FORT COLLINS — Trey McBride is bound for Phoenix. The former CSU tight end, Fort Morgan native and 2021 Mackey Award winner was selected by the Arizona Cardinals early Friday evening with the 55th overall pick in the second round of the 2022 NFL draft. McBride is the earliest Rams player taken in the draft since offensive lineman Weston Richburg […]

Michael Cross remembers it like it was yesterday. He remembers his son and Maryland football safety Nick Cross sitting in front of the television as a child, watching Washington’s NFL team play on Sundays. Michael recalls the joy on his son’s face as he watched former Washington safety Sean Taylor torment opponents and the tears that streamed from Cross’s eyes […]

In a series in which the Orioles allowed just 13 runs across four games, the strong pitching performances were largely overpowered by a lack of offense. Baltimore managed seven runs against the Oakland Athletics, with four of those coming in a 6-4 loss Thursday to close the four-game series. Those 10 combined runs in the series finale made it the […]

BOSTON — The daffodils have sprouted, the fall foliage has all been raked away, and the Boston Marathon is back in the spring where it belongs. The world’s most prestigious marathon will return to the streets from Hopkinton to Copley Square on Monday, three years after the last Patriots Day race and six months after its 125th edition was delayed, […]

Elon Musk potentially buying Twitter is ‘huge distraction’: Expert Wheelhouse chief investment officer Ann Berry says Elon Musk potentially buying Twitter is a ‘huge distraction’ for his other businesses such as Tesla and SpaceX.  Tom Brady put his two cents into the news Elon Musk put in an offer to buy Twitter. Brady, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers star quarterback, had […]

The Chicago Bulls will face the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the NBA playoffs, staying close to home to begin their first postseason appearance in five years. The best-of-seven series will start at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee with TV coverage on TNT. The Bulls (46-36) — who completed the regular season Sunday night with […]

OPINION: Chris Rattue runs through the winners and losers of the past week of sport. LOSER: All Blacks coach's mana Some people throw money at a problem. New Zealand Rugby throws coaches. This begs a question: Is Ian Foster the All Blacks coach anymore? Or has he become the coaching manager? Bolstering the All Blacks coaching and ‘technical advisor’ ranks […]

Matt Carle was probably as nervous as a goaltender’s mother while watching Saturday night’s NCAA hockey national championship between DU and Minnesota State on television. Carle, the legendary University of Denver defenseman and brother of Pioneers head coach David Carle, was forced to cancel his flight to the Frozen Four in Boston because his wife fell ill and he needed to […]

Bay Area native Alysa Liu, a two-time United States national figure skating champion and 2022 Winter Olympian, announced her retirement at age 16 on Saturday. She finished seventh — best among Americans — in the Beijing Games’ women’s figure skating competition, which featured controversy centered around Russian Kamila Valieva’s doping tests. Then, she won bronze at last month’s world championships […]

The look on Parramatta Eels halfback Mitchell Moses’ face was priceless after a monster hit on a pitch invader from a security guard. The Eels had just scored to make it 24-16 in the 72nd minute with Moses kicking from just beside the posts. The Eels star was lining up his kick when the crowd went up as the female […]