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Refocused intensity, toughness to fuel CU Buffs in Year Four under Deion Sanders
Standing by himself in a nearly empty Folsom Field, Fernando Lovo savored a noise-induced vision.
Keeler: Deion Sanders can change CU Buffs football narrative by beating Georgia Tech in Prime Time
Ralphie runs, Kalshi laughs.
Deion Sanders pleased with progress as CU Buffs look to Georgia Tech
Itap not quite game week just yet for the Colorado football team. But game mode...
Keeler: Deion Sanders sued by Nebraska graphic designer? CU Buffs’ opener can’t get here fast enough.
CU's football season, slated to open Sept. 3 against Georgia Tech, can't get here quick...
Deion Sanders’ graphic designer sues coach over personal brand logos
A longtime graphic designer for CU Boulder football coach Deion Sanders claims the coach's team...
Renck: Why is Rockies legend Larry Walker getting a Coors Field statue? Homer at Shea Stadium tells story.
Larry Walker became Roy Hobbs. With his 34.5-inch, 32.5 ounce bat, he brought fiction to...
Keeler: Broncos’ Bo Nix, Davis Webb won’t back down from a training camp fight. Or from Green Bay Packers.
When the Broncos said Bo Nix was going to fight like heck to get back...
Deputy made attempt to serve papers to Deion Sanders on CU campus, but coach wasn’t available
Coach Prime has been called to testify at his son Shilo’s $11M bankruptcy trial the...
Linebacker Gideon ESPN Lampron meets Deion Sanders on a plane and later lands at Colorado
Linebacker Gideon ESPN Lampron introduced himself to Deion Sanders while boarding a flight in December....
UNC Bears All-American long snapper ready for sibling showdown
“I didn’t see a path on either the offensive or defensive line out of high...
Keeler: Cherry Creek’s Elijah Cromwell ran with Broncos’ Jaleel McLaughlin this summer. Good luck, 5A.
Elijah Cromwell spent his summer break breaking ankles. Not just any ankles, either. We're talking...
Keeler: Travis Hunter II? CU Buffs CB Boo Carter hopes Deion Sanders throws him the ball this fall
Orlando Carter's got a little Travis Hunter in his game, just waiting to come out....
Renck: CU’s Deion Sanders open practice closed to reporting yet another unnecessary power play
What Sanders did came across as an unnecessary flex on the press. It feels so...
Josh Niblett adapting to new home while mentoring CU Buffs tight ends
It may not have been the NFL, or Division I football, but Josh Niblett was...
Player-led practices helped CSU Rams develop, bond in offseason
"It's been a process that started all the way back in January, led into spring...
Renck: In season of improvement, Rockies must avoid 100 losses to sell real progress
The Rockies must win 18 times over the next six weeks to avoid becoming the...
Renck: Deion Sanders’ summer camp fosters unity. Will it create much-needed winning season for CU?
For those who love Sanders, his explanations will keep them in the fold. For those...
Keeler: CSU Rams legend Sonny Lubick believes in Jim Mora. Here’s why.
Jim Mora's done a better job of recruiting Sonny Lubick than Lubick ever did recruiting...
Desperate for bounceback, who wins more games in 2026: CU or CSU?
Nationally, CU and CSU are viewed as more likely to finish in last place in...
Keeler: CU Buffs QB Julian Lewis says it’s ‘a blessing’ to give back to Denver kids
For a man carrying the weight e weight of CU Buffs football on 18-year-old shoulders,...
Keeler: CU Buffs football season ticket sales are slipping. Can Deion Sanders win those fans back?
Coach Prime can't shank the reboot.
DU Pioneers hockey to raise championship banner in October
The Pioneers have won two of the last three national titles and three of the...
Keeler: If CSU Rams football bowls this fall, Jim Mora ought to be Pac-12 Coach of the Year
For CSU Rams, five wins is Mora less fine in 2026.
Colorado’s summer workouts setting stage for tough nonconference schedule
If the Buffaloes falter out of the gate -- a distinct possibility, given the coast-to-coast...
Leon Fuller, who coached Colorado State Rams football for seven seasons, dies at 87
CSU hired Leon Fuller, the defensive coordinator for the Texas Longhorns, in December 1981, to...
