Colorado Avalanche beat writer
Bennett Durando
Bennett Durando joined The Denver Post in 2022 as the Colorado Avalanche and NHL hockey beat writer. He previously covered college sports in the SEC, first Mizzou for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Columbia Missourian, then Auburn for the Montgomery Advertiser. He is an 11-time Associated Press Sports Editors contest nominee and a two-time winner, including for best beat writing in 2022 while in Alabama. Born and raised in St. Louis, he is a graduate of Missouri.
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How Avalanche’s Evan Rodrigues won over Colorado hearts with pregame puck ritual with sons
Here's how there got to be a mountain of about 30 pucks sitting on Evan Rodrigues' kitchen counter.

The malleability of Cale Makar: From taking on bigger opponents to bigger ice time, Avalanche defenseman is different kind of All-Star
Little brothers often have to play dirty to win. Itap their natural instinct. Such was the case in the Makar front yard, where younger Taylor matched up with older Cale...

After expanding from Nuggets to Avalanche games, Celly Squad drummers revel in “rock star” status: “No one would treat me like this at my day job.”
The performers were setting up equipment. The players were taking their places, families in tow. They would all begin the parade route soon, but Andrew Brickman's day was made before...
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Russell Westbrook inspired him to quit his day job, pursue his NBA passion — which led him from South Korea to Ball Arena
Taehyun Kim's trip from South Korea to Denver wasn't cheap. He was rewarded for his loyalty with a signed Nuggets jersey, courtesy of Russ.

Jamal Murray’s game-winning 3 saves Nuggets on awful night against depleted Lakers
Hometown kid Dalton Knecht helped out the Lakers with 32 points in a starting role. The Nuggets couldn't defend, but they found enough buckets in the end.

Aaron Gordon returns again from a calf injury that continues to hang over Nuggets
Michael Malone explains the delineation between Aaron Gordon missing a game because he can't play and missing a game because he can't play well.

Nuggets have lost 5 straight to Timberwolves, dating back to playoffs: “All the 5, they beat us pretty easy”
Rosters have changed, but the results haven't. And the Nuggets might be seeing their rivals from Minnesota yet again in the 2025 playoffs.

Nuggets’ supporting cast kept quiet in 20-point home loss to red-hot Timberwolves
Nuggets players took turns getting beat by Anthony Edwards once he got into a second-half rhythm.

Nuggets Journal: Mark Daigneault found rulebook loophole to counter Nikola Jokic’s trickery. Jokic respects it.
Nobody tests the rules like Nikola Jokic. It should come as no surprise that he admired Mark Daigneault's ploy to do the same last week in OKC.

After being glued to Nuggets’ bench, Peyton Watson responds with 3-point barrage in front of OKC’s bench
Why Watson hurled some "choice words" at the Thunder's bench this week after a perfect 4-for-4 game from the 3-point line.

Nikola Jokic knows this is his magnum opus. But Michael Malone is still his MVP campaign manager
Nikola Jokic's mere acknowledgment of a momentous season was an eye-opening development in the MVP race between him and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray shine as Nuggets earn split in Oklahoma City
Nikola Jokic went for 35 points, 17 rebounds and seven assists in a bounce-back win for the Nuggets on Monday at Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's Thunder.

Aaron Gordon ruled out for second Nuggets-Thunder game with injury
Gordon's calf injury hasn't caused him to miss games recently, but it doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon, either.