Deputy Sports Editor
Matt L. Stephens
Matt L. Stephens is a former deputy sports editor for The Denver Post.
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Hockey 101: A beginner’s guide to the Colorado Avalanche and the Stanley Cup Playoffs
It's been three years, but the Colorado Avalanche's playoff drought is officially over. The Avs earned the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference by beating St. Louis...

Denver Sports Omelette: The Rockies haven’t been good this year, but the same goes for the rest of the NL
How do we best describe the Colorado Rockies this season other than “not great?” Any adjective we want to throw their way through a 5-7 start will ultimately circle back...

Denver Nuggets at Los Angeles Clippers: What you need to know
Nuggets: They enter Saturday's game on a four-game winning streak that's placed them back in the playoff picture with three games to go.

Denver Sports Omelette: Home opener for the Rockies might be the coldest in club history
Gates at Coors Field will open at noon with pregame ceremonies, including a flyover by four F-16s from Buckley Air Force Base, starting at 1:20 p.m.

Denver Sports Omelette: Every Colorado Avalanche playoff scenario
A look at every scenario that gets the Colorado Avalanche into the NHL playoffs.

Colorado Avalanche controls its destiny, but playoff hopes are looking more grim
The Avs have one game remaining on this West Coast swing (Thursday at San Jose) before hosting St. Louis on Saturday in the regular-season finale in a showdown looks to...

The Morning After: Semyon Varlamov injured as Avalanche goalies make history
If there are two things the Colorado Avalanche struggle with, it's winning faceoffs and keeping goalies healthy.

Denver Sports Omelette: All aboard the Avalanche bandwagon
If Saturday’s shootout victory over the Vegas Golden Knights was any indication, NHL hockey in Colorado is officially fun again, and there’s plenty of room on the Avalanche bandwagon.

Denver Sports Omelette: Case Keenum’s last meaningful pass in Colorado was to a Broncos coach. Who was on the other team.
New Broncos quarterback Case Keenum has played in 43 games and attempted 1,346 passes in his NFL career thatap spanned five seasons. None of those passes were thrown in Denver.

Colorado State selects Niko Medved as new men’s basketball coach
Medved, a former CSU assistant coach (2007-12), replaces Larry Eustachy, who resigned in late February during an internal investigation into his conduct and treatment of players.