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Featured stories Rockies pitcher Ryan Feltner finds outlet in abstract painting How can the Rockies return to relevance? Here’s six key mileposts on the road back to Rocktober. Denver Post staff predictions for 2024 MLB season: Rockies’ record, division winners, World Series champion and more PHOTOS: Colorado Rockies fans celebrate 2024 home opener at Coors Field Game headlines Game 35: Rockies’ offensive woes continue in 5-0 loss to Giants at Coors Field Game 34: Rockies’ Ryan Feltner falters in the sixth as Colorado loses to Pirates again Game 33: Rockies, dominated by Pirates rookie Jared Jones, suffer 1-0 walk-off loss Game 32: Ryan McMahon’s splashdown homer, Cal Quantrill’s gem lift Rockies over Pirates Game 31: Woeful Rockies lose to Marlins in 10th inning, slide to 7-24 after sweep Game 30: Rockies lose again in Miami, fall to 7-23 and tie franchise record for trailing in consecutive games at any point in a season Game 29: Reeling Rockies suffer epic collapse, lose 7-6 to Marlins in 10 innings Game 28: Kyle Tucker homers as the Astros beat the Rockies, 8-2, in Mexico City Game 27: Astros pummel Rockies in Mexico City Series opener Game 26: Rockies rally from five runs down with six-run eighth, beat Padres 10-9 in largest comeback of season Game 25: Rockies can’t solve Padres knuckleballer Matt Waldron, lose 5-2 Game 24: Brendan Rodgers’ grand slam lifts Rockies past Padres Game 23: Rockies dominated by Dylan Cease in series-opening loss to Padres, become first team since 1931 Reds to trail in first 23 games of season Game 21, 22: Rockies split doubleheader with Mariners but have yet to win back-to-back games this season Game 20: Rockies, dominated by Mariners’ Luis Castillo, lose sixth straight Game 19: Rockies’ rally falls short in 7-6 loss to Phillies, who finish three-game sweep Game 18: Reeling Rockies dominated by Phillies’ Ranger Suarez, who throws shutout Game 17: Phillies walk-off Rockies 2-1 as Colorado drops series opener, first extra-innings game of 2024 Game 16: Rockies dominated by Blue Jays’ Jose Berrios in 5-0 loss Game 15: Rockies’ rough first inning costs them in 5-3 loss to Blue Jays Game 14: Rockies rout Blue Jays with 20-hit breakout on the road Game 13: Hapless Rockies lose to D-backs in 9th on Eugenio Suarez’s bloop double Game 12: Rockies, lacking a clutch hit, lose to Diamondbacks at Coors Field to drop to 3-9 Game 11: Rockies rally to beat Arizona, 7-5, behind improvement from Kyle Freeland and strong bullpen Game 10: Rockies strike out 15 times, lose to Rays, drop to 2-8 Game 9: Rockies squander Ryan Feltner’s great start as bullpen collapses in loss to Rays Game 8: Ryan McMahon walk-off grand slam lifts Rockies to win over Rays on opening day Game 7: Rockies’ late rally falls short, as Colorado swept by Cubs to finish opening road trip 1-6 Game 6: Rockies, crushed 12-2 by Cubs, are off to worst start in franchise history Game 5: Nolan Jones’ two crucial errors lead to Rockies’ 5-0 loss to Cubs Game 4: Error-prone Rockies lose to Diamondbacks, open season 1-3 Game 3: Ezequiel Tovar, Brenton Doyle homer in Rockies’ 9-4 win over D-backs Game 2: Rockies lose to Diamondbacks again, start season 0-2 as Cal Quantrill struggles Game 1: Rockies drubbed in historic fashion by Diamondbacks in opening night disaster

The U. S. Women’s Deaf National Team is coming to Commerce City. In conjunction with the USWNT’s friendly against South Korea on June 1, the Deaf WNT will face off against the Australian Deaf WNT as a part of a “historic” doubleheader. The match will kick off at noon and fans with tickets to the USWNT’s match at 3 p.m.

Denver’s revamped migrant program in recent days began enrolling the roughly 800 people who are expected to be the first beneficiaries of a new approach city leaders consider innovative. Participants will receive six months of housing, help with living costs, job training and legal support as the city files asylum claims on their behalf in an effort to get them qualified for work permits. Those are the “haves” among the city’s migrant community, the people who qualify for the narrower, more intensive — and less expensive — scope of the city’s new strategy, announced by Mayor Mike Johnston last month. But there will be many more “have-nots” under the city’s retooled migrant response.

Considering that 2017’s “War for the Planet of the Apes” was a highly satisfying conclusion to the reboot trilogy of “Planet of the Apes” films, the makers of the new movie “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” were wise to set it in the same universe but far in the future. In theaters this week, this fourth modern entry — and the 10th overall, the larger franchise dating to the 1968 classic “Planet of the Apes” — makes several laudable choices.

Members of Birds of Prey Rehab Center, Colorado Parks & Wildlife and the Eagle Rock Ranch family came together to release two juvenile bald eagles back into the wild at Eagle Rock Ranch near Jefferson, Colorado on May 8, 2024. One eagle was found on the ranch after falling ill and was later diagnosed with West Nile Disease.