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If the Nuggets really want the title of “Lakers’ Daddy,” they’ll have the chance to earn it with an earlier-than-expected rematch. Less than a year after their Western Conference Finals sweep, the Nuggets will face the Lakers in the first round of the 2024 playoffs, tipping off Saturday at Ball Arena with Game 1.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe Rockies’ 5-0 loss to the Phillies was a quick, but hardly painless. Phillies right-hander Ranger Suarez pitched a complete game shutout Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park, taking 2 hours and 7 minutes. It was the fourth-shortest nine-inning game in the ballpark’s history. Suarez scattered seven hits — all singles — struck out eight and walked one, whittling his ERA to 1.73.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareColorado women’s basketball is adding a veteran forward with starting and winning experience. Nyamer Diew, who played the past three years at Iowa State, will play her final season of college basketball with the Buffaloes, according to a BuffZone source. A 6-foot-2 forward, Diew started 19 games for the Cyclones this past season, averaging 5.9 points and 3.1 rebounds while helping them reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Diew is the first transfer addition of the offseason for the Buffs, who went 24-10 and reached a second consecutive Sweet 16 this past season.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareAlthough converted receiver Michael Harrison did an exceptional job catching passes from the tight end spot in 2023, the Colorado Buffaloes didn’t have true tight ends available. That will change this year, and Brett Bartolone is looking forward to getting them ready. “We’ve got a great group of guys,” Bartolone, the Buffs’ tight ends coach, said Tuesday after the 10th of CU’s 15 spring practices.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareO CaptainI My Captain! Our Stanley Cup’s undone; Your Avs shipped seven to Winnipeg, the Knights in OT won. “I think I say this as nicely as I can to the room we have: There is no Gabe,” defenseman Josh Manson told me Tuesday following the Avalanche’s midday practice at Ball Arena.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareIf Cormani McClain is to live up to the hype he generated as a high school recruit, it won’t happen in Boulder. On Tuesday, the former five-star prospect became the latest member of the Colorado football team to put his name into the transfer portal. A 6-foot-2, 165-pound sophomore, McClain was rated by 247Sports.com as the No.
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