Tag: basketball
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Peak Performer: Billie Fiore
This week’s Peak Performer is Billie Fiore of Falcon High School girls’ basketball. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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PHOTOS: TCA Titans defeat Mitchell Marauders in boys’ basketball
The Classical Academy defeated Mitchell 53-46 in boys’ high school basketball Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, at Mitchell High School.
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Woman says Denver arena guard told her to remove hijab
DENVER (AP) — A Muslim civil rights group is protesting after a Colorado arena security guard told a woman to remove her hijab before she could enter to see her 8-year-old daughter sing the national anthem with her school choir at a Denver Nuggets basketball game. Gazella Bensreiti (ben-SRAY-tee) said Wednesday that the guard told…
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Woody Paige: Denver Nuggets are full of optimism going into their 70th NBA anniversary season
On the Denver Nuggets’ 70th NBA anniversary, this team indubitably has more optimism than the original. The 2019-20 Nuggets begin their positive, poised pursuit of the franchise’s first professional basketball championship Wednesday night in Portland. The 1949-50 Nuggets weren’t quite as confident when they opened the season in Moline, Ill., in October against the Tri-Cities…
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While in China, pathetic NBA should brush up on ‘qienuo’ and ‘weijunzi’ | Paul Klee
DENVER • Since the NBA and commish Adam Silver are hell-bent on maintaining friendly relations with China, let’s help them out. The Chinese word for cowardice is qienuo. Always handy to know the language in a foreign country. But there’s nothing lost in translation about the NBA’s stance on hypocrisy. They’re for it. The wokest…
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Paul Klee: UCCS legend, Spurs guard Derrick White hosts camp with a message
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PARKER • Now here’s a hashtag truly worth 1,000 retweets. #DTBG. It’s what his dad once told him when Derrick White was a 9-year-old second baseman in Parker’s Little League. Derrick up to bat, winning run on third, two outs: Dare to be great. “That’s…
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Paul Klee: UCCS legend, Spurs guard Derrick White hosts camp with a message
PARKER • Now here’s a hashtag truly worth 1,000 retweets. #DTBG. It’s what his dad once told him when Derrick White was a 9-year-old second baseman in Parker’s Little League. Derrick up to bat, winning run on third, two outs: Dare to be great. “That’s where it started,” Richard White says. It’s what Derrick told…
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Paul Klee: Across the street from NBA playoffs, Derrick White’s career turned — in RMAC title game for UCCS
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER • The night before the 2015 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference title game, UCCS had a problem: star guard Derrick White was in the hotel swimming pool, testing a sore ankle. Thought we’d have to limit his minutes, UCCS coach Jeff Culver says now. D-White…
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Paul Klee: Across the street from NBA playoffs, Derrick White’s career turned — in RMAC title game for UCCS
DENVER • The night before the 2015 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference title game, UCCS had a problem: star guard Derrick White was in the hotel swimming pool, testing a sore ankle. Thought we’d have to limit his minutes, UCCS coach Jeff Culver says now. D-White was hurting. “But it’s Derrick we’re talking about,” he adds.…
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Paul Klee: Nuggets rookie compared to Kevin Durant by teammate
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER • He’s the tall, skinny dude, over there on the bench. Sharp dresser, quite pretty, probably rocking a designer T-shirt under a blazer, inevitably close to Isaiah Thomas. You know, Michael Porter Jr. Remember him? “If he gets his back right and he gets…