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Sean Keeler

Sean Keeler is an award-winning writer who joined The Denver Post in 2018 after stints with Cox Media Group, FOX Sports, The Des Moines Register and The Cincinnati Post. A graduate of Northwestern University, Keeler has been honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors' national writing competition 12 times, including five for feature writing.

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Avs fan Kyle Stark (left) and friend Ryan Clark (right) recently sat on Santa's lap before a Colorado Avalanche game at Ball Arena. Stark, left, passed away last December and Clark in January spread his friend's ashes on the ice at Ball Arena. (Photo courtesy Ryan Clark)

Keeler: Meet the Avalanche fan who got banned for spreading his friend’s ashes on Ball Arena ice. With no regrets.

June 19, 2022 at 7:55 a.m.

Ryan Clark can live with being banned from Avalanche home games right now. Honest. Because, dang it, The Lord and Cale Makar as his witnesses, he鈥檇 do it again, Stanley...

DENVER, CO - JUNE 3: Kroenke Sports Entertainment Vice Chairman, Denver Nuggets President/Governor and Governor for the Colorado Avalanche Josh Kroenke talks to the media during a press conference at Ball Arena on Friday, June 3, 2022. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)

Keeler: With Nikola Jokic and Joe Sakic, Kroenke family could’ve owned Denver’s hearts. Denver’s eyeballs? They blew it.

June 3, 2022 at 9:24 p.m.

Denver is home to the best hockey team in the world. It's home to the best basketball player in the world. But what good is that, Josh Kroenke, if we...

HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO - MARCH 3: Taylor Ray at Highlands Ranch High School on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

Keeler: How Highlands Ranch basketball’s Taylor Ray crafted 2021’s best comeback story

February 24, 2022 at 5:12 p.m.

While 2020 was chucking curveballs at the rest of us, it tossed Taylor Ray's family a knuckler. Then it started throwing, mercilessly, at their heads.

Evergreen Cougars head coach Matt Van Praag motivates his players in the locker room before playing the Severance Silver Knights at the Severance High School Stadium in Severance, Colorado, on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. Friday night抖阴ap game marks the first game played since the shooting at Evergreen High School Sept. 10, 2025. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Keeler: Evergreen High School lost a football game Friday, but Cougars got something better back. Normalcy. ‘We’ll be OK’

September 27, 2025 at 2:55 p.m.

Evergreen High School lost a game. But they got their normal back. On a long journey home, the first step is often the heaviest.

Colorado Rockies co-owner and chief executive officer Dick Monfort, right, chats with right fielder Mickey Moniak before the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Grading The Week: Rockies CEO Dick Monfort fears change. Is son Walker Monfort brave enough to change Dad’s mind?

September 28, 2025 at 1:11 p.m.

The Rockies' Walker Era is upon us. And for Colorado fans who have might as well wear bags over their heads as baseball caps to Coors Field, it might be...

Colorado State Rams head coach Jay Norvell fires up his players before the game against the UTSA Roadrunners at Canvas Stadium in Ft. Collins, Colorado, on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Keeler: CSU Rams coach Jay Norvell is becoming his own worst enemy in FoCo

September 23, 2025 at 7:53 p.m.

Jay Norvell's CSU Rams rank 99th nationally in passing (197.3 yards per game) and No. 1 in throwing stuff against the wall.

Bo Nix (10) of the Denver Broncos talks across the huddle to Lucas Krull (85) during the first quarter against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

Keeler: Can Broncos QB Bo Nix be fixed? Yep! But Sean Payton needs to do these 4 things first

September 23, 2025 at 2:06 a.m.

Can we really call Bo Nix's feet "happy" when they make 抖阴apountry so miserable?

Tarheeb Still (29) of the Los Angeles Chargers wraps up RJ Harvey (12) of the Denver Broncos during the third quarter at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

Renck vs. Keeler: Is it too early to declare Broncos’ early-round draft picks busts this season?

September 22, 2025 at 12:36 p.m.

It is too early to draw a conclusion, but the early returns have been disappointing.

Colorado quarterback Kaidon Salter (3) runs for a short gain as Wyoming nose tackle Ben Florentine (94) and defensive tackle Lucas Samsula (97) pursue in the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Keeler: Deion Sanders, you’ve found CU Buffs’ QB1. It’s Kaidon Salter’s team. Kaidon Salter’s time.

September 21, 2025 at 3:13 p.m.

Remember what CU Buffs coach Deion Sanders said last week about wanting "leadership" from his starting quarterback? Kaidon Salter brought that -- and more 鈥� against the Wyoming Cowboys.

BOULDER, CO - SEPTEMBER 20:University of Colorado Buffaloes, mascot, Ralphie VII, makes her first run at Folsom Field on Saturday Sept. 20, 2025. (Photo by Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)

Keeler: CU Buffs’ Ralphie VII ran college football’s best tradition back to center stage: ‘It’s really cool to see it live’

September 20, 2025 at 9:15 p.m.

Deion Sanders made America stand up and pay attention to Saturdays (and some Fridays) in Boulder again. But Ralphie, bless her, was the one who put CU on the map...