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Thunderbirds win Alamosa tournament
The Thunderbirds after winning their tournament in Alamosa.Courtesy photo The Thunderbirds played in the Martin Luther King Tournament with 10 eighth-grade teams competing. The Thunderbirds went 1-2 in the tournament,…
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Pain-free Chacin allows 2 runs; Rockies fall to D-backs
The Colorado Rockies and Wilin Rosario were in action again Thursday, picking up their second consecutive loss to Arizona to open the spring.Darron Cummings/Associated Press Chacin’s 2014 season started a…
High School Sports
Bayfield football restructures coaching staff
Wolverines hire five new assistants
Outdoors
Outdoors Briefs
Durango yoga teacher and personal fitness trainer Steve Ilg added a win to his winter season by taking the victory in the 12th annual Leadville Loppet on Feb. 22 in…
Outdoors
A pair of Oregon waterfalls offer splendid show
“Um … you mean Silver Falls State Park, right?” Actually, no. Although it shares a strikingly similar name with the largest and one of the most popular parks in Oregon,…
Professional Sports
Nuggets 2-0 in post-Shaw era
Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried, right, hustled all over the floor in Denver’s 100-85 win at Minnesota on Wednesday. He had 18 points, 14 rebounds, two blocks and two steals,…
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Former Bronco leading marijuana push in NFL
Former Denver Bronco Nate Jackson and some other former NFL players are calling on the league to allow medical marijuana as a means to help players deal with the physical…
College Sports
The Sheriff rides again
Manning agrees to reduced salary, will return for 18th season
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Hockey on ESPN? Network awarded World Cup rights ESPN is getting back into broadcasting professional hockey after landing the U.S. rights for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. The NHL…
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Brinton burns the brightest for Skyhawks’ women’s basketballl
Fort Lewis College junior forward Mary Brinton backed up her preseason honor with a postseason award Monday, when she was named to the All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference First Team.Steve Lewis/Durango…
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Shaw doesn’t survive the last 6 weeks
Nuggets fire head coach before end of second full season, name Hunt interim coach
Outdoors
Thirsty 13 Half Marathon about to grow
Coming up on its second season, the race has a new sponsor: First National Bank of Durango. Also, it nearly is doubling its field. This from an event that easily…
Professional Sports
Nuggets open post-Shaw era with a win
J.J. Hickson and the Nuggets responded to head coach Brian Shaw’s firing with one of their most inspired games of the season. They beat the Bucks 106-95.David Zalubowski/Associated Press Guard…
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Fernando Alonso crashes out of Down Under opener LONDON – Fernando Alonso will not race in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix following a crash during Formula One testing that sent…
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Herrera’s ’Hawks march to Massari
No. 5 FLC men ready to ‘enjoy the journey’ at RMAC Shootout