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To paraphrase the immortal Crash Davis, all the Rockies needed to beat the Diamondbacks on Tuesday night at Coors Field was “just one extra flare … a gorp … a groundball with eyes … a dying quail.” But the clutch hit — even a cheapie clutch hit — never arrived. So the D-backs prevailed, 3-2, to end their five-game losing streak. A crowd of 19,359 watched the Rockies slip to 3-9 on the young season. Colorado had eight hits but was 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position and never really rattled the D-backs’ Merrill Kelly, who recorded his…

HONG KONG (AP) — A fire in a large, mostly residential building in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning killed at least five people and left another 36 injured. Some 250 residents were rescued from the New Lucky House in Hong Kong’s Jordan neighborhood and the fire was extinguished. The fire services department said that the fire began on the first and second floors of the 16-story building, where a gym and licensed guest rooms were located. More investigation was needed into the cause of the fire, officials said. The five who died were apparently trying to escape the building. The…

SALT LAKE CITY — Two of the Nuggets’ worst irrational nightmares converged for a chilling stint. The second quarter and the state of Utah. In an occasionally shaky performance, the result was all that mattered Tuesday night as Denver conquered both fears in a 111-95 win over the end-of-year remnants of the Utah Jazz. It was just the second win for Michael Malone and Nikola Jokic at Delta Center in their respective Nuggets tenures, snapping a six-game losing streak in Salt Lake City. “I’m just glad we won the game,” Jokic said. The Nuggets (55-24) remain deadlocked with the Minnesota…

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of NFL draft previews as it relates to the Broncos. Previous previews: Quarterbacks and running backs. Today: Wide receivers  Broncos’ in-house offseason moves: Signed Josh Reynolds (two years), re-signed Lil’Jordan Humphrey (one year), traded Jerry Jeudy to Browns. Under contract: Courtland Sutton (two years), Tim Patrick (one year), Humphrey, Reynolds, Marvin Mims Jr. (three years), Philip Dorsett (one year), Michael Bandy (one year), Brandon Johnson (one year), Jalen Virgil (one year), David Sills V (one year). Need scale: 6. The signing of Reynolds made this position less of a need than…

In a season full of spectacular performances, Nathan MacKinnon may have authored his masterpiece Tuesday night. It wasn’t just that MacKinnon had at least four points for the eighth time this season, including seven times at Ball Arena. Or his third hat trick of the year. Or that he reached 50 goals for the first time in his career, or pulled within two points of the franchise record set 42 years ago. It was how he dismantled the Minnesota Wild, a team that needed to avoid losing in regulation to keep its playoff chances. He didn’t just end the Wild’s season. MacKinnon…

By DOUG FERGUSON (AP Golf Writer) AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods still thinks he can win another Masters. Recent evidence would suggest that might be a steeper climb than walking up to the 18th green at Augusta National. Never mind he is 48 and has had more surgeries than his 15 major titles. Or that in his 10 rounds at the Masters since he won in 2019, he has broken par — and not by much — only three times. Or that his body has allowed him to play only 24 holes of tournament golf this year. Woods was…

A food bank serving Boulder and Broomfield Counties was forced to throw out about 2,000 pounds of food after its Louisville facility lost power for 40 hours during the weekend’s severe weather. “We didn’t actually realize that we were part of the outage until Sunday,” said Kristina Thomas, director of marketing at Community Food Share, on Tuesday. “It’s always difficult for us to waste food as a food bank.” When Xcel Energy made the controversial choice to mitigate wildfire risk by shutting off power across six counties, including Boulder and Broomfield, Community Food Share counted as one of 55,000 customers…

A local developer wants to replace an old movie theater off Interstate 25 in south Denver with a new apartment complex. The plans were submitted by Century Living, the multifamily development arm of Greenwood Village-based Century Communities, on Friday. The proposal calls for the demolition of the former Regal Continental theater at 3635 S. Monaco St. Parkway and for two four-story apartment buildings to be built on the 6.9-acre site in its place. Century Communities was unable to comment by press time Monday. The development would place a parking garage at the center of each apartment building, with the units…

By Genevieve Ko, The New York Times This change in seasons means a mix of warming meals and lighter, fresher ones. It also inspires me to start spring cleaning. When I’m in spring cleaning mode, I like to get my kitchen in order by finishing off as many condiments as I can. (And when I’m not doing that, I make sure I keep using them so they don’t become moldy and go to waste. Some of them are pricey!) It’s amazing what big flavors little jars of sauces and condiments can bring to a dish — and how much space…

LONDON — Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called “God particle” that helped explain how matter formed after the Big Bang, has died at age 94, the University of Edinburgh said Tuesday. The university, where Higgs was emeritus professor, said he died Monday following a short illness. Higgs predicted the existence of a new particle, which came to be known as the Higgs boson, in 1964. He theorized that there must be a sub-atomic particle of certain dimension that would explain how other particles — and therefore all the stars and planets in the universe…