The Starting Lineup

Turn on the game!

Three must-see events this week:

1. L.A. Angels at Rockies (1:10 p.m. Sunday, Rockies.TV) — Coors Field enters the home finale on pace to average fewer than 30,000 fans per game for only the second season since 2007. 

2. Broncos at Los Angeles Chargers (2 p.m. Sunday, CBS) — Did you know Denver is 1-5 at SoFi Stadium, including Nathaniel Hackett’s 51-14 loss to the Rams on Christmas Day 2022? 

3. Utah Mammoth at Avalanche (2:30 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday) — Our Evan Rawal says Gabriel Landeskog will play in the early exhibition at Magness Arena — not the late puck drop at Ball Arena. 

Numbers game

$5.5 billion — the reported price tag on SoFi Stadium, making Stan Kroenke’s masterpiece the world’s most expensive sports stadium, a price that ballooned when the Inglewood, Calif., area was hit with historic rains and flooding during the early days of construction in 2016 and 2017

Box office

$18 — to watch the Denver Pioneers soccer program host Kansas City at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Summit League opener, the centerpiece of Denver men’s soccer’s alumni weekend

On this day

Sept. 21, 1970 — “Monday Night Football” debuted on ABC with the Browns beating Joe Namath’s Jets 31-21. The Broncos are 34-44-1 on Mondays and host the Bengals next Monday, Sept. 29

Final word

Play your Sunday right, and Denver Sports Fan can catch the Rockies’ home finale at Coors Field 1:10 pm., the second half of the Broncos’ game at the Chargers (on TV) and Cale Makar and Devon Toews in the Avalanche’s preseason nightcap at Ball Arena at 6:30 p.m. Enjoy. And take an Uber.