Friends, family remember Colorado man and Broncos fan killed in motorcycle crash

CBS Denver (Sports) 1/2 6:58A Michelle Griego

This week's Orange Zone is honoring the life of Gabe Vigil, who died in a motorcycle crash just before Christmas. He was a Broncos fan since the day he was born in 1978, the first year the team went...

Avalanche center Brock Nelson named to United States Olympic team

The Dever Post (Avalanche) 1/2 1:43A Corey Masisak

Brock Nelson has earned the chance to continue a great family tradition . Nelson was named to the United States hockey team Friday morning for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. He will be a third-generation Olympian in his family. Nelson s...

Sean Payton’s instructions for playoff atmosphere: ‘No shell games on the scoreboard’

The Dever Post (Broncos) 1/1 1:00A Parker Gabriel

Sean Payton is not here for the Empower Field scoreboard trivia. Shuffle caps? Kiss cams? This date in history? The time for all of that is long gone, according to the Broncos head coach. Payton is, of course, focused on getting his Denver team...

Telluride bookings plummet, anxiety rises as ski resort strike continues

The Denver Post (Sports) 1/1 1:00A Tiney Ricciardi

The ski patrollers strike and the subsequent closure of Telluride Ski Resort was seemingly all anyone could talk about in the tony mountain town this week, in restaurants, shops and at the downtown gondola station where the union was picketing....

Renck: Broncos’ season will get sacked if defense doesn’t produce takeaways

The Dever Post (Broncos) 1/1 1:00A Troy Renck

The Broncos D is getting defensive as the F-word spews in their direction. The national narrative that embraced the Broncos after they trucked the Packers , and has shifted: Denver is now a fraud again. This time, because the defense has gaps in...

Devon Toews joins Avalanche teammates Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar on Canadian Olympic team

The Dever Post (Avalanche) 12/31 5:31A Corey Masisak

La vita è bella for Colorado Avalanche defenseman Devon Toews. He was named to Canada s team Wednesday for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, joining teammates Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar on a loaded squad that will bring gold-medal-or-bust...

Which Avalanche players could make 2026 Olympics rosters?

The Denver Post (Sports) 12/31 12:45A Corey Masisak

The Lumberyard just keeps stacking wins for the Colorado Avalanche, but will it be enough for the chance to do so on the international stage? Mackenzie Blackwood and Scott Wedgewood have formed the best goaltending duo in the NHL this season....

Nikola Jokic out 4 weeks with left knee hyperextension but avoids ACL injury

The Denver Post (Nuggets) 12/30 4:40A Bennett Durando

An MRI gave the Nuggets the best bad news of the year. Nikola Jokic will miss at least four weeks while recovering from a hyperextended left knee, the team announced Tuesday, but his ACL was spared in an ominous-looking injury Monday night ....

Renck: New CU AD Fernando Lovo’s first task? Demand Deion Sanders follow new blueprint.

The Denver Post (Sports) 12/30 12:45A Troy Renck

For this to work, Fernando Lovo better be the best import from New Mexico since Hatch chiles. CU hired him as its new athletic director on Monday. Given the changing financial landscape of college sports, the school needed a leader who was...

Schedule released for Broncos-Chargers game next weekend; with a win Denver secures No. 1 seed in...

CBS Denver (Sports) 12/28 6:08P Jesse Sarles

Denver has a lot to play for on Sunday afternoon against the Chargers. If they win, the Broncos would secure the No. 1 seed in the AFC and a bye in the first round of the playoffs. The NFL released the Week 18 schedule on Sunday night. Kickoff...

Sean Payton has established a winning culture with the Denver Broncos

CBS Denver (Sports) 12/28 6:02P CBS Colorado

The Broncos face the Chargers in the last game of the regular season, and if they win they'll get the No. 1 seed in the AFC and a first-round bye.

Mikaela Shiffrin keeps streak going with come-from-behind win in World Cup night slalom

The Denver Post (Winter Sports) 12/28 7:15A The Associated Press

SEMMERING, Austria Mikaela Shiffrin came from behind to win a World Cup night slalom in tough conditions Sunday and extend her winning streak in the discipline to six races. The American was fourth, more than half a second off the pace, in the...

In a former church, the Denver Police Brotherhood Gym uses boxing to cultivate a community beacon

The Denver Post (Sports) 12/28 1:00A Kyle Newman

Jesus Vasquez Jr. won t ever forget his bloody-nose humbling. Brothers Jesus Vasquez Jr and Eduardo Vasquez talk at the Denver Police Brotherhood Youth Boxing club on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. Both...

The Action Center has been Lakewood’s community food pantry since 1968

The Denver Post (Patrick Saunders) 12/28 1:00A Patrick Saunders

A young mom, holding her toddler s hand, perused the food shelves on a recent Friday. She filled her shopping basket with fresh produce, added a box of cookies, and was happy to find a frozen turkey...

Around the NFL: Playoff positioning (and the No. 1 pick) up for grabs in Week 17

The Dever Post (Broncos) 12/28 1:00A Parker Gabriel

Around the AFC WTH DK. The Steelers are going to have to try to clinch the AFC North without star wide receiver DK Metcalf, who was suspended for two games after an interaction with a fan against Detroit. The fan in question is now clearly...