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Monday Sports Page August 17,2015
Aug 17th
USA Pro Cycling Challenge
Referred to as “America’s Race,” the USA Pro Challenge will take place August 17-23, 2015. For seven consecutive days, the world’s top athletes race through the demanding Colorado Rockies, reaching higher altitudes than they’ve ever had to endure. One of the largest cycling events in U.S. history and the largest spectator event in the history of the state, the USA Pro Challenge is back for 2015. The challenge starts Aug. 17 in Steamboat Springs and ends on the 23rd in Denver.
CU Buffs Football
The Buffs are only 18 days away from their season opener at Hawaii on September 3rd. CU will welcome the University of Massachusetts on September 12th for their home opener at Folsom Field. The big news this week out of Boulder is that head coach Mike Macintyre said that he will select four captains for each game this year, with those four being picked from a 12-player leadership group. Macintyre said “I’ll rotate four of those guys each game to be a team captain. That way we have more guys out there leading, more guys that have voices and we’re developing more of a cohesive group.”
Colorado Rockies