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Two northern Colorado schools retire their Native American mascots
LOVELAND — Two Loveland schools are retiring their Native American mascots after years of community debate and a petition by high school students to remove images they consider racist and demeaning to the Native American community. The Thompson School District Board of Education voted unanimously last week to retire the Loveland High School Indian mascot […]
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Broncos fans can attend games at Mile High Stadium starting Sept. 27. Here’s how it will work.
Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday that Colorado will allow fans to attend Broncos games in person starting on Sept. 27 when the NFL team takes on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Empower Field at Mile High Stadium. “We all know it’s just not the same if they are playing to an empty stadium,” Polis said, […]
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Drew Litton: The price of watching sports these days? Lots of political ads.
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Silverman: Colorado golfer Shane Bertsch demonstrates a lesson for us all: Never quit
Many people would have quit. Touring pro golf can be cruel. Even if you’ve won a few million bucks over the decades, there are myriad expenses, including caddies and travel. Add in the cost of living in Denver with wife and kids. Miss enough cuts by a stroke and it can mess with your mind. […]
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Littwin: The political games have had their two weeks. Now it’s time to get back to athletes who have made their games real.
The day the Milwaukee Bucks remarkably refused to play an NBA playoff game — and I’m not sure everyone understands even now just how remarkable it was — came nearly four years to the day that Colin Kaepernick had taken his first knee. That protest would cost Kaepernick his career. It also set in motion […]
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Nicolais: Professional athletes are Bucking the system
For the second time this year, I watched live as an NBA game made history. Hopefully the most recent will also lead to specific, meaningful changes. In early March, I watched as the Denver Nuggets played the Dallas Mavericks in what should have been a midseason matchup. It turned out to be the last NBA […]
Posted inCOVID, News
With big sports back, Colorado’s betting scene exploded with $59 million in pent-up wagers
When the coronavirus pandemic shut down major sports in the U.S. and around the world this spring, Peter Jennings felt the sting as more than just a fan. Entrepreneurial since high school and with a head for numbers that helped earn him a degree in finance, he parlayed his love for sports into an unconventional […]
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Colorado State University president vows to investigate claim athletes were told not to reveal coronavirus symptoms
FORT COLLINS — Colorado State president Joyce McConnell says she will launch an investigation into how the athletic department handled COVID-19 safety protocols amid a report that players were told not to reveal symptoms. The investigation stems from an article published in the Coloradoan on Tuesday. According to the newspaper report, Colorado State football players and […]
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Colorado high school football delayed to spring due to virus, but other sports will resume in fall
Colorado’s high school football season has been postponed to next spring because of the coronavirus. With schools gearing up to reopen, the Colorado High School Activities Association said Tuesday that the academic year’s football games will start March 4 with a shortened seven-week schedule, down from the usual 10 weeks. State championships are tentatively set […]