(AP) – Denver’s Nikola Jokic was the runaway MVP this season, which made it a virtual certainty that he would also be an All-NBA first-team selection. Here’s the rarity: The MVP runner-up was not a first-team selection. Jokic headlined the All-NBA first team that was unveiled Tuesday night, but Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid – who was … Read more
DENVER (AP) – Ryan McMahon homered, tripled and drove in four runs as the Colorado Rockies rallied from an early deficit to beat the skidding San Diego Padres 8-4. Fernando Tatis Jr. hit his NL-leading 20th home run of the season for San Diego, which has lost 11 of 15. McMahon went 3 for 3 … Read more
Carbondale—The Roaring Fork Rams girl’s lacrosse team earned a birth in the 4A State Championship tournament. The Lady Rams, comprised of student athletes from various schools in the Roaring Fork Valley (Roaring Fork, Glenwood Springs and Basalt) were seeded 9th in the 12 team tournament and will take on Green Mountain Thursday, June 17th at … Read more
The upstart Basalt Longhorns’ march toward a state championship continues this Friday as they take on the 4th ranked Titans of The Classical Academy. The 5th seeded Longhorns, coming off their surprising Region 4 championship, will battle the Titans at noon, June 18th at Frederick High School. The winner will face either Lutheran or Colorado … Read more
4A ALL STATE HONORABLE MENTION Reese Goluba, Glenwood Springs, Senior 3A ALL STATE HONORABLE MENTION: Taylor Wiescamp, Coal Ridge, Senior
MIAMI (AP) – Starling Marte had four hits, including a homer and double, and the Miami Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 11-4. Adam Duvall and Jazz Chisholm also went deep for the Marlins, who had 16 hits. Trevor Rogers allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings. Miami’s rookie left-hander struck out eight, walked … Read more
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Alex Pietrangelo scored his first goal of the postseason to break a tie and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Colorado Avalanche 6-3 in Game 6 to advance to the Stanley Cup semifinals. Nick Holden, William Karlsson, Keegan Kolesar, William Carrier, and Max Pacioretty also scored for Vegas, which won four … Read more
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Glenwood Springs – 7 Rifle – 1 Even Heyl-W 7 innings, 10 Next Game: Double Header: Glenwood hosts Eagle Valley on Saturday, June 12th, at 10 am & 1 pm.
DENVER (AP) – Christian Pulisic converted a penalty kick in the 114th minute, backup goalkeeper Ethan Horvath stopped Andrés Guardado’s penalty kick in the 124th minute and the United States overcame an early defensive blunder to beat Mexico 3-2 in a final of the first CONCACAF Nations League that turned on three video reviews. Gio … Read more
DENVER (AP) – Germán Márquez pitched six effective innings and a beleaguered Colorado bullpen led by Daniel Bard held on to help the Rockies avoid a three-game sweep with a 3-1 win over the AL West-leading Oakland Athletics. Márquez saw the leadoff hitter reach in four of his frames. But he limited the damage to … Read more