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The tears trickling down Tony Girard’s cheeks would have flowed in straight lines were it not for a smile as wide as Quebec diverting their path.In that moment, there may not have been a happier person on the planet, nor a father more filled with pride.There was his boy, a little misty-eyed as well, looking up at him from the ice inside Bell Centre, hockey’s greatest modern cathedral in Montreal. A couple of his son’s friends skated over and waived to Tony and the rest of the Girard family. They all shared in an incredibly emotional moment.It was Samuel Girard’s…

Historically, when students at American universities and colleges protest — from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter — there’s a common refrain that “outside agitators” are to blame. College administrators and elected officials have often pointed to community members joining protests to dismiss the demands of student protesters.Experts say it’s a convenient way for officials to delegitimize the motivations of some political movements and justify calling in law enforcement to stop direct actions that are largely nonviolent and engaging in constitutionally protected speech.“This tactic shifts focus away from genuine grievances and portray radical movements as orchestrated by opportunistic…

MINNEAPOLIS — Three days off during a playoff series is a conveniently long time to recover from physical ailments. It’s also an unusually long time to dwell on the past.In the Nuggets’ case this week, “that was miserable,” Michael Porter Jr. said.During that painstaking wait for Game 3 after a 106-80 collapse Monday in Denver, Nuggets coach Michael Malone got radical in his search for motivation. What he came up with might not have been seen by Denver’s entire roster, but it tapped into a defining theme of this second-round series against the Timberwolves so far: To have a psychological edge…

Kyle Anderson (1) of the Minnesota Timberwolves yells at referee Tony Brothers (25) as he charges both Anderson and teammate Nickeil Alexander-Walker (9) with technical fouls during the fourth quarter of the Denver Nuggets’ 117-90 win at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Friday, May 10, 2024. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)source

MINNEAPOLIS — Aaron Gordon made the Timberwolves respect him, Jamal Murray made them fear him, and the Nuggets made them realize mowing through the Western Conference isn’t meant to be easy.The Nuggets have made this a series, for now at least. They still must win Sunday at Target Center to avoid facing three consecutive elimination games, but a clinical 117-90 victory Friday over the Timberwolves closed the gap to 2-1 in the second round of the playoffs. The road team has won all three games so far.Murray, who avoided a suspension this week when the NBA penalized him for throwing…

A 31-year-old Aurora man was arrested after an 11-year-old girl told police he kidnapped and sexually assaulted her while she was on her way to the bus stop, according to the Aurora Police Department.Shukurani Mulenda was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault on a child and second-degree kidnapping Friday.An 11-year-old girl called 911 after escaping from his apartment and finding someone to help her, Aurora police said in a post on the social media site X.The girl was on her way to the bus stop near East Colfax Avenue and Moline Street early Friday morning when she was kidnapped by…

Dear Amy: I have been walking buddies with a neighbor for the last 12 years. We walk together about once a week.While I usually enjoy our time, there have been unsettling emotional outbursts from her, either crying or screaming about one thing or another.She has even yelled at me personally, which was shocking and embarrassing to me, and I admit I have yelled back once or twice — and I am not proud of it. It’s very out of character for me to behave that way, and I really hate it when I allow myself to be reduced to that…

Gabe Landeskog has been joining his Colorado Avalanche teammates on the ice with more regularity in a tracksuit as the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs have progressed. But it doesn’t sound like he’ll be out there in full gear in the immediate future.Friday is the one-year anniversary of Landeskog’s cartilage transplant surgery in his right knee. The Avs have said the recovery timeline for this procedure is 12 to 16 months.“Yeah, I don’t think he’s there yet,” Avs coach Jared Bednar said. “He is making progress, though. The work he’s doing both on and off the ice, the intensity is gradually…

Potential homebuyers in the Denver metro had more options last month as active listings increased 19.5% over March. That number was 51.3% higher than in April 2023 and 118% higher than in April 2022, according to the monthly market trends report from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.“The increase in inventory is a very welcome turn of events for buyers who have been dealing with historically low inventory for years. Additionally, it’s a nice surprise as many sellers have been hesitant to list their homes in favor of maintaining their low 2 to 5% interest rates,” said Libby Levinson-Katz, chairwoman…

MINNEAPOLIS — Monte Morris would be lying if he claimed this very situation wasn’t one of the first hypotheticals that occurred to him after the trade.“I thought about it,” he admitted as his Minnesota Timberwolves were preparing to face the Nuggets in the playoffs. “I’m like, ‘That’ll be a great story.’”Matching up against his former team in the playoffs was an impossibility at the halfway point of this season, when Morris was playing for the lottery-bound Detroit Pistons. It was a distant idea on Feb. 7, when he got traded to the Timberwolves to supply point guard depth as they…