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Nuggets’ Torrey Craig suffocated Damian Lillard with defense. But when he exited stage left with injury, so did Denver’s season.

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If Damian Lillard doesn’t want to look at Torrey Craig’s crooked headband-wearing mug ever again, there’s not a soul across the NBA who could blame the guy. Not after what he went through Sunday. The screens didn’t work. Being quick off the dribble didn’t work. It wasn’t Dame time. Wherever Lillard turned Sunday afternoon, Craig
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C.J. McCollum Parents & Family: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

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C.J. McCollum has fueled two of Portland’s biggest wins in the playoffs this postseason. He helped keep the Trail Blazers alive with 30 points in a Game 6 victory on Thursday. In the 4-overtime classic in Game 3, he tallied 41 points for the 140-137 triumph. It wasn’t that long ago that he was a
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Grant Delpit to the Broncos? Todd McShay has Denver selecting LSU safety in 2020 NFL draft.

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Could the Broncos be in the market for a defensive back in the 2020 NFL draft? ESPN’s Todd McShay thinks so. From the ESPN analyst’s “way-too-early first-round projections,” McShay has the Broncos selecting LSU security Grant Delpit with the third overall selection. “The Broncos — or any group, for that matter — would covet this
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Damian Lillard can’t be stopped, but here’s how the Nuggets have contained him

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Simple math says you crowd Damian Lillard every dang time down the floor, from about the logo on. But if 2 < 3 isn’t a sexy enough case for why the Denver Nuggets were doing what they do heading into Game 5 of the NBA Western Conference semifinals, there’s also this: When the Blazers’ sharpshooter
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Trail Blazers vs. Nuggets Game 7 Prediction: Betting Odds, Line & Pick

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The Portland Trail Blazers Reacted well to their Game 5 loss to set the stage for Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Denver Nuggets on Sunday afternoon. Sunday, May 12 at 3:30 PM ET Pepsi Center Coverage: ABC *All odds and gambling info courtesy of OddsShark and originally posted by Bookmaker Portland
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Kiz vs. Singer: Why does Nikola Jokic have to be so mean to Enes Kanter?

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Question: Why does Nikola Jokic have to be so mean to Enes Kanter? Kiz: Among all of the developments I witnessed in the Nuggets’ crucial victory at Portland in Game 4 of their NBA playoff series, possibly the most surprising to me was the sound of 20,000 Blazers fans booing Nikola Jokic each time he
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Avalanche adds trusted D Patrik Nemeth to lineup in a potential elimination Game 6

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In an expected elimination game for the Avalanche on Monday night, a trusted and respected player who helped the team advance will return to the lineup. Defenseman Patrik Nemeth, who played in 74 of 82 regular-season games and the whole first-round playoff series against Calgary, will make his Western Conference semifinal series debut in Game
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Blazers survive Nuggets in Game 6, force winner-take-all Game 7 on Sunday

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PORTLAND, Ore. — A season as riveting as the one the Nuggets are riding could just reach its pinnacle with another huge challenge: Game 7, the Nuggets’ second in their rollicking postseason run. With their season on the line, Damian Lillard and the Trail Blazers didn’t balk. Unwilling to go home early, the Blazers pulled
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Jim Knous featured on an episode of Inside the PGA Tour on the Golf Channel

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Professional golfer Jim Knous grew up in Basalt, in the Colorado mountains, and is making a name for himself throughout his rookie season on the PGA Tour. Knous has had a wonderful run, with a single finish early in the season in the Safeway Open, and he logged back-to-back top-13 finishes, two weeks back from
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Avalanche aims for being more physical vs. Sharks in Game 4

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The NHL schooling of Cale Makar is six games deep and the Avalanche rookie defenseman is learning his first big lesson of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. To sum up it in one word: Physicality. “You’ve got to be ready to be hit at all times,” Makar said. And, in return, you must be capable of
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