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It was four years ago last week when the rivalry changed for good.
The night of Jan. 10, 2018, was a memorable one, if not a victorious one, for the Colorado men’s basketball team in Los Angeles.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

The rink was rocking at the good old hockey game with the best kind of lung-rattling loud. Some goon from Minnesota wearing No. 18 on his Ugly Christmas Sweater took a run and delivered a cheap shot to the head of Avalanche goalie Darcy Keumper.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Matthew Stafford passed for 202 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score in his first playoff victory, and the Los Angeles Rams roared out of the wild-card round with a 34-11 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Monday night.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

After initial plans to return to full in-person learning Tuesday, Adams 14 announced Monday evening that some schools would remain remote due to staff shortages.
The district said it had received “a large number” of sick day requests from staff on Monday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

By Emily Weinstein, The New York Times
One thing I miss from the pre-COVID era is eating at friends’ homes, which I do sparingly at this point, and only with the precautions that you’d imagine.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Fifteen things about the Broncos’ coaching search and the opening weekend of the playoffs:
1. Last week, Broncos general manager George Paton filed 10 head-coaching interview requests and has completed meetings with Detroit defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn and Green Bay offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett and quarterbacks coach Luke Getsy.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

South Carolina remained the No. 1 team in The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll released Monday.
The Gamecocks received 28 of the 30 first-place votes from a national media panel after beating Texas A&M and Arkansas last week.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Novak Djokovic arrived early Monday in Dubai after his deportation from Australia over its required COVID-19 vaccination ended the No. 1-ranked men’s tennis player’s hopes of defending his Australian Open title.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

By JAKE BLEIBERG and ERIC TUCKER
COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — A rabbi who was among four people held hostage at a Texas synagogue said Sunday that their armed captor grew “increasingly belligerent and threatening” toward the end of the 10-hour standoff, which ended with an FBI SWAT team rushing into the building and the captor’s death.

For the first time in a seven-game stretch, the red-hot Avalanche on Saturday collected points without using a comeback. Colorado improved to 6-0-1 in its last seven games by dominating the Arizona Coyotes 5-0 at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Ariz.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share