Cano Hits 2 Homers, Mariners Tighten Wild-card Race, Top A's

The 2023-24 NBA season came to a close this week when the Celtics captured their 18th championship. Now eyes turn toward the draft. The Nuggets — again among the favorites to win the title, according to sportsbooks — have the No. 28 pick and draft analysts have plenty of ideas who could end up in a Denver jersey.

After starring for the Birmingham Stallions in the United Football League, defensive end Dondrea Tillman will sign a three-year, $2.83 million deal with the Broncos, a source told The Denver Post. The deal will be made official once Tillman passes his physical and gets released from his UFL contract, which is a procedural move. Tillman will be paid $795,000 in 2024, $960,000 in 2025 and $1.075 million in 2026.

Denver Post Broncos writer Parker Gabriel posts his Broncos Mailbag periodically during the offseason. Click here to submit a question. Minicamp was short but did anyone stand out to you out there? — Victor Perez, Commerce City Hey Victor, thanks for the question and for getting us going this week. Minicamp was indeed short — two days instead of three and then Sean Payton cut the guys loose a day early.

By DEEPTI HAJELA (Associated Press) NEW YORK — Oh, you thought going to a WNBA basketball game might be an escape from the arguments and polarization that are so common in American life these days? Ha, good one. Some of the atmosphere in the public and media that has swirled around the professional women’s league since the season started last month has been less fun time and more culture war, with rookie Caitlin Clark as the unwilling eye of the storm. The white, 22-year-old University of Iowa college standout and No.

It was a meltdown for the ages. Spiced with controversy and fury. The Rockies were one strike away from pulling out a 9-8 victory over the Dodgers on Tuesday night at Coors Field. And the Rockies were 100% certain they got the strike three they needed on Victor Vodnik’s 99.8 mph fastball to Teoscar Hernandez. Instead, the Rockies lost 11-9, as the Dodgers erupted for seven runs in the ninth, topped off by Hernandez’s three-run homer one pitch later. Hernandez checked his swing on Vodnik’s two-strike pitch and the Rockies appealed to first-base umpire Lance Barksdale, positive Hernandez had swung to end the game.

The most interesting story involving Shedeur Sanders and CU football right now is who follows him on the big stage. And I’m not talking about Lil Wayne. Judge The Deion Sanders Era not by Shedeur, a quarterback who can carry a tune almost as well as he carries an offense. Oh, no.