HONG KONG — When the ball smashed to a photo of LeBron James‘ face stuck above the hoop and dropped to the basket, ” the Hong Kong protesters cheered. They assembled in a semicircle and trampled on awards bearing his title to watch a single burn. James’ standing among basketball fans at Hong Kong took
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Take it in the lifeblood of this Nuggets defense: Michael Porter Jr. is a terror on the defensive end of the ground. Paul Millsap has been the back of this Nuggets’ frontcourt since he signed with Denver during the summer of 2017. Conceptual understanding and his comprehension have made him an above-average defender as his
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Lindsey Vonn will likely be among six new members inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame following April following a recent vote of the election committee. Vonn will be connected by Bob Gebhard, Alonzo Babers, George Gwozdecky, Terry Miller and Erin Popovich in the annual banquet April 23 at Denverthe hall of fame announced
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In today’s high-stakes NBA, a group beats three of a kind. Teams who want to create a Big Three ‘ are striving for a dynamic duo, hoping two players are good enough once the belief used to be that it took a trio to win a championship. And with a number of the combinations constructed
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Nazem Kadri obtained multigame suspensions during the previous two NHL postseasons for major penalties that the league described as “with his rod for a weapon” and causing an opponent’s head to “dangerously impact the planks. ” The frequent denominator: Both incidents happened contrary to the Boston Bruins. It all adds up to a very anticipated
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Christian McCaffrey. Phillip Lindsay. Austin Ekeler. Kalen Ballage. These four have just a few things in common. They re running backs. They were all prep stars in 2012 in Colorado — Ekeler (Eaton) and Lindsay (Denver South) were all farmers, while Ballage (Falcon) and McCaffrey (Valor Christian) were tearing it up as juniors. And in
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Don’t look now, however, the Broncos are two games out of first place in the AFC West. A road win over the Chargers and then a dominant victory at home against the hapless Titans on Sunday have the Broncos at 2-4 and about to sponsor the 4-2 Chiefs on Thursday Night Football. Quite the contrast
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Denver Post sports writer Mike Chambers responds to queries at the Avs Mailbag every week during the regular season. Pose an Avalanche- or NHL-related question for the Avs Mailbag. Hey Mike, how eager are you with this season? Wanted to see if it’s too premature to be discussing this team going into the and dare
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The Avalanche was eventually forced to Saturday night at the Pepsi Center, however, it remained undefeated with a 3-2 success against the Arizona Coyotes. Andre Burakovsky travelled top-shelf using 91 minutes left in overtime as Colorado improved to. Burakovsky scored the game-winning goal. Avs goalie Pavel Francouz made his very first NHL start and picked
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Fourth-year Avalanche trainer Jared Bednar no more admits his starting goaltender the afternoon before a match, but on Friday he stated there is a “excellent possibility” Pavel Francouz is likely to make his first career NHL start Saturday when Colorado sponsor the Arizona Coyotes to finish a four-game homestand. Clear-cut No. 1 goalie Philipp Grubauer
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