Keeler: Nuggets’ Trevon Brazile looked like next Michael Porter Jr. at NBA Summer League
Anyone else out there getting some serious Michael Porter Jr. vibes from Trevon Brazile lately?
Former UNC Bears basketball player, ineligible under current rules, is suing NCAA
Brock Wisne, a prominent forward and center for the Bears the last four seasons, is...
Keeler: CSU Rams icon Trey McBride, NFL’s best tight end, can’t stop doing Fort Morgan proud
Trey McBride built like He-Man with the heart of Winnie The Pooh. The best tight...
Renck: Marcelo Balboa knows USMNT missed an opportunity at World Cup, but says soccer ‘has staying power’
'Soccer definitely has staying power. You have (50) million viewers, you are doing something right.'
New CU football assistant is betting his virtual reality immersion software can help QB Julian Lewis
The Spring King had seen it all, every way to comb through every possible offensive...
Keeler: CU Buffs QB Julian Lewis’ ‘free-balling’ is a terrible look for Deion Sanders, Pat Shurmur
Julian Lewis' stats in four games with the CU Buffs in 2025 say something about...
Colorado football coach Deion Sanders healthy, energized with Buffaloes’ season around corner
A year ago, Deion Sanders made the trek from his home in Canton, Texas, to...
CU Buffs land four-star offensive line recruit
Colorado has landed another four-star recruit.
Deion Sanders says he feels like his old self a year after surgery: ‘I consider myself cancer-free’
Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders says he feels like his old -- and younger — self...
NHL Draft: Daxon Rudolph and Ryan Lin make DU Pioneers history
Daxon Rudolph got the hometown hero's welcome Friday night.
Keeler: CSU Rams AD John Weber says it’s ‘irresponsible’ for Congress to block Rams from Big 12, ACC
John Weber is loving the CSU Rams' move to the Pac-12's neighborhood Wednesday. The idea...
NHL Draft: DU Pioneers likely to have two first-round picks on Friday night, a first in school history
It is very likely to be a historic evening Friday night for the University of...
Renck: Mullen star edge rusher Troy Mailo, committed to Stanford, is a better person than player
Mullen's Troy Mailo committed to Stanford last week. That perfect ending would have never happened...
Renck: Colorado Buffaloes basketball legend Derrick White provides help Tad Boyle’s program deserves
'Once we get people in this building and in this program,' Derrick White said, 'we...
Celtics guard, former Buff Derrick White joins alma mater for CU leadership role
Derrick White still is chasing championships at the sportap highest level. And running a major...
Derrick White donates $2 million to Colorado Buffaloes basketball, takes on leadership role
Derrick White made an indelible impression with the Colorado men’s basketball team during his lone...
Keeler: Valor Christian’s Wyndham Clark, U.S. Open champ and golf’s so-called villain, is a hero to this Denver family
The Wyndham Clark who was jeered and booed by New Yorkers at the 2026 U.S....
Keeler: Buffs legend Darian Hagan wants people to know CU football existed before Deion Sanders. Is that so wrong?
"Some of these new Buffs fans act as if CU didn't play football before Coach...
Coban Porter returns to college basketball three years after causing fatal DUI crash
Coban Porter is getting another chance on the court -- one even he said he...
Sports betting is changing the game for Colorado’s fans and athletes as big money adds new pressures
Since 2020, Colorado's gamblers have wagered $28.4 billion on sports bets, averaging $418.7 million monthly....
Brendan Sorsby won’t play for Texas Tech after unprecedented legal fight over his eligibility for gambling
Sorsby did not play a down for the defending Big 12 champion Red Raiders.
Colorado’s Deion Sanders weighs in on wagering as gambling scandal ripples through college football
“Somebody’s gambling on a sport they’re playing? You don’t think something’s wrong with that?” Sanders...
Keeler: Deion Sanders, CU Buffs should ditch Texas Tech, Sorsby for CSU Rams in 2026
Red Raiders quarterback Brendan Sorsby has no business inside Folsom Field, unless he's bought a...
Buffs rebuilt, reloaded on defense after disappointing 2025 season
There’s been a total reset on Colorado's defense this offseason, including new coordinator Chris Marve,...
The JUCO World Series in Grand Junction is a little slice of baseball heaven
The baseball gods smile kindly upon Suplizio Field every Memorial Day Weekend.
