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The NBA has opened an investigation into Toronto two-way player Jontay Porter amid gambling allegations, a person with knowledge of the probe said Monday night. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because neither the league nor the Raptors had revealed the issue publicly. ESPN first reported the investigation, which it said included Porter’s performance in games on Jan. 26 and March 20. In both games, Porter played briefly before leaving citing injury or illness; he played 4 minutes and 24 seconds against the Los Angeles Clippers in the first of those games, then played 2:43…

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Four things to know about the Rockies’ bullpen as Thursday’s season-opening game against Arizona looms:1. There are some good, live arms in the ‘pen.2. The relievers lack experience, meaning growing pains are expected.3. Personnel changes throughout the season are inevitable.4. There will be some ugly innings.The unanswered question: Will the ‘pen be any better than last season?It could hardly get much worse. Rockies relievers posted a 5.38 ERA, the highest in the majors, fourth-highest in franchise history, and the worst for a full season since 2004 (5.53 ERA). Colorado’s 33 blown saves tied Texas for the most…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG (Associated Press)NEW YORK (AP) — Two properties belonging to music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs in Los Angeles and Miami were searched Monday by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation by federal authorities in New York, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.It’s not clear whether Combs was the target of the investigation. The officials were not authorized to publicly discuss details of the investigation and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.In a statement, Homeland Security Investigations said it “executed law…

Brewers 10, Rockies 1At American Family Fields On the mound: Dakota Hudson, pegged as Colorado’s fifth starter, was not particularly sharp in his fifth and final Cactus League start, allowing four runs (three earned) over five innings. The right-hander served up three solo home runs and seven hits total. Hudson finished his spring with a 4.20 ERA with seven walks and 13 strikeouts over 15 innings. Hudson is scheduled to take the mound next Monday at Wrigley Field in Chicago vs. the Cubs. … Right-handed reliever Nick Mears gave up three runs on three hits in one-third of an inning.…

By John Bohnenkamp, The Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa — Caitlin Clark scored 32 points and No. 1 seed Iowa survived one of its worst offensive performances of the season to beat No. 8 seed West Virginia 64-54 on Monday night in a women’s NCAA Tournament second-round game. The Hawkeyes (31-4) advanced to play No. 5 seed Colorado in Saturday’s Albany 2 Regional semifinal. Sydney Affolter’s three-point play with 2:03 to play, the Hawkeyes’ lone field goal of the fourth quarter, gave Iowa a 55-52 lead. Clark and Hannah Stuelke closed the game with nine free throws to clinch the…

Eastbound Interstate 70 reopened between Burlington and the Kansas state line after a safety closure Monday afternoon, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.  The highway reopened at 7:35 p.m. after closing for several hours due to multiple crashes on I-70 in Kansas, according to the Colorado State Patrol and CDOT. Get more Colorado news by signing up for our Mile High Roundup email newsletter. source

Kevin Keatts and North Carolina State reached the NCAA Tournament the old-fashioned way. The way that existed before the bubble. Before bracketology. Before NET rankings, KenPom, the transfer portal, name, image and likeness and all the rest. Before the tournament field grew (and grew some more), when the only way to punch your ticket into March Madness was by winning your conference tournament. N.C. State earned the Atlantic Coast Conference’s automatic bid by ripping off five victories in five days to capture the conference tournament title. The 11th-seeded Wolfpack pushed their postseason winning streak to seven and are now in…

The Colorado legislature this week will take on one of its only mandated actions — and by far its costliest: The state’s budget. The budget package, known as the long bill, lays out how the state will spend some $18 billion in general fund dollars in the next year. It also reveals some of the state’s priorities — such as the end of the so-called budget stabilization factor that has shortchanged state education funding — as the proposal works its way through both chambers. The budget dictates state government spending for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1 and…

The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday broadly affirmed that school safety plans give officials the right to search students on campus without a warrant, finding that staff at a Denver high school acted lawfully when they searched a 10th grader who brought a loaded gun to school on his third day of classes in 2019. School safety plans that require students be searched daily drew significant attention last year after a 17-year-old student who was subject to such a plan shot and wounded two administrators at Denver’s East High School during his daily search. The state Supreme Court justices on…

MANHATTAN, Kan. – As far as Quay Miller is concerned, it was pretty much a foregone conclusion that the Colorado women’s basketball team would win at Kansas State on Sunday, because the season wasn’t supposed to end just yet. “Statistically, we’re on track to make it to at least the Elite Eight because every time we go to the tournament, we go further and further each year,” Miller joked after the Buffaloes knocked off host K-State 63-50 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. “Since we like to follow the numbers, we’re going to make it back…