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After Rockies starting pitcher Ryan Feltner lasted just one inning on Wednesday, the Rockies bullpen picked him up in a performance that was superb — until the final moment.The Colorado relievers held the Mets in check for most of the second game of the series, but rookie right-hander Victor Vodnik wilted in the ninth, yielding three decisive runs in a 5-3 defeat at Coors Field.“The bullpen pitched well until the ninth, and pitched well (Tuesday in a 6-3 win),” Rockies manager Bud Black said. “When you go to the bullpen so early, in this case, we used six relievers. To…

At his first NFL training camp, Bo Nix is juggling a quarterback competition and the equipment of his competitors.“He’s gotta carry our pads. That’s a mandatory,” Jarrett Stidham said Wednesday, outlining Nix’s rookie chores after the Broncos completed practice.“Pretty much anything that goes wrong, I just blame him. I had a rookie haircut from Tom (Brady) my rookie year. I think that’s against the rules nowadays. … Sometimes if I forget something in my locker, I make him go get it. At whatever point we decide to do his rookie dinner, I’ll be getting a nice bottle of wine or…

DENVER — An employee of former Colorado clerk Tina Peters who says she was present when her boss allowed an outsider posing as a county employee to breach her voting system’s computer testified Wednesday that Peters was shocked when images from the computer appeared online.In the summer of 2021, former elections manager Sandra Brown said Peters called her after seeing the photos and videos she took of the Dominion Voting Systems’ hard drive and said, “I don’t know what to do,” using an obscenity to express her distress over the possible consequences. Soon after that, as authorities began investigating what…

Moon Alert: Avoid shopping and important decisions from 4 a.m. to 6 a.m. EDT today (1 a.m. to 3 a.m. PDT). After that, the Moon moves from Virgo into Libra.Happy Birthday for Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024:You have a strong work ethic. You are naturally good at everything, plus you want to make things better for yourself and others. This is a year of service to others, primarily to family. Therefore, take care of yourself so you can be effective. Is it time for a makeover?ARIES(March 21-April 19) ★★★Delays and goofy mistakes plus equipment breakdowns, computer glitches and confused communications are…

A ranch near Nederland linked to the family that founded Walmart, and that once hosted artists such as Elton John and Stevie Wonder, has hit the market.The asking price for the 1,700 deeded acres off Peak to Peak Highway, known as Caribou Ranch, is $48.5 million.“It’s rare that a property like this comes up for sale,” said listing agent Jeff Buerger with Denver’s Hall and Hall.The property is owned by Indian Peaks Holdings LLC, which bought it for $32.5 million in June 2014. When the entity registered with the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, it used the same mailing address…

MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France — The American women’s pursuit team had twice before raced for the Olympic gold medal, and it had been on the podium all three times the event had been on the program for the Summer Games.Successful, to be sure, but also disappointing, because it had never been the top step.On a steamy Wednesday night at the Olympic velodrome, road race champion Kristen Faulkner, time trial bronze medalist Chloe Dygert, Jennifer Valente and Lilly Williams finally took that last step up. They soared to a big early lead on New Zealand in their head-to-head showdown, then held on through a…

Colorado defensive lineman Shane Cokes walks to the football practice field on July 31, 2024, in Boulder, Colo. (CU Athletics) Shane Cokes was a bit star struck last year when Hall of Fame defensive tackle Warren Sapp showed up to the Colorado campus to visit with the Buffaloes. Now that Sapp is on the CU staff, hired by head coach Deion Sanders this offseason as a graduate assistant, Cokes is trying to take advantage of the opportunity. “It’s crazy, right? Because it’s like, ‘There’s Warren Sapp, No. 99, Hall of Fame player,’ and it’s just like you see him every…

Heat has forced Steamboat Springs officials to close off access to the Yampa River for recreation to reduce harm to aquatic insects and fish.The closure began Wednesday after city officials recorded water temperatures over two days topping 75 degrees – the agreed-on threshold in the local river management plan. City crews on Wednesday were posting signs at popular river access points, and shops that rent tubes for floating turned away scores of tourists.“We want to protect fish in the river. We want to save the Yampa River,” said MJ LaBenne, helping to run Backdoor Sports, one of several businesses that…

Federal investigators in New Mexico last week arrested and sent back to Colorado an alleged Tren de Aragua gang member they say is linked to a violent jewelry store robbery in Denver.On July 31, Homeland Security Investigations officials said that special agents from Las Cruces, New Mexico, had turned over custody of a Venezuelan man believed to be a Tren de Aragua gang member to the Denver County Sheriff’s Office.The man is a suspect in the June 24 robbery of family-owned jewelry store Joyeria El Ruby in Denver’s West Highland neighborhood, according to Homeland Security investigators.Federal investigators said the gang…

One person was taken to the hospital after a crash and fire involving two tractor-trailers on westbound Interstate 70 near Bennett, according to the Colorado State Patrol. Westbound I-70 is closed between exit 204 for Colorado 79/Bennett and exit 299 for Manila Road, according to a Colorado Department of Transportation travel alert.Troopers responded to the crash between two tractor-trailers shortly after 11 a.m., said Trooper Gabriel Moltrer. One person was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.The vehicle fire started after the crash and was put out by 12:16 p.m., Moltrer said.This is a developing story and will be updated. Sign…