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SafeSport is fielding more complaints than ever in our ongoing fight against abuse (��ap)

June 23, 2026 at 8:33 a.m.

SafeSport, the first-ever national organization responsible for addressing abuse in Olympic and Paralympic sports, has...

Travis Ganong rounds a gate during the downhill race at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships at Beaver Creek Resort Feb. 07, 2015. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Colorado to host 13 Alpine World Cup events in 2026-27 with super-G a possibility for Mikaela Shiffrin

By John Meyer

June 17, 2026 at 5:01 p.m.

Beaver Creek will host two men's downhills and a pair of women's downhills in December.

Beatriz Hatz is one of the first five women to join the season 8 cast of "Love Island USA." But before she hit the villa, she was a track star from Lakewood, Colo. and a bronze medal Paralympian. Hatz was born with a rare birth defect called fibular hemimelia, which means the fibula bone in her right leg never developed. Hatz’s leg was amputated when she was 10 months old. (Provided by Ben Symons/PEACOCK)

Colorado-raised Paralympian is turning heads on ‘Love Island USA’

By Tiney Ricciardi

June 3, 2026 at 12:46 p.m.

Beatriz Hatz arrived at the “Love Island” villa in Fiji in a stunning red bikini...

Addison Ritzenhein of Niwot High School runs the 4A Girls 1600m race during the 2026 State Track and Field Championships on May 16, 2026 at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood, Colorado. (Chet Strange, Special to The Post)

Keeler: Colorado’s best prep distance runner? Niwot’s Addison Ritzenhein makes case with 4A record

By Sean Keeler

May 19, 2026 at 6:39 p.m.

Move over, Wendy Koenig. Make some room, Melody Fairchild. The Kaltenbachs? Scooch over. Emma Coburn,...

FILE – United States’ Allyson Felix competes in the women’s 4×400-meter final during the World Athletics Championships in London on Aug. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Allyson Felix, 40, looks for a comeback and maybe a spot at the LA Olympics

By The Associated Press

April 27, 2026 at 3:03 p.m.

Allyson Felix is attempting a comeback at age 40 that could give her a chance...

Mikaela Shiffrin, right, instructs J’Lauren Potter of Salida, Colorado, at Copper Mountain during the Mikaela/Share Winter Ski Day on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at Copper Mountain. (Photo by Jason Connolly/Special to The Denver Post)

Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin inspires young girls with wisdom and some ski turns at Copper Mountain

By John Meyer

April 12, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

With glitter on her face and a sparkle in her eye, eighth-grader Amalia McNeirney of...

Lindsey Vonn of Team United States crashes during the Women’s Downhill on day two of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (Screengrab by IOC/Getty Images/TNS)

Lindsey Vonn won’t rule out a return to skiing after horrific Olympics crash: ‘You just never know’

By Tribune News Service

March 27, 2026 at 12:20 p.m.

She has stopped taking painkillers but is still exhausted.

IOC President Kirsty Coventry speaks during the 2026 Winter Olympic opening ceremony.

Transgender women athletes banned from female Olympic events by new IOC policy

By The Associated Press

March 26, 2026 at 1:30 p.m.

The eligibility policy will apply from the LA Olympics in July 2028.

Global soccer star and Golden native Lindsey Heaps signed with Denver Summit FC on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, ahead of the club's inaugural season in the NWSL. (Courtesy of Justin Tafoya/Clarkson Creative/Denver Summit FC)

Golden native, Summit FC star Lindsey Heaps debuts new soccer show Wednesday

By Sean Keeler

March 24, 2026 at 8:00 a.m.

"The Captain with Lindsey Heaps" will drop its debut episode on March 25.

United States’s Jack Wallace celebrates after scoring his side’s first goal during a gold medal ice hockey match between United States and Canada at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

US routs Canada in Para ice hockey final to complete historic clean sweep in Olympics, Paralympics

By Daniella Matar

March 15, 2026 at 11:24 a.m.

Three weeks after the United States beat Canada in the Olympic hockey finals, the Americans...

Defender Brett Bolton (10), left, and the rest of the team prepares to take the ice during a Team USA Sled Hockey practice on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, at a Blue Sport Stable ice rink in Superior, Colo. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)

Meet the Colorado athletes leading Team USA sled hockey in chase for 5th straight Paralympic gold

By Kyle Newman

March 2, 2026 at 11:10 a.m.

Eight Colorado residents make up nearly half of Team USA's roster as the Centennial State...

Bronze medalist Nikola Jokic of Team Serbia bites his medal while posing for a photo on the podium during the men's basketball medal ceremony on Aug. 10, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Can Nikola Jokic and Serbia make a run at gold in Los Angeles Olympics? A way-too-early look toward 2028

By Bennett Durando

March 1, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

A way-too-early look ahead at the men's basketball tournament in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

U.S. players celebrate after a semifinal match of women’s ice hockey between the United States and Sweden at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

US women’s hockey team has date in July with Flavor Flav in Vegas to celebrate gold medal victory

By The Associated Press

February 26, 2026 at 12:50 p.m.

The women’s players accepted the invitation without input from USA Hockey.