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Myriad of Blazers burn Nuggets in Denver

Shaw loses his home debut and his team’s 23-game home win streak

The spotlight is on the Avalanche

For their play on the ice and now their play off the ice

Kings of the city

Sacramento defeats Denver in both teams’ regular-season openers

Avalanche and Flyers swap forwards

Colorado trades Downie to Philadelphia for Talbot

Red Sox strong for Boston

After the Boston Marathon tragedy, ‘we needed this,’ says one fan

‘Varly’ spends a night in jail

Avalanche goalie turns himself in, released on bond

Safety squeeze

Cameron Wake sacked Andy Dalton for a safety with 6 minutes, 38 seconds left in overtime, and the Miami Dolphins beat the Cincinnati Bengals 22-20 on Thursday night in Miami…

Roy? Varlamov? This is ‘awesome’

Avs coach and player have created quite the goaltender tandem

Boston’s Green Monsters win the World Series

Lackey leads the Red Sox over the Cardinals in 2013

Gold standards

Five things to watch in the 2013-14 NBA

King’s kings. Rose’s return. Bryant’s back? Stern’s salutations.

World Cup portends big things for USA skiing

The Americans’ deep roster could set a new Olympic record at the Sochi Games

Vonn’s decision to wait was ‘wise’

Instead, she made what she calls a “wise” decision. The Olympic downhill champion skipped last Saturday’s season-opening race in Austria. She will stick with her original plan to come back…

‘We’re 7-1, and we haven’t played our best yet’

Broncos’ maligned D is getting healthy over their bye week

Chiefs jump to No. 1 in the AP Pro32 power poll

Kansas City, still unbeaten, share first with the Seattle Seahawks

‘Cooperstown’ brings it back to Beantown

Big Papi is the face of the franchise and larger than life

Broncos’ running backs finding their groove

Moreno leading the way for Denver

New looks and a familiar favorite for the NBA

Heat still the pick to take title

Sox go back to Boston on the verge

Lester puts Red Sox a win from title

Strong start for US skiers bodes well for Sochi

And Vonn’s return will make USA stronger

Fourth quarter fireworks

Denver scores final 38 points in win

Going, going, Gomes

Homer brings Boston back even

Gordon sprints to front

Win moves No. 24 closer to No. 1

Jenkins signs north of the border

Former Fort Lewis College quarterback Tim Jenkins will look to Canada for his next career opportunity. Jenkins signed a deal with the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League this…

Swiss slices women’s field to win the GS

Gut ‘sensational’ in the World Cup opener in Soelden, Austria

One mistake costs Shiffrin the podium

Still, the Colorado teenager finishes a GS-best 6th in the World Cup opener

Pencil in the 48 at the Martinsville paperclip

Johnson will start second and Kenseth fourth as the Chase continues

‘As good as it gets’

Manning almost landed in Washington because of Shanahan

Boston flagged for tripping

Cardinals walk off Game 3 on an obstruction call for a 2-1 lead

Maze is the women’s World Cup favorite

Slovenian set a points record last year in winning the overall title