Author: Milo Bryant
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Opinion: Weather’s perfect for Sky Sox baseball in Springs
Flags in left-center field of Security Service Field stiffened with the breeze flowing through the stadium. The wind started from the northwest, blowing to the southeast. It changed several times Saturday throughout the Colorado Springs Sky Sox’s 10-7 victory over the Tacoma Rainiers. But the wind always blew out of the stadium, making the batters…
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Opinion: Rockies’ Morales showing more maturity
DENVER – If there is anything positive about the Colorado Rockies’ weak start, it might be the left arm and between the ears of 22-year-old rookie left-hander Franklin Morales. Call it the maturation of Morales. Morales was instrumental in the Rockies’ late-season run last year. After he was called up from the minors, Morales finished…
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Opinion: Rockies need to pick up pace
DENVER – Minus a rangy second baseman, the Colorado Rockies have fielded the same team that played last year’s postseason. Too bad. The Rockies need to be better than that if they’re going to come close to making the playoffs again. Obviously some explanation is needed. The Rockies team that played last year’s postseason, making…
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MILO BRYANT: Try out different exercises
There are a lot of us who want to get outside now that it’s starting to get warmer. And there are many of us who want to do some different exercises, too. Well, here are a few. Just remember, you asked for them. I’ll break these into several types. Check out the blog for a…
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Opinion: Rockies won’t need hot run this season
Last year was an anomaly. The Colorado Rockies won 14 of their last 15 regular-season games, including a one-game playoff, just to make the postseason. That’s not happening this year. Actually, that probably won’t happen for the rest of our lives. Last year won’t happen because it won’t need to happen. The Rockies aren’t the…
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Opinion: Tigers unable to defend den when it counts
In the end, the Colorado College Tigers couldn’t protect their backyard. That was the mission at the beginning of the year. To make it to the Frozen Four, the Tigers wouldn’t have to leave the Front Range. “In Our Backyard” They wore it on their shirts. I’m sure they had it in their hearts and…
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Opinion: Nuggets’ fate to be decided by their defense
DENVER – When the end of the season nears, the realization of what needs to be done becomes clear. For the Denver Nuggets, it has become quite clear. Denver has to win and win a lot. It has to play that thing called defense a lot less sporadically than it has been playing it. The Nuggets…
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Opinion: Tip-toeing won’t take Tigers far in playoffs
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Home is all that’s left for the Colorado College Tigers. They spent too much time toiling around the Xcel Energy Center ice and not enough time playing what they like to call “Tigers’ Hockey” on Friday and Saturday. Blanked at the Final Five – sounds like the title of a bad…
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Opinion: A Gold Pan team final would’ve really cooked
ST. PAUL, Minn. – This isn’t the way this was supposed to happen. Colorado College and the University of Denver were supposed be in tonight’s Final Five championship game. The Tigers were supposed to have the chance to hoist the Broadmoor Trophy, given to the winner of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Tournament. The Pioneers…
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Opinion: Hobey Baker snubs CC by leaving Tigers off finalist list
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Colorado College hockey team left the Western Collegiate Hockey Association awards ceremony with an impressive amount of hardware – and justifiably so. But the thing that had folks in a River Center ballroom talking afterward was the huge snub the Tigers received. Freshman goalie Richard Bachman joined senior defenseman Jack Hillen…