Author: Tyler King tyler.king@gazette.com
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No. 8 DU Pioneers hockey sweeps Omaha, secures home ice for NCHC playoffs
The road reds proved powerful once again for Denver. The No. 8 Pioneers (19-11-3, 15-6-1 NCHC) completed a weekend sweep at Omaha (10-20-0, 6-14-0) that cemented home-ice advantage in the first round of the conference tournament next month and improves the team’s standing in the NCAA Percentage Index (NPI) that determines who makes the NCAA…
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Colorado State storms back to beat Wyoming for third straight win
FORT COLLINS — On an afternoon where Colorado State honored a handful of program legends, Jase Butler did his best Jalen Lake impression and Carey Booth did his best Jason Smith. It’s never a bad sign when you’re emulating two players who are all over the program record book, but the Rams (15-10, 6-8 Mountain…
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Now at Minnesota, former CSU Rams coach Niko Medved still doing things his way | College Basketball Insider
Niko Medved is thinking about a weekend he never wanted to end. It’s been a week full of déjà vu for the former Colorado State coach, now in his first season at Minnesota. First, his Golden Gophers hosted Maryland on Sunday, the first time Medved had seen the Terrapins uniform since the Terps stormed the…
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The Nuggets’ 10 best moments from NBA All-Star weekend — from David Thompson to Jamal Murray
Welcome to the NBA All-Star show, Jamal Murray. And welcome back, Joker. Nikola Jokic and Murray on Sunday will represent the Nuggets at the NBA All-Star Game at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif. It’s the first time since 2010 that Denver will have multiple representatives at the star-studded event, but the Nuggets have been well-represented…
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Colorado State’s first Pac-12 football schedule announced
Colorado State’s first venture in the new-look Pac-12 has been laid out. While we’ve known for months that the coach Jim Mora era will begin in exciting fashion with a Border War matchup against Wyoming on Sept. 5 at Canvas Stadium, the Rams’ first Pac-12 game will officially take place Oct. 3 against Oregon State…
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Ranking the top 10 transfer portal additions for Deion Sanders, Colorado | Tyler’s take
The roster has been rebuilt. It’s a new-look group for Deion Sanders heading into his fourth season at Colorado, one filled with intrigue, especially as the Buffs look to get back to being a winning program following last season’s 3-9 slog. Coach Prime and his revamped coaching staff, led by new offensive coordinator Brennan Marion…
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Colorado beats Arizona State 78-70, passes last season’s Big 12 win total
BOULDER — Progress. That is officially a way to describe Colorado’s 2025-26 season. With a 78-70 win over Arizona State on Saturday at the CU Events Center, Tad Boyle’s young group secured its fourth victory in Big 12 play this season, surpassing last year’s mark with still seven games left to play in the regular…
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No. 8 DU Pioneers clinch Gold Pan trophy for 7th straight season with tie at Colorado College
COLORADO SPRINGS — The Gold Pan is coming back up Interstate 25 — and staying at Magness Arena. It goes in the record books as a tie, but it was a trophy-clinching tie for No. 8 Denver (16-11-3, 12-6-1 NCHC) as the Pioneers only needed one point from the two games this weekend against rival…
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The numbers behind Colorado State’s Mountain West struggles | College Basketball Insider
Where have you gone, pre-Christmas Colorado State? A sad college basketball state turns its lonely eyes to you. Almost everything was going well two months ago in Ali Farokhmanesh’s first season. They had just knocked off rival Colorado in front of a sold-out crowd at Moby Arena to move to 7-2, a week or so…
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Johnny Hicks’ emergence gives DU Pioneers a goalie competition heading into Colorado College series
As Johnny Hicks stopped shot after shot over the course of an important weekend sweep over Minnesota Duluth, a goalie competition had officially begun in the Mile High City. For the last two months, it looked like Denver had found its latest star goalie to follow in the footsteps of national championship winners Tanner Jaillet,…