16 of its  final 28 regular-season games at home, including Saturday at the Air Force Academy’s Falcon Stadium. The thing is, the Avs need to rediscover their home-ice dominance and, oddly, play as well as they
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Jamal Murray’s 36 points powers Nuggets past Suns on the road

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PHOENIX — Had Jamal Murray kept his masterpiece into the end, it might’ve been enough for the Nuggets to win. Instead, it was his defense which served as one of the defining plays of Denver’s 117-108 win within the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night. Murray got his hands on a Ricky Rubio effort late in
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The Messy Racial Politics of the Super Bowl Halftime Show

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Before it had been declared last September the Jennifer Lopez and Shakira could headline the 2020 Super Bowl halftime show, the performance was steeped in controversy. The commotion started a month before, when rapper Jay-Z revealed that he was partnering with the NFL to help manage the Celtics ’s music events as well as its
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