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Glenn Morris wins gold in decathlon at Berlin Olympics | Aug. 8, 1936 | Colorado's Top 150 Sports Moments

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Happy birthday, Colorado — and Colorado sports. Leading into the state's 150th birthday Aug. 1, The Denver Gazette has partnered with the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame to publicize the definitive list...

Billy Kidd, Jimmie Heuga win Olympic medals in slalom | Feb. 7, 1964 | Colorado's Top 150 Sports Moments

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Can NHL maintain momentum from Olympics, Stanley Cup playoffs? | Evan's take

Updated 5 days ago

All is quiet on the Avalanche front. With Joe Sakic out of town and not addressing media until Thursday, there's not much happening in Colorado....

U.S. Olympic figure skating team to visit Colorado Springs for public event at UCCS Ent Center for the Arts

Updated 1 month ago

Excitement from the 2026 Winter Olympic Games continues next week in Colorado Springs. Local fans have a chance to see the U.S. Olympic figure skating...

Boulder’s Marianne Martin wins first women’s Tour de France | July 22, 1984 | Colorado's Top 150 Sports Moments

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Colorado grad Bill Toomey wins gold medal in decathlon | Oct. 19, 1968 | Colorado's Top 150 Sports Moments

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Denver's Jerome Biffle wins city's first Olympic gold medal | July 21, 1952 | Colorado's Top 150 Sports Moments

Updated 3 months ago

Morrison teenager ranked second nationally by USA Triathlon: ‘It’s almost an addiction’

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Colorado to Italy: Full recap of state athletes at the Paralympic Games

Updated 3 months ago

U.S. Paralympic skier Patrick Halgren exemplifies happiness, gratitude into second Paralympic Games

Updated 3 months ago

Boulder's Carpenter-Phinney wins Olympic gold medal in cycling | July 29, 1984 | Colorado's Top 150 Sports Moments

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Kickin' It with Kiz: Nuggets have only one chance to beat Thunder in the NBA playoffs

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Lindsey Vonn gets encouragement from soccer legend Cristiano Ronaldo as she recovers from injury

Updated 4 months ago

Avalanche's Brock Nelson riding a high after 'unbelievable' gold medal at the Olympics

Updated 4 months ago

Mayor Johnston wants to host a parade to honor U.S. women's hockey team in Denver

Updated 4 months ago

Gold medal celebrations were made controversial after the U.S. men’s hockey team received a phone call from President Donald Trump The 2026 Winter Olympics ended in Milan...

Lindsey Vonn says surgery saved her from having her left leg amputated following Olympic crash

Updated 4 months ago

VAIL, Colo. (AP) — American skier Lindsey Vonn says she nearly lost her left leg following a frightening crash in the women’s downhill at the...

Colorado to Italy: Hockey gold wraps memorable showing from state athletes at the Winter Olympics

Updated 4 months ago

Erie native Jaccob Slavin, who played at Colorado College, was part of the first gold medal-winning U.S. men’s hockey team since the 1980 Miracle on...

Fantastic Olympic hockey tournament ends in worst possible way | Evan's take

Updated 4 months ago

As many expected, the return of NHL players to the Olympics lived up to the hype and then some. Tight games, tons of action and...

Mark Kiszla: It was in Brock Nelson's DNA to bring Olympic hockey gold back home to the USA

Updated 4 months ago

Jaccob Slavin, Team USA defenseman, becomes first Colorado College player to win Olympic gold

Updated 4 months ago

Mark Kiszla: Breakfast Brawl between USA and Canada for gold medal is dumbest great idea in NHL history

Updated 4 months ago

Kickin' It with Kiz: My debt of gratitude to the late Doug Moe, King of the Dips

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Colorado to Italy: Former Fort Collins High School track athlete starts competion in the bobsled

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Mark Kiszla: With gold medal on line, Nathan MacKinnon is a bad guy for one day

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Avalanche at the Olympics: MacKinnon comes through in clutch; Canada and United States to meet for gold

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Nathan MacKinnon scores late to send Canada to Olympic gold-medal game

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Colorado to Italy: Alysa Liu shines, Amber Glenn enjoys redemptive showing in women's figure skating

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Mark Kiszla: In final act of hockey heroism, Captain America saves day for USA in win worth weight in gold

Updated 4 months ago

Avalanche at the Olympics: Canada and United States survive; Lehkonen plays hero

Updated 4 months ago

Wednesday was the best day of hockey yet out in Milan, with tight games determining who will and will not keep their hopes for a...

Colorado to Italy: Jake Canter of Silverthorne punctuates medical comeback with Olympic medal

Updated 4 months ago

Tracking Coloradans in the Winter Olympics - Jake Canter, 22, of Silverthorne completed an improbable medical comeback to claim the bronze medal in the men’s...

Mark Kiszla: First person Mikaela Shiffrin told all about this gold medal was her deceased father

Updated 4 months ago

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy • The GOAT cried. After ending her Olympic slump with a slalom victory so loud it shook the Dolomites, Mikaela Shiffrin took...

Colorado's Mikaela Shiffrin wins slalom to break 8-year Olympic drought

Updated 4 months ago

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin’s eight-year Olympic medal drought is over. The American skiing standout put in two dominant runs to win the...