Was Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic’s MVP window just slammed shut by Victor Wembanyama?
The Saga of Cale Makar over the past four or five days has already turned...
Vin Scully’s grandson is a key piece in Colorado Mesa’s quest to return to College World Series
Joey Blank, Vin Scully's step-grandson who is now a junior at Colorado Mesa, is a...
Tad Boyle’s Buffs sign Chase Hill, a former NBA coach’s grandson
After adding just one new recruit on national signing day last November, the 2026-27 freshman...
Tyson Gilbert embracing opportunity with CU Buffs basketball
Tyson Gilbert was going to keep playing as long there remained opportunities. In that regard,...
Keeler: Colorado’s best prep distance runner? Niwot’s Addison Ritzenhein makes case with 4A record
Move over, Wendy Koenig. Make some room, Melody Fairchild. The Kaltenbachs? Scooch over. Emma Coburn,...
Buffs’ Chris Marve applying lessons from past experience to new role at CU
For Chris Marve, the 2025 season was spent learning. The Colorado Buffaloes could benefit from...
Colorado women’s golf set for first NCAA regional since 2018
Most of the Colorado women’s golf team were not yet teenagers, or had just reached...
Why CU Buffs football great Pete Brock decided to finish his college degree after a half-century
While standing alone in Norlin Quad waiting to walk into Folsom Field for commencement, a...
CU Buffs women’s lacrosse, fresh off Big 12 title, set to host first NCAA Tournament game
In a stunning upset nine years ago in University Park, Penn., the CU women's lacrosse...
March Madness tournaments will expand to 76 teams each starting next season
The new 76-team brackets will jam eight extra games -- for a total of 12...
CU Buffs, DU Pioneers punch tickets to NCAA lacrosse tournament
Two teams will represent Colorado in the women’s NCAA lacrosse tournament.
Colorado Mesa baseball, No. 1 team in Division II, capable of achieving national title dream
Chris Hanks and the Mavericks were one hit away.
Keeler: Broncos’ Mr. Irrelevant, Red Murdock, is anything but: ‘He’s going to be something huge’
Red Murdock, Mr. Irrelevant, runs a 4.19 in the 40 between his ears. Just ask...
Erik Johnson introduced as Pioneers’ women’s basketball coach with hopes to ‘put DU back on the map’
Over a bowl of mac and cheese, Erik Johnson experienced all the emotions about his...
After distinguished career at Texas A&M, Fossil Ridge alum Trey Zuhn III offers versatile option for teams in NFL draft
Trey Zuhn III is projected to be a Day 2 or Day 3 pick in...
Mapping DU hockey’s improbable path to its 11th national title
In a roller-coaster season, the Denver Pioneers finished on top with yet another national championship...
National award-winning Denver East basketball coach pursues dual passion as a rising R&B star
On the way to shootaround, Ashly Robinson heard a honeyed melody so sweet it foretold...
Renck: Boston Buckberger’s bloody pinkie puts finger on why DU hockey is so good
Boston Buckberger is not the first, but rather the last Pio to bleed Crimson Red....
DU Pioneers remain college hockey’s premier program, even as landscape changes
The rules of engagement have changed. The DU Pioneers place atop college hockey has not.
PHOTOS: DU Pioneers win 11th national championship at Frozen Four behind Johnny Hicks’ 29 saves
Denver Pioneers win their 11th NCAA Division 1 national hockey championship, defeating the Wisconsin Badgers...
Keeler: Deion Sanders’ football honeymoon in Boulder is over, CU Buffs students say
On a pleasant, overcast Saturday afternoon at 5,440 feet, The Deion Sanders Era at CU...
DU Pioneers win 11th national championship at Frozen Four behind Johnny Hicks’ 29 saves
Two years after Matthew Davis put together a legendary run to help the University of...
Danny Scudero shines in CU Buffs’ annual spring game
A senior transfer from San Jose State, Danny Scudero provided one of the few highlights...
At Frozen Four, not even a scary collision can stop DU Pioneers sensation Johnny Hicks
For a couple of breathless moments Thursday night, it appeared that Johnny Hicks' incredible, improbable...
DU Pioneers outlast Michigan in double OT at Frozen Four, dream run continues to NCAA title game
This was a heist Danny Ocean might not have believed possible.
