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It's Galaxy, Real Salt Lake for all the marbles

They say everyone loves a longshot. But what about fans of the team the longshots beat? Are they supposed to love the lovable losers who suddenly win? And what happens when, on the rarest of occasions, two longshots make it all the way to the ...

From NICK GROKE, Denver Post,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Real Salt Lake,  Western Conference,  Los Angeles Galaxy,  ESPN,  David Beckham

Branch has high hopes for 'Pokes wrestlers

reality guy. I want to know who we are. We've gotta go hit the best teams out there. And if we get taught a lesson in those matches, we'll learn from it and use it to our advantage. Colorado. Men and women. ...

From NICK GROKE, Denver Post,  13 Nov 2009
Related Topics: National Collegiate Athletic Association,  HBO,  Manny Pacquiao,  Miguel Cotto,  USA Today

Mountains gear up for a big snow season

Jaguars for a semifinal game in the Americas Rugby Championship, there will be a lot on the line. Cool weather and the technology to make snow brought out the kid in ...

From NICK GROKE, Denver Post,  9 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Larry Bird,  Magic Johnson,  Arizona Diamondbacks,  Tom Brady,  Bill Belichick

CSU-Pueblo could play prominent RMAC role

There are high expectations at CSU-Pueblo, which revived its long-dormant football program last year. "We've shown flashes of greatness," defensive end Chase Vaughn said. (Karl Gehring, Denver Post file photo ) Just two games into its season, the ...

From NICK GROKE, Denver Post,  11 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Cory Ross,  NFL,  ESPN,  Mike Tirico,  Ron Jaworski

Rapids reach critical fork in season road

pedigree. What we hope is we can rekindle his old form." MLS assist leader Omar Cummings gives the Rapids a powerful offensive weapon against Toronto FC this Saturday at Dick's ...

From NICK GROKE, Denver Post,  4 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Toronto FC,  Gary Smith,  Dick's Sporting Goods Inc,  Omar Cummings,  Fox Soccer Channel

Prep football: Inherit the wins in 1A

On the football-mad Eastern Plains, even grandma selling programs at the front gate can explain the importance of a pre-snap read out of the I-formation. And she can certainly tell you about the decades-old lineage of star players from Colorado's small ...

From NICK GROKE, Denver Post,  3 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Matt Brown (politician),  Wisconsin Badgers,  Harvard University

Sports Weekend: Rams, Buffs eager to dig into volleyball seasons

A young but promising CSU team opens the season at home tonight against Pepperdine. (Photo courtesy of CSU ) FORT COLLINS — Tom Hilbert looked out at the packed room of about 80 loyal boosters and never once stated the obvious: Colorado State's ...

From NICK GROKE, Denver Post,  28 Aug 2009
Related Topics: National Collegiate Athletic Association,  NFL,  Dan Hawkins (football),  Al Michaels

Sports Weekend: Outlaws take aim at elusive championship

Dispatching any greenhorn growing pains, the Denver Outlaws immediately claimed elite status in Major League Lacrosse when they joined the league in 2006. Since then, the team has won nearly three times as many games as it has lost. And the Outlaws ...

From NICK GROKE, Denver Post,  21 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Pablo Mastroeni,  Conor Casey (footballer),  Western Conference,  Omar Cummings

Green Day, rocking on the edge of huge

though, was never written for an arena. It doesn't translate. It's a long way from $4-a-head basement shows in Oakland, Calif., to a multi-trailer world stadium tour, especially for a trio of proudly idiotic punk kid-grownups. But three chords and a ...

From NICK GROKE, Denver Post,  16 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Green Day,  Billie Joe Armstrong,  Mike Dirnt (musician)

A race to the sky ... and back

They are crazy. This much is certain, because they run to the peak of a 14,115-foot mountain and back. It's no wonder, according to legend, the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon started on a dare. One of the oldest, annually run marathons in America, the ...

From NICK GROKE, Denver Post,  15 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Brandt Jobe,  Steve Jones,  Hale Irwin,  Entertainment Weekly,  Gary Miller

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