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TAMPA, Fla. — NHL points leader Nikita Kucherov had two goals and an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-3 on Thursday night. Kucherov picked up his 93rd point on a goal that made it 4-3 at 8:13 of the third. Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon, second in points, increased his total to 89 with two assists. Thursday was the first day in NHL history to feature five Stanley Cup Final rematches, with one involving the two Art Ross Trophy race leaders going head-to-head. Colorado beat Tampa Bay in the 2022 Final. MacKinnon missed about 10 minutes in…

Justice Gutierrez is on the fast track to Colorado wrestling stardom. As a freshman on a talented Pomona girls squad, featuring senior Persaeus Gomez, a three-time individual state champion, Gutierrez has found a way to gain national respect. She’s the fourth-ranked 95-pounder in the country by FloWrestling. And on Thursday afternoon, she improved to 31-1 after pinning Bayfield’s Leilani Ramos in just 54 seconds on the first day of the 2024 CHSAA state wrestling tournament at Ball Arena. But as all her accomplishments rolled off the tongue, all she did was crack a smile, and turn to her mother, Curisha.…

White sheets shroud the furniture at the opening of Vintage Theatre’s inspired production of “Fun Home” This momentary emptiness evokes images of a summer house closed for the season and shadowy specters. A memory musical, “Fun Home” — book and lyrics by Lisa Kron, music by Jeanine Tesori and based on cartoonist Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel —  is both. Medium Alison (River Hetzel, center) with 43-year-old Alison (Maya Ferrario) not long before Bruce Bechdel (Lars Preece) killed himself. (RDGPhotography, provided by Vintage Theatre) In the Tony-winning show, successful cartoonist Alison (Maya Ferrario) revisits her childhood home in Pennsylvania, taking us…

Setting financial boundaries isn’t a new concept, but there’s a new name for it. “Loud budgeting” is a viral money trend that’s encouraging people to be more open about their finances. TikTok content creator Lukas Battle is credited with popularizing the term. In one cheeky video, Battle gives an example of loud budgeting: Saying “Sorry, can’t go out to dinner, I’ve got $7 a day to live on.” And while Battle’s example might be funny, practicing financial transparency is resonating with many people who are feeling financial strain. What is loud budgeting? This approach is about looping others into your…

As Colorado podcasts have grown in number — with more than 100 series by our count — the options have become dizzying. Should I listen to this science podcast or that one? Is our state’s history grim, funny, weird or all three? And what’s up with the ascendant romance/fantasy genre that’s quickly gaining an international cult? Here are 10 new and ongoing podcasts that will give you a sense of Colorado’s audio-only auteurs. Listen with care, and an open mind. Fantasy Fangirls This six-month-old podcast harnesses the excitement (and sales bonanza) surrounding Colorado author Rebecca Yarros’ Empyrean series, which has…

Do you feel bonita? Friday-March 3. The color pink has been on the minds and palettes of plenty of artists over the past few weeks as they prepared works for NEXT Gallery‘s 7th annual Casa Bonita Art Show, which opens Friday, Feb. 16. This year, there will be more than 70 pieces — paintings, drawings, ceramics, embroidery, sculpture and more — from artists across the country. “Waiting,” by Lucinda Gaines, is part of the 2024 Casa Bonita Art Show at NEXT Gallery in Lakewood. (Provided by NEXT Gallery) The theme of the quirky show this time around is “How do…

WASHINGTON — A younger, less confident version of Miles Wood might have immediately done what he’s been known to do his entire career: attack, with speed, in mostly straight lines. Wood had the puck last week near the New Jersey blue line, in the building he called home for seven seasons, with a rookie defenseman in front of him. Attacking Devils defenseman Simon Nemec, and potentially creating some chaos, wouldn’t have been a bad option. But Wood slowed down instead of speeding up. He surveyed the developing situation, watched Nemec’s defense partner make a tactical mistake and slipped a cross-ice…

Before he called his parents with the good news of receiving a scholarship offer from Colorado and head coach Deion Sanders in December, Kyeran Garcia soaked in the moment. “I took, like, maybe five minutes just to sit and think to myself, ‘All the work paid off,’” he said. “And then I just called up my mom and dad.” A three-star linebacker recruit from Dunbar High School in Fort Myers, Florida – the hometown of Coach Prime – Garcia was a surprise addition to the Buffaloes’ 2024 recruiting class when he signed his national letter of intent on Feb. 7.…

One way or another, this will be KJ Simpson’s final collegiate visit to his home turf. Colorado’s standout guard heads to his native Southern California as a potential candidate for the Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year. Yet, as Simpson and the Buffaloes visit Los Angeles for the final time as part of the league, they do so as a team desperate for results. Simpson, a native of Panorama City, Calif., always has a strong personal cheering section in Los Angeles, where the Buffs begin a two-game swing on Thursday night against UCLA. Simpson says he has tried to savor…

A subspecies of butterfly found only in three states — including Colorado — is likely in danger of extinction because of climate change, habitat loss and livestock grazing, federal wildlife officials said Wednesday. A photo of the upper side of a female silverspot butterfly. (Photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it has listed the silverspot butterfly as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act, a status short of “endangered” that grants new protections to the subspecies. The protections apply to 10 known populations of butterflies found in southwestern Colorado, northern New Mexico…