Betts on the Bruins: How a trio of Colorado high school legends led UCLA basketball to women’s national title
As blue and yellow confetti rained down in Phoenix, one Ms. Colorado Basketball pulled in...
DU hockey Frozen Four preview: Pioneers seek record-extending 11th national title in Las Vegas
DU hockey went from treading water to the doorstep of a national title.
Michael Malone takes over at UNC basketball as the Tar Heels turn to an outsider from the NBA
The Tar Heels hired the former Nuggets championship-winning coach, signing him to a six-year deal...
Colorado QB Dominiq Ponder’s blood alcohol level was twice legal limit in fatal single-car crash, report reveals
Colorado quarterback Dominiq Ponder had a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit for driving...
Michigan beats UConn, 69-63, powers to its second national title and first since 1989
Elliot Cadeau led the Wolverines with 19 points, including the team’s first 3, which came...
Lauren Betts scores 16 as UCLA storms past South Carolina to claim its 1st NCAA women’s basketball title
Gabriela Jaquez scored 21 points, Lauren Betts added 16 and UCLA routed South Carolina 79-51...
Keeler: CSU Rams football coach Jim Mora can’t make same mistake as Norvell, Addazio. Find your Garrett Grayson, Nick Stevens at QB
Cam you ever forgive us, Nick Stevens? You never miss the water 'til the well...
How University of Denver hockey’s undersized freshman goalie propelled Pioneers to another Frozen Four
Johnny Hicks shut his mouth so he could stop the shots.
Vili Taufatofua aiming to prove himself with CU Buffs
In the new era of open transfers in college sports, itap not uncommon for athletes...
Keeler: Sean Payton? Deion Sanders? Nah. DU’s David Carle, off to a third straight Frozen Four, is Colorado’s best coach
This Denver Pioneers hockey team, the first at DU to ever clinch a third straight...
University of Denver Pioneers roll to third straight Frozen Four after dispatching Western Michigan
Two years ago, Matt Davis became a legend around here with a magical postseason run.
Grading The Week: Nuggets’ David Adelman needs to go small in non-Jokic minutes to dream big
With a healthy Aaron Gordon, Peyton Watson and Spencer Jones back in the rotation, the...
University of Denver Pioneers cruise past Cornell in NCAA opener, keeping Frozen Four hopes alive
Finally getting some home cooking in the NCAA tournament worked out quite well for the...
Buffs receivers battling injuries, but feature plenty of speed, talent
On paper, there is a lot to be excited about with the Colorado receivers for...
DU hockey heads to Loveland for NCAA Regionals, takes on Cornell on Friday at Blue Arena
The last time the Pioneers traveled this path, it ended with a trophy.
DU Pioneers outlast Minnesota Duluth in double-OT thriller to win NCHC Frozen Faceoff Championship
With 10 golden rectangular reminders looming in the rafters, the Denver Pioneers made a championship...
Grading The Week: CU Buffs don’t need to move on from Tad Boyle. They need to move more money his way
The CU Buffs don't need more changes on their men's basketball bench. They need more...
CSU Rams come up just short against Michigan State in NCAA Tournament first round
Colorado State's season came to an end Friday night in Norman, Okla., but the Rams...
NCAA asks court to stop DraftKings from using trademarked terms such as ‘March Madness’
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA filed a complaint in federal court Friday seeking an emergency...
University of Denver hockey’s unbeaten streak entering NCHC championship fueled by lights-out freshman goalie
Johnny Hicks couldn't care less that he stands 5-foot-10. He was born that way, after...
Keeler: How CSU Rams women’s basketball team made fan for life — then helped save it
As Cinderellas go, High Point would need about 10 pounds of memory foam to fill...
CSU Rams women’s basketball aiming for first March Madness win in a quarter century
When their leading scorer went down, the Rams rose up.
Air Force hires Penn State assistant Joe Crispin as men’s basketball coach
Air Force hired Penn State assistant Joe Crispin on Wednesday as the men’s head basketball...
Jade Masogayo, other Buffs, making NCAA Tournament dream come true
Jade Masogayo’s eyes lit up and she sat in amazement for a few seconds when...
Colorado State women earn No. 12 seed in NCAA Tournament
CSU earned a No.12 seed in the women's NCAA Tournament and will face No. 5...