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Quality start doesn’t begin to describe Austin Gomber’s performance.How about dominating? Or commanding? Or just plain terrific?Whatever the adjective, Gomber sparkled in the Rockies’ 3-1 win over the Nationals on Tuesday night in Washington, D.C.“He’s a pitcher,” Rockies manager Bud Black told reporters. “He’s a guy who relies on all of his stuff and knows how to use it.”The left-hander, throwing a confounding curveball, was in command for all seven innings. His one mistake was giving up a leadoff homer to CJ Abrams in the sixth on a 1-1 fastball.Gomber yielded just three hits, struck out five and walked two.…

Bo Nix creates optimism, but the Broncos will be SOL if they don’t control the LOS.Nix already fits this offense like it was designed with him in mind — spoiler alert, it was — but it will not matter if the Broncos are not stronger at the line of scrimmage.Which brings me to today’s topic: nose tackle D.J. Jones.He is big. He is strong. And he is capable of stopping someone from running faster than the Democratic Party. If not born, he was trained for this.“I like putting my hands on somebody. Then their head goes back and I displace…

Book banning denies children chance to learn Re: “School district suspending ‘controversial’ library books,” Aug. 16 news story As a retired secondary English teacher, I read with interest the list of books that the Elizabeth School District is choosing to take off the school shelves. Board member Mary Powell says, “We need to be sure we are protecting our students from things that are controversial.” Secondary classrooms are a totally appropriate place for discussing controversial subjects. That is what learning is, not protecting students from the real world. Several years ago I taught ninth graders Laurie Halse Anderson’s “Speak,” which…

Test scores among Colorado’s elementary and middle-school students continue to recover since schools temporarily shuttered in 2020, with this spring’s literacy and math scores reaching — and in some cases surpassing — pre-pandemic levels, according to data released by the state Department of Education on Tuesday.The new Colorado Measures of Academic Success test scores offer the clearest sign yet that students are recovering academically after the pandemic upended in-person learning, but the education department cautioned that gains need to be sustained for a longer time to truly show that academic achievement has rebounded.Despite the good news, the data shows that…

For the first time in more than 21 years, the Colorado men’s basketball team will take on the Michigan State Spartans.On Tuesday, organizers of the annual Maui Invitational announced the matchups for this year’s tournament, with coach Tad Boyle’s Buffaloes set to face Michigan State in the first round on Monday, Nov. 25, at the Lahaina Civic Center. The game tips off at 3 p.m. MT and will be broadcast on ESPN2.CU will play either Memphis or two-time defending national champion UConn on Nov. 26. Michigan State likely will be a preseason top 25 team as well as a favorite…

CASTLE ROCK — Wyndham Clark is thrilled to be home and playing in a PGA event for the first time.He’d like to do it again soon.Clark, who first hit golf balls at the long-gone Mountain View Golf Course and first dreamed of playing on the PGA Tour while practicing at Family Sports Center, will be the hometown hero at the 2024 BMW Championship, which begins Thursday at Castle Pines Golf Club.It’s the first PGA Tour event in the state since Billy Horschel won the BMW at Cherry Hills Country Club in 2014. The tour is returning to Castle Pines for…

I suppose it’s the human thing on a hiking trail to acknowledge one another when passing. But on a well-used trail, the same comments come up time and time again.“Good Morning.” As an introvert I don’t understand why I have to say Good Morning to every member of a 30-person group. Nor does Good Afternoon roll off the tongue as nicely. Too many plosives and fricatives. Yesterday, I got yelled at for not saying a cheery enough “Good Morning” to a passing hiker. I did not realize I was at a “Downton Abbey” garden party.Then there’s the consoling “You’re Almost…

A man was arrested Tuesday in Denver on suspicion of first-degree murder after the death of his wife, police said.Denver officers arrested Brian Mervin, 50, on investigation of a “domestic violence-related homicide” after his wife died Monday, according to a news release from the police department.Just after 6 p.m. Monday, Mervin flagged down someone in the 4000 block of North Adams Street — about three miles north of the Denver Zoo and Museum of Nature and Science — and asked them to call 911, stating that he found his wife on the ground struggling to breathe, according to the police…

The Westminster City Council took a staggered approach to revamping its structure Monday night, proposing to split the city into three wards in the near term with the potential to expand the governing body — with the addition of two new at-large council members — later.If the council gives final approval to the plan on Aug. 26, voters will decide this November whether to switch from decades of citywide elections of council members to a ward-based approach. Westminster would have two council members per ward while the mayor would continue to be elected at-large.Then, in the 2025 election, voters would…

Renck: The rookie quarterback has given the Broncos reason to Bo-lieve. Bo Nix has shown he is ready to start. But is this team ready to win? Nix in coach Sean Payton’s scheme provides confidence, but for the Broncos to shock the AFC their top players must shine. The list starts with former All-Pro Patrick Surtain II. We know who will be QB1, but for their CB1 to ascend to another level, he needs CB2 to be functional. So, Sean, the question is simple: Can Riley Moss play well enough for teams to challenge Surtain?Keeler: Hey, I’ll admit it —…