Comment on Russian athletes appeal Olympic ban in international court

Sunset Amphitheater has been renamed Ford Amphitheater, thanks to a multimillion-dollar sponsorship deal announced Tuesday. Owned and built by businessman JW Roth, the $90 million music venue in Colorado Springs is set to open with Aug. 9-11 concerts by Colorado pop-rock act OneRepublic. Additional shows set for this year include The Beach Boys (Aug.

Interstate 70 on Floyd Hill near Evergreen will see full or partial night closures over the next week so construction crews can install new drainage pipes under the highway, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. Eastbound I-70 will be closed from 8 p.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday between exit 248 for County Road 65 and exit 247 for Homestead Road, CDOT officials said in a news release.  The same stretch of westbound I-70 will be closed from 8 p.m.

Sean Payton didn’t guarantee anything, but he thinks the Broncos will get their first look this offseason at receiver Courtland Sutton next week. Sutton hasn’t participated in the voluntary portion of the offseason program so far, but next week’s three-day minicamp is mandatory, and the second-year coach said he expects his top receiver will be there. “Yeah I think he’ll be here,” Payton said.

By TOM WITHERS (AP Sports Writer) CLEVELAND — With their list of coaching candidates growing, the Cleveland Cavaliers received permission Tuesday to interview Denver assistant David Adelman, a person familiar with the team’s search told The Associated Press. Adelman, the son of longtime NBA coach Rick Adelman, is the sixth known candidate contacted by the Cavs. Cleveland could further expand its search in the coming days, said the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team is not commenting while looking for J.

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By JENNIFER PELTZ (Associated Press) NEW YORK — A New York man was charged Tuesday in a sports betting scandal that spurred the NBA to ban Jontay Porter for life, with the charges marking the first known criminal fallout from the matter. Porter — the younger brother of Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr.