Names And Faces, Nov. 27

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.

Right fielder Jake Cave didn’t hold back. Not on the field or in the clubhouse after the Rockies suffered an 11-9, kick-in-the-crotch loss to the Dodgers Tuesday night at Coors Field. Colorado entered the ninth inning leading 9-4, but Jason Heyward hit a pinch-hit grand slam off closer Tyler Kinley. Then Teoscar Hernandez blasted a three-run homer off Victor Vodnik to win the game for the Dodgers. However, the Rockies were sure that Hernandez struck out.

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.

Andrew Crawford believes the structure and style of prep club basketball prepares recruits for the challenges of adjusting to the next level. It’s that talent at the next level that has struck Crawford so far. Continuing a tradition under coach Tad Boyle of landing the state’s top recruits whenever possible, the former ThunderRidge standout has begun his initial workouts with the Colorado men’s basketball program this month. Crawford has had the easiest adjustment, at least geographically, among CU’s 2024 recruiting class.