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Long ball dooms Rockies
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Long ball dooms Rockies

April 19, 2015

Rookie Scott Oberg gave up homers to Howie Kendrick, Scott Van Slyke and Joc Pederson during a five-run sixth inning, and the Rockies lost the ninth consecutive game to the…

Running totals: Marathon by the numbers
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Running totals: Marathon by the numbers

April 19, 2015

Oh, and 150 pounds of petroleum jelly, 992 portable toilets, 108,000 safety pins, 28,200 bananas, 33,984 fruit cups, 35,000 gallons of water and 1.4 million paper cups. Here’s a by-the-numbers…

For Boston winner Meb Keflezighi, a year of thanks
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For Boston winner Meb Keflezighi, a year of thanks

April 19, 2015

119th Boston Marathon<br><br><br><br>By Sunday, the Boston Marathon finish line on Boylston Street already was a mass of humanity. Expect more of the same – but with runners – Monday for…

Schroder slams Fruita Monument past Durango baseball
High School Sports

Schroder slams Fruita Monument past Durango baseball

April 18, 2015

The Wildcats’ baseball team improved to 17-0 and 8-0 in the Southwestern League with a 14-6 win at Durango High School on Saturday. Fruita Monument started with a blast, literally,…

Dove Creek baseball flies away from Ignacio
High School Sports

Dove Creek baseball flies away from Ignacio

April 18, 2015

Dove Creek outlasted the Bobcats 13-8 in Game 1 of a doubleheader then pounded IHS 23-4 in five innings in Game 2. Statistics weren’t immediately available. The Bulldogs snapped a…

A first look at Fort Lewis
College Sports

A first look at Fort Lewis

April 17, 2015

Head coach John L. Smith and the Fort Lewis College football team will hit the field for the final time this spring during the team’s spring game at 9:30 a.m.…

Ignacio baseball falls to Bloomfield JV
High School Sports

Ignacio baseball falls to Bloomfield JV

April 17, 2015

Ignacio lost 4-2 to Bloomfield’s junior varsity Friday in Bloomfield. Bloomfield scored two runs in the second inning and two in the fourth. That’s when IHS (2-8) started to mount…

Just weeks before big fight, not a ticket to be seen
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Just weeks before big fight, not a ticket to be seen

April 17, 2015

Although the fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, and Manny Pacquiao, right, is just weeks away, tickets for the most anticipated bout in recent times have yet to go on…

Outdoors Briefs
Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

April 16, 2015

Seniors Outdoors will offer these activities: The semi-annual highway cleanup day will take place Saturday. Members will clean up two stretches of U.S. Highway 550. Coffee and donuts will be…

Travel on the run
Outdoors

Travel on the run

April 16, 2015

Runners going great distances for a marathon vacation

Sports Extra
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Sports Extra

April 16, 2015

Spieth struggles in 1st round since Masters win HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Jordan Spieth had a post-Masters letdown Thursday, shooting a 3-over 74 at the RBC Heritage to end…

Durango JV downs Bayfield, 3-0
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Durango JV downs Bayfield, 3-0

April 16, 2015

But she came close to diving in to stop a shot, aware of the fact that it would deny the Demons a shutout in the non-league clash. DHS was ahead…

IHS boys 10th, girls 11th at Keller
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IHS boys 10th, girls 11th at Keller

April 16, 2015

In addition to placing third in the girls’ 100-meter dash in 14.11 seconds, 0.12 ahead of 3A Bayfield senior Morgan Allred (and about as much behind the winner, 2A Dolores…