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NEW YORK — For the second time in as many years, Alexandar Georgiev was fantastic at Madison Square Garden against his former team. Maybe more importantly for the Colorado Avalanche, for the third time in as many starts Georgiev looked more like the goaltender who got off to a scorching-hot start this season. Georgiev was perfect for more than 50 minutes, and ultimately stopped 27 of 29 shots. But it wasn’t enough to save the Avs from a 2-1 overtime loss Monday night to the New York Rangers. “It was tough to create scoring chances at times, and then at…

By STEPHEN GROVES, MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a torrent of criticism from conservatives, Senate Republicans on Monday resisted advancing on a bipartisan proposal intended to clamp down on illegal border crossings, signaling a likely defeat in Congress that would leave leaders with no clear path to approve wartime aid for Ukraine. In a dramatic turnaround, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell recommended to GOP senators in a closed-door meeting that they vote against the first procedural vote Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the meeting who were not authorized to talk publicly…

By MARK ANDERSON (AP Sports Writer) LAS VEGAS (AP) — A meeting scheduled in the 1980s between the NFL and sportsbook directors sparked hope in Las Vegas that their relationship would soon take a much more positive turn after decades during which the league kept the city at arm’s length. When all it turned out to be was a league official telling the casinos they would each be charged $25,000 a year to televise NFL games, longtime sportsbook director Jimmy Vaccaro knew the relationship would remain frosty for the foreseeable future. “In the long run, we thought there’s no sense…

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York tells the story, coach Kyle Shanahan took some convincing before deciding it was worth dealing a boatload of draft picks before last season’s trade deadline for Christian McCaffrey. With most teams around the NFL downgrading the value of running backs, the Niners ultimately decided the cost of four draft picks was worth it to acquire McCaffrey from Carolina if they wanted to have a team worthy of winning a championship. That move was a big step in lifting the 49ers from a good offense to perhaps the most efficient…

Skiing is an integral part of family life for Andy and Julie Brazelton. They make the long drive to the mountains weekly from their home in Fort Collins, and they couldn’t wait for Colorado’s newest ski area to open last week on what was once Weld County farmland. Located a couple of miles south of Windsor and 3 miles east of Interstate 25, humble Hoedown Hill celebrated its grand opening two weeks ago. The Brazeltons decided it would be a lovely place to enjoy a “date night,” and it didn’t matter that it was far too tame to challenge their…

By MATTHEW LEE, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY (Associated Press) RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Monday at the start of his fifth visit to the Middle East since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, hoping to press ahead with a potential cease-fire deal and postwar planning while tamping down regional tensions. But on all three fronts he faces major challenges: Hamas and Israel are publicly at odds over key elements of a potential truce. Israel has dismissed U.S. calls for a path to a Palestinian state, and…

It’s been nearly 44 years since Terry Ten Eyck bought 35 acres at the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon, motivated by a dream of buying up more land and building a community of custom-made luxury homes. After several lawsuits, a failed ballot measure to thwart the development and a cratered real estate scene during the Great Recession, the first two homes in Canyon Pines finally have begun to rise from the ground at the base of Coal Creek Peak. The construction is Arvada’s first major residential foray west of Colorado 93, where the foothills begin to rise above the northwest…

Colorado homebuyers couldn’t catch a break last year, having to juggle mortgage rates approaching 8% by early fall and home prices that remained stubbornly high despite reduced affordability. Home and condo sales dropped nearly 20% last year and sales times stretched out by an additional week to 62 days on average, according to 2023 counts from the Colorado Association of Realtors. But higher rates didn’t cause prices to fall in a meaningful way or boost the inventory of listing, leaving buyers in a tough spot. Looking at full-year numbers, the median sales price of a single-family home sold in Colorado…

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As Michael Malone would put it, the Nuggets are listeners but not callers at this trade deadline. The ninth-year Nuggets coach expressed confidence in Denver’s current roster Sunday night when asked about his conversations with general manager Calvin Booth in the lead-up to the league’s Feb. 8 deadline. After 1 p.m. MT Thursday, trades will no longer be permitted for the duration of the season. “Calvin and his staff, I’m sure, are fielding phone calls. But I can’t imagine we’re actively calling many teams right now,” Malone said, pointing out the Nuggets are half a game out of first place…