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Sill homers, Durango baseball turns triple play in 7-1 win against Denver North
Demons’ bats, gloves and pitching come through in home opener
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‘You look up and there’s 12 tanks coming over the hill’
Kentucky’s rotation strategy on the title brink
College Sports
FLC golf 8th out of 8 in Texas
The Skyhawks will swing at the RMAC Championships next
Professional Sports
Not in a joking mood
Late goal drops Swiss to draw with U.S. after Altidore’s ill-advised yellow card
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Goal-line technology headed for Women’s World Cup
The British camera-based system to track the ball’s position already is used in the Premier League. It was developed in tennis and cricket. FIFA says Hawk-Eye first will be tested…
Professional Sports
Hawkins struggles; A’s rout Rockies
Colorado Rockies relief pitcher LaTroy Hawkins continued to struggle this spring, retiring just one of six batters Monday, raising his earned-run average to 13.50. “He was elevating his breaking ball,”…
College Sports
Thulson, Blythe pace FLC women’s golfers
Thulson is in 33rd place and Blythe is 37th. The Skyhawks are in eighth place with a 407, their second-best round this spring. Individually, Lauren Trujillo added a 100 (40th)…
High School Sports
DHS’s Waldo fires 85 in girls golf
Waldo ended up taking a 9 on one par-4 and a 7 on another en route to a 14-over-par 85 in the Grand Junction Invitational girls golf tournament Monday at…
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Demaryius Thomas says he’ll skip offseason workouts
Denver Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas likely won’t be warming up with the Broncos any time soon – he says he’ll skip the team’s offseason workouts until the sides agree…
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Kaminsky, Okafor lead AP All-America team
Kaminsky, the 7-foot senior from Wisconsin, was a unanimous choice Monday. Okafor, the 6-11 freshman from Duke, received all but one first-team vote. Notre Dame senior Jerian Grant, Kentucky junior…
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Three No. 1 seeds in the Final Four
Although the only team in the Final Four that’s not a No. 1 seed, Michigan State and head coach Tom Izzo cut down higher-seeded Louisville on Sunday on the Spartans’…
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Freshmen A-OK for Coach K
Emotions ran high for Duke’s Justise Winslow and Tyus Jones (5) after Sunday’s victory over Gonzaga that sent the Blue Devils to the Final Four.David J. Phillip/Associated Press The Blue…
College Sports
Skyhawk softball swept
The Skyhawks would have been more than happy with that result Sunday in Alamosa. While the hits came in Saturday’s doubleheader at Adams State, the FLC bats went mostly quiet…
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Spartans’ battle cry carries all the way to Final Four
Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo, center front, was at the center of the celebration Sunday, just one of the guys who helped the Spartans defeat Louisville in overtime to…
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Rockies’ Gonzalez say he’s OK after knee scare
Colorado Rockies right fielder Carlos Gonzalez declared himself pain-free Sunday after leaving a game two days earlier with pain in his surgically repaired left knee.Ben Margot/Associated Press file photo Colorado…
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Badgers back in Final Four
Wisconsin forward Sam Dekker led the Badgers’ offense – and celebration – Saturday in Los Angeles.Jae C. Hong/Associated Press Sam Dekker hit 5 of Wisconsin’s 10 3-pointers in the second…
High School Sports
Durango track sweeps up personal bests at Broomfield Shootout
The Demons registered two top-five finishes and a slew of other personal records. Miranda Gallegos cleared 16 feet in the long jump for the third consecutive meet, hitting 16-8 for…
College Sports
Fort Lewis Cycling kept off Squawker Classic criterium podium
No Skyhawk cracked the top-three individually in the team’s annual spring criterium, part of a three-race series over two days. “Our ‘As’ are growing a lot. We’re going through some…
College Sports
Winds of change blow through Squawker Classic criterium
Sydney Edmonson and the rest of the Fort Lewis College cycling team needed to adjust to a new venue for the Squawker Classic criterium. It moved to FLC’s campus from…
College Sports
Fort Lewis College Skyhawks softball splits two with Adams State Grizzlies
The Fort Lewis College softball team used 10 runs on 10 hits and five Adams State errors for a 10-5 win in the first of two games Saturday in Alamosa.…
College Sports
Team time trial a true team event at Fort Lewis College’s Squawker Classic
Time trial emphasizes strategy
College Sports
’Cats fend off Irish
Much like the closing seconds of the game, it was a frantic scene – but in celebration – for Kentucky’s Aaron Harrison, right, and Karl-Anthony Towns after the team’s 68-66…
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Trail Blazers beat Nuggets, move closer to division title
Denver’s Will Barton, right, shoots against Portland’s Steve Blake (5) during the first half Saturday in Portland, Ore.Greg Wahl-Stephens/Associated Press Portland increased its Northwest Division lead to 6½ games over…