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ST. LOUIS — Who knew being the bad guy could be this much fun? “Oh, yeah. Now it’s a whole other level of this,” Carter King, loquacious captain of the DU Pioneers hockey team, reflected recently. “No one wants us to win. I think that’s pretty clear. Especially when you win a lot recently, teams get a little sick of you winning. “So it’s an honor to have that. And we appreciate almost the increased intensity we get from opponents, so it’s prepared us for going to the tournament this year.” The really fun part? The way the Pios (31-11-1)…

Today is Thursday, April 10, the 100th day of 2025. There are 265 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 10, 1998, the Northern Ireland peace talks concluded as negotiators signed the Good Friday Agreement, a landmark settlement to end 30 years of bitter rivalries and bloody attacks. Also on this date: In 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded in New York by Henry Bergh. In 1912, the British liner RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, bound for New York on its ill-fated maiden voyage. In 1919, Mexican revolutionary…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — David Adelman’s father roamed the sidelines of Sacramento in the early 2000s. In an awkward situation this week, it was at least poetic that Adelman’s opportunity as the Nuggets’ interim head coach began with a game at the Kings. Denver snapped a four-game losing streak with a 124-116 victory at Sacramento in the team’s first game since firing head coach Michael Malone. The Nuggets (48-32) entered Wednesday night in a remarkable four-way tie for fourth place in the Western Conference. One of their adversaries, Golden State, lost at the buzzer to San Antonio to give Denver an…

Eight Coloradans arrested during last year’s pro-Palestine demonstrations on Denver’s multi-college Auraria Campus are suing police over the break-up of the protest, alleging their arrests were unlawful and in violation of their free speech rights. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Denver District Court, comes as hundreds of foreign students across the country — some who have been linked to pro-Palestine activism — are facing deportation and visa revocation by the Trump administration. The complaint names as defendants Chief Jason Mollendor and six other members of the Auraria Campus Police Department involved in last year’s arrests on the campus, home to…

The city would invest up to $70 million toward land acquisition and improvements connected to Denver’s professional women’s soccer stadium under a proposal Mayor Mike Johnston’s administration unveiled Wednesday. In March, Johnston and the National Women’s Soccer League team ownership group announced plans for the 14,500-seat stadium at the Santa Fe Yards on about 14 acres in Denver’s Baker neighborhood. But several City Council members, whose approval is needed for the purchase and rezoning of the land, have said they need details on the cost before they will commit to supporting the project. “We’re being asked to invest $70 million…

By LORNE COOK and DAVID McHUGH, Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union member states voted Wednesday to approve retaliatory tariffs on $23 billion in goods in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, as the largest U.S. trading partner described them as “unjustified and damaging.” The tariffs will go into effect in stages, with some on April 15 and others on May 15 and Dec. 1. The EU executive commission didn’t immediately provide a list of the goods. Members of the 27-country bloc repeated their preference for a negotiated deal to settle trade issues. “The EU considers…

For Passover, the holiday of springtime, it is customary to showcase vegetables, especially green ones, on the menu. This year we’re preparing an aromatic broccoli and cauliflower tajine and a variety of salads, including a colorful green salad with papaya and pecans. Wheat flour is strictly forbidden during this eight-day holiday, which begins Saturday, April 12. In many households, like those of our families when we were growing up, noodles, rice and other grains are also not allowed. Today, however, there are kosher for Passover alternatives to grains. Instead of rice, we use quinoa, a grain-like seed that’s permitted during…

The new guys continue to be alright for the Colorado Avalanche.Jimmy Vesey scored his first goal with the club to help complete a comeback in regulation Tuesday night, then Charlie Coyle had the lone tally in the shootout as the Avs defeated the Vegas Golden Knights, 3-2, at Ball Arena.The Avs are now 15-3-2 in the past 20 games, and reached 100 points for the fourth consecutive season. Colorado dominated the puck for much of the final 40 minutes in regulation and had the better chances in overtime, but did need to kill a penalty in the final minute of…

Nathan MacKinnon has matched Joe Sakic as the greatest scorers in Colorado Avalanche franchise history since the club moved to Denver.MacKinnon had the primary assist on Colorado’s first goal Tuesday night at Ball Arena against the Vegas Golden Knights. That gives him 1,015 points in 870 career games. Joe Sakic also had 1,015 points in 870 games for the Avalanche after the franchise moved to Denver for the start of the 2015-16 season.The assist also gives MacKinnon 116 points this season, which equals the career high for Avs legend Peter Forsberg. One more point will give MacKinnon two seasons (including…

There’s an old axiom in baseball that says hitting is contagious. But with the 2025 Rockies, strikeouts and empty at-bats are infectious.In their 7-1 loss to the Brewers on Tuesday night in front of a crowd of 18,657, the Rockies managed only five hits, struck out 14 times and were 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position.Colorado’s strikeout rate is 29.8%, and its early-season offensive slide looks like an avalanche. Colorado fell to 2-8, tying the 2005 and ’24 clubs for the worst start through 10 games in franchise history.“We have a number of guys not swinging the bat,”…