Photos: The 2017 Des Moines Register Sports Awards

The best thing about rock bottom is the bottom part. It has no delusions of adequacy, and knows its friends are Antarctica, the 1997-98 Denver Nuggets and “Tiger Blood” Charlie Sheen. The worst thing is the rock. Or in this case, the Rockies. They are playing baseball so poorly that there is a growing suspicion that they might do it worse than any team in the modern history of the sport.

The Rockies, oh so desperately needed someone to make a big splash. Two players delivered Friday night — one of them literally — in the Rockies’ 3-2 win over the Pirates at PNC Park. Ryan McMahon led off the Rockies’ three-run sixth inning with a 445-foot homer that splashed down in the Allegheny River.

When a governor is serving as your hype man and a mayor is volunteering himself as your aide for the afternoon, you’re having a pretty good day. When the day itself is proclaimed in your honor, all the better. That was Friday on the west steps of the state capitol for Randy Gradishar. The Broncos legend and 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee soaked in a sunny May 3 afternoon that Gov.

Before taking on Tim Connelly’s Timberwolves in the playoffs for the second time in as many years, Nikola Jokic tipped his cap to the general manager who drafted him. The Nuggets center pointed out how dramatically the perception of Connelly’s 2022 blockbuster trade has changed since last year, when Minnesota was the No.

University of Denver hockey fans can now buy a fun reminder of the team’s historic season to set on the shelf. The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled a series of DU hockey bobbleheads on Friday to commemorate the Pioneers’ record 10th NCAA national championship. Related Articles College Sports | DU defenseman Sean Behrens signs three-year entry-level contract with Avalanche College Sports | DU hockey’s Massimo Rizzo, Shai Buium sign entry-level NHL contracts College Sports | Keeler: DU goalie Matt Davis has new goal for Pioneers hockey in 2025.

His answers to questions in media availabilities have been viral sensations ever since he bragged about his ability to dominate any activity to local sports broadcaster Marney Gellner for a “Wolves +” podcast. His highlights are just as enthralling, dating back to his epic dunk over then-Raptors forward Yuta Watanabe. Since his rookie season, everything Anthony Edwards has done has screamed superstar.