Tag: championship
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Street near Ball Arena renamed to Championship Way in honor of recent sporting championships
Mayor Mike Johnston, Denver City Councilmember Chris Hinds and more unveiled new signage designating the Northeast intersection of Wewatta and Speer as ‘Championship Way.’ Originally, longtime resident John Robinson reached out to Chris Hinds after realizing that professional teams in Ball Arena had won three championships in the past few years and Hinds was quickly…
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Time-lapse video of Nuggets championship parade
The Nuggets NBA championship parade Thursday drew a crowd some estimated to be more than 750,000 through downtown Denver. This video was photographed from the roof of the Grand Hyatt on 17th and Welton streets (above Snarf’s). The parade started at Ball Arena, worked towards Union Station and then finished off with speeches at Civic…
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Nuggets championship parade draws hundreds of thousands to downtown Denver
Hundreds of thousands of Denver Nuggets fans celebrated the 2022-23 NBA title in downtown Denver on Thursday.
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Fans outside Ball Arena react to Nuggets’ first championship
After the Nuggets clinched an NBA Finals victory over the Miami Heat, fans watching at nearby Brooklyn’s exploded with excitement on June 12, 2023.
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Muralist commemorates Nuggets NBA Finals run
Local muralist, Detour, is completing a mural of Nuggets players and coach Michael Malone on the corner of Colfax and Race on an abandoned building he received permission to use as a canvas. Here, Detour adds some details to Michael Porter Jr. Passersby stopped to take photos with the mural throughout Monday before the Nuggets…
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The 12 moments that propelled the Colorado Avalanche from worst to first
Chris Schmaedeke, Denver Gazette’s digital sports editor, lists his top 12 moments that brought the Colorado Avalanche from obscurity to Lord Stanley.