Tag: Michael Porter Jr
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Mark Kiszla: Why Cam Johnson’s quiet impact, not MPJ’s stats, is what the Nuggets need
After trying way too hard to fit in with the Nuggets, new forward Cam Johnson finally has begun to step out of the shadows of his own self-doubt. Maybe we can finally exhale, and cancel that missing championship piece request. After making more than a dent on the box score and having a real impact…
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Mark Kiszla: Shocking arrest of Chauncey Billups indictment of how gambling has corrupted sports we love
The legend of “Mr. Big Shot” took a wicked hit from the FBI. After the Feds busted an illegal poker game where Chauncey Billups was seated at the table, the greatest basketball player in Colorado history stood accused of money laundering and wire fraud on behalf of a team of nefarious gentlemen known as “Flapper…
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In emotional courtroom, DU basketball star Coban Porter makes first public court appearance
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Following the traffic death of Katharina Rothman, Coban Porter, a DU basketball player and brother of Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr., appeared in court 9 News { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “Coban Porter appears in court facing four felony charges”, “description”: “Following the traffic death of Katharina Rothman, Coban Porter, a DU basketball player…
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DU basketball player formally charged in death of Denver mom
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Coban Porter, brother of Denver Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr, was formally charged with four felonies in last month’s alleged drunk-driving death of a Denver mother who was driving an Uber that night, Denver District Attorney Beth McCann announced Wednesday. Porter’s charges in the death of Katharina Rothman including vehicular homicide, DUI, vehicular homicide and…
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Denver mother killed in fatal crash involving DU basketball star was driving for Uber
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Tuesday night, Mason Rothman attached a cross to a traffic light pole at the corner of Buchtel and University boulevards where his wife took her last breath. It said: “In memory of our beloved Katharina R.” decorated with two heart balloons. Katharina Rothman, 42 of Denver, was driving a passenger in an Uber just before…
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DU athlete had slurred speech, alcohol on his breath after deadly crash, police say
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Coban Porter had watery eyes and slurred speech when police arrived on the scene of an alleged vehicular homicide Sunday morning, according to the arrest affidavit. Denver Police say Coban, a 21-year-old sophomore University of Denver Pioneers basketball star, ran a red light at the corner of east Buchtel Boulevard and University Boulevard just before…
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Paul Klee: To equal last season’s success, Nuggets will need new nickname for Nikola Jokic: MVP Joker
DENVER • The Joker did the funniest thing Monday night. Nikola Jokic played an entire NBA game, 34 minutes of action, and never made me laugh. Never handed the ball to an opposing player who was out-of-bounds. (Love that one.) Never got mad at a ref then raced over to apologize because he said a…
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Big-hearted Nuggets can beat their Rocky Mountain rivals | Woody Paige
You gotta have heart, Nuggets. Miles ‘n miles n’ of mile high of heart to beat the Jazz. A half century after Rocky Mountain foes Denver and Salt Lake City first converged in professional basketball playoffs, they are together apart again for a record seventh time. Far, far away from their homes in Colorado and…