A Week 16 injury to Derek Carr means the hopes and fears of the Oakland Raiders, who enter Week 17 with a chance to win the AFC West and grab a No. 1 seed in the playoffs, now rest in the hands of fourth-year quarterback Matt McGloin. “What? Matt McGloin is in his fourth year…
via Broncos-Raiders Preview: Get to know Matt McGloin — Mile High Sports
Comparisons between the two teams have been made for the last few years and with good reason. If there’s one team in the NBA that the Denver Nuggets are most like, it’s the Minnesota Timberwolves. And it starts with their talented big men, Nikola Jokic and Karl-Anthony Towns. After Wednesday night’s game, in which the Nuggets barely…
via Jokic-Towns showdown was a nice look into the future — Mile High Sports
Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns came out swinging against the Nuggets in Denver, but Nikola Jokic and Wilson Chandler fought back to deliver a 105-103 victory. Wiggins had 25 points in the game, including 15 in the first quarter, to lead all scorers and the reigning rookie of the year, Towns, had a triple-double in…
via HIGHLIGHTS: Chandler’s block delivers Nuggets over Timberwolves — Mile High Sports
By Rahul Lal What if I told you back in 2015 that the 2016 NBA Dunk Contest would be as exciting as watching MJ and Dominique go at it in back in 1988? Would it have sounded crazy to say that the Warriors would go on to win 73 regular season games and then add…
The Dallas Stars have points in four straight games for only the second time this season
via Slumping Avs Skate Into Dallas Thursday Night — CBS Denver
DENVER (The Sports Xchange) – The Oakland Raiders are coming to terms with the loss of quarterback Derek Carr even as they gear up for their playoff run without him. Seldom-used backup Matt McGloin, making his first start since 2013, is set to take the field Sunday against the Denver Broncos (8-7) in place of…
The Avalanche has the fewest points in the NHL — 25 going into Thursday night’s game at Dallas — and Zadorov is a minus-13, second-worst to Tyson Barrie’s minus-20 among the Colorado defensemen. Zadorov has had his problems, too. But he has been making progress.
via At 21, Nikita Zadorov learning on the job with Avalanche – sometimes the hard way — The Denver Post
It was the Denver’s young guns — and some older ones — that lit the path to their second straight victory and fifth in their last seven games, a 105-103 win over Minnesota.
via Nikola Jokic leads Denver Nuggets past Minnesota Timberwolves — The Denver Post
The dates aren’t scheduled yet, but the Broncos home and road opponents are set for 2017.
via Broncos’ 2017 home, road opponents are set — The Denver Post
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