STAY ON THE COUCH
Lakers face Nuggets on Sunday.
Kobe Bryant and the L.A. Lakers are national TV mainstays this season in the NBA, either because they’re defending champions or a marquee name or a ratings grabber. Or all of the above.
No matter the reason, the Lakers will be on national TV nine times in the next 47 days of the regular season, among ABC, ESPN and TNT. They will be the NBA’s most-exposed team down the stretch, even more than Cleveland (seven games).
Two of those Lakers games include the Nuggets. They welcome the Nuggets on ABC (KMGH-7) on Sunday for a 1:30 p.m. tipoff. And Denver hosts L.A. on April 8 on TNT.
If ABC is lucky, Sunday’s game will be as entertaining as the last contest between Denver and L.A., when the Nuggets shot lights out for a 126-113 win, including a career game from Chauncey Billups (39 points).
GET OFF THE COUCH
A weekend full of races.
Snow will be the playing field this weekend in three outdoor races across Colorado, on skis, sneakers and snowshoes.
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society hosts the Team In Training snowshoe race at Rocky Mountain National Park on Saturday at 2 p.m., with a course as high as 14,259 feet. No problem for the cancer survivors in the field. Find for info.
The Snowman Stampede goes through Chatfield State Park in Littleton on Saturday at 10 a.m., over courses at five and 10 miles. Find details at .
And Sunday’s Leadville Loppet from Colorado Mountain College features classic and freestyle ski races at 10, 22 and 44 kilometers. Find .
