The USA Bid Committee on Thursday eliminated 13 cities from consideration as World Cup soccer sites in 2018 and 2022 — but Denver was not one of them.
Invesco Field at Mile High is among the 32 stadiums still in contention. One of the 13 dropped from consideration was Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City.
Bouldin on Wooden list.
Former ThunderRidge High School standout Matt Bouldin is one of 50 players to be named a preseason candidate for the John R. Wooden Award and All-America team. The 6-foot-5 senior guard averaged 13.6 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game for Gonzaga last season.
DU’s Kofstad in contention.
University of Denver golfer Espen Kofstad of Oslo is in fifth place after the second round of the International European Amateur Championship in Chantilly, France, after a 2-over-par 73 left him at 3-under 139, six strokes behind the leader, Ross Kellett of Scotland.
