Grading The Week: Lu Dort is lucky Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic didn’t rearrange his teeth

The Denver Post (Sports) 2/28 9:06A Sean Keeler

Nikola Jokic had every right to be M-V-Peeved. Lu Dort knew exactly what he was doing late Friday night with 8:03 left in regulation of the Nuggets loss at Oklahoma City. That collision with Joker? Watch the Thunder guard s right leg in real...

Chaparral boys basketball, headlined by four impact players, eyes Class 6A state title

The Denver Post (Sports) 2/28 8:41A Kyle Newman

PARKER — The Chaparral boys basketball team is determined to make its own version of the tip-in heard round Colorado. The Wolverines lone state title came in 2012, when star Josh Adams pulled off one...

CU Buffs, Deion Sanders announce offseason staff changes

The Denver Post (Sports) 2/28 8:19A Brian Howell

Former Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Chris Marve was hired as the linebackers coach at Colorado in December of 2025, but is now slated to be the Buffaloes defensive coordinator. (Virginia Tech...

Keeler: CU Buffs gave Deion Sanders $54-million contract a year ago. It hasn’t aged well.

The Denver Post (College Sports) 2/28 1:00A Sean Keeler

Unless you can spare a dime, Prime s got time. A few days back, FOX Sports asked its staffers which college football coach was under the most pressure in 2026. One picked Wisconsin s Luke Fickell, whom I m amazed still has his job. Another took...

Keeler: CU Buffs gave Deion Sanders $54 million contract a year ago; it hasn’t aged well

The Denver Post (Sports) 2/28 1:00A Sean Keeler

Unless you can spare a dime, Prime s got time. A few days back, FOX Sports asked its staffers which college football coach was under the most pressure in 2026. One picked Wisconsin s Luke Fickell, whom I m amazed still has his job. Another took...

How Broncos GM George Paton cut his losses and built Denver into a contender

The Dever Post (Broncos) 2/28 1:00A Luca Evans

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. For days, George Paton sat by his old friend s bedside and waited for him to rest. But Jim Bonds would not fall asleep. There were memories — and tears — to be shared. In October...

Can Rockies fix swing-and-whiff offense from disastrous 2025? New hitting coach keeps it simple

The Denver Post (Rockies) 2/28 1:00A Patrick Saunders

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer knows what his dream offense looks like. He envisions a unit that consistently puts the ball in play and is fueled by speed and aggressive...

Nikola Jokic reacts to Lu Dort trip after altercation: ‘Unnecessary move. And a necessary reaction’

The Denver Post (Nuggets) 2/27 6:58P Bennett Durando

OKLAHOMA CITY A man of few words, Nikola Jokic was candid and concise with his thoughts on the Lu Dort flagrant foul that provoked him to get in Dort s face Friday night. Unnecessary move, and a necessary reaction, the Nuggets center said. There...

How much will Broncos’ offense change with Davis Webb calling plays? | Journal

The Denver Post (Sports) 2/27 1:01A Parker Gabriel

INDIANAPOLIS — Sean Payton stepped to a microphone and answered the biggest question in Broncos Country. Yes, he’s handing primary play-calling responsibility to newly promoted offensive coordinator...

Rockies’ Zac Veen has beefed up, but will he make the roster? | Mailbag

The Denver Post (Patrick Saunders) 2/27 1:00A Patrick Saunders

Denver Post sports writer Patrick Saunders with the latest installment of his Rockies Mailbag. Pose a Rockies- or MLB-related question for the Rockies Mailbag. Hi Patrick, I read Troy Renck s (column) about Zac Veen putting on 45 pounds in the...

Nuggets eye forward depth for final roster spot in limited NBA buyout market | Notebook

The Denver Post (Sports) 2/27 1:00A Bennett Durando

Three notes from the last week after the Nuggets returned from the All-Star break with a shaky three-game road trip and an impressive bounce-back win over the Celtics . Buyout market deadline...

Nuggets get a morale boost from season-best defensive effort: ‘When we play like that, we’re the...

The Denver Post (Sports) 2/25 7:26P Bennett Durando

Abandoned by their reliable offense, infiltrated in their home by Boston sports fans as they so often are, the Nuggets had to bounce back the hard way. With defense . Rebounding. Discipline, elbow grease, etc. Usually, maybe we win with the...

Keeler: Avalanche’s Brock Nelson put family, Stanley Cup before Donald Trump? Good for him.

The Denver Post (Sports) 2/25 6:07A Sean Keeler

Show of hands if your wife has looked at you the way Nathan MacKinnon looked at that stuffed stoat. Heck, yeah, Brock Nelson put family first this week. And good for him. The Avalanche center s got four young, adorable kids at home, all under 8...

Broncos set to hire Colorado defensive coordinator Robert Livingston as defensive passing-game...

The Denver Post (Sports) 2/25 5:49A Luca Evans

The Broncos appear to have found their Jim Leonhard replacement on their defensive staff just up the road in Boulder. Denver is set to hire Colorado defensive coordinator Robert Livingston as its defensive passing-game coordinator, multiple...

NFL Combine: Broncos’ Sean Payton says addressing linebacker, running back positions are ‘musts’

The Dever Post (Broncos) 2/25 1:00A Luca Evans

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Come the winter, the spears pointed outward. Any notion that the Broncos were scraping by, squeaking past, was met with a mouthful of bristles from Sean Payton. In November, while posited a question that Denver had escaped with...