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Blood doesn’t show on a crimson jersey. Pop the hood, and Bill Tierney recognizes the DU lacrosse chassis he built, all scars and sweat, with his bare hands all those years ago. But the engine, the wheels, the steering, the brakes, even the head gaskets? Matt Brown’s fingerprints. Everywhere. “I think when you leave a job and leave it in good hands, you don’t have to worry,” the iconic former Pioneers lacrosse coach told me in advance of DU’s Final Four showdown with No.

The 2024 offseason will either be a showcase of the Nuggets’ patience, or their reaction time. It’s up to general manager Calvin Booth to determine which philosophy is the way forward after Denver’s NBA title defense ended abruptly and disappointingly in the second round of the playoffs. Were the Nuggets good enough to repeat if they just hadn’t blown that 20-point lead in Game 7?

When Bo Nix was a precocious five-star high school quarterback prospect in Alabama, he knew he was going to college at Auburn. Same place his dad did. Even still, schools around the country recruited him, and he took an official visit to Auburn before enrolling there. His host for that weekend on the Plains: none other than Jarrett Stidham. “We go way back.

As a longer-than-expected offseason tips off for the Denver Nuggets, team officials want to be sure they separate from what coach Michael Malone calls “the emotional reaction to losing” before any major decisions are made. “I think you always want to take time to let everything sink in and go back and take a quality look at everything that happened during the season,” general manager Calvin Booth said, “and then make decisions from that point.” As those reflections begin, Booth, Malone and team president Josh Kroenke addressed several topics during a 34-minute news conference Thursday.

Listening to Gabe Landeskog talk about learning to walk again, it was impossible to run from the truth. Landeskog would give his right knee to play for the Avalanche again. And Val Nichushkin was willing to risk everything in cratering the Avs’ postseason. Again. The juxtaposition of the double-barreled themes at the Family Sports Center on Thursday morning was impossible to ignore.

It didn’t take long for Colorado to find a new weapon in the transfer portal. On Thursday, former Arkansas running back Isaiah Augustave announced that he has verbally committed to CU, just a few days after former commit Rashad Amos spurned the Buffs to go to Mississippi. Related Articles Pac-12 presidents approve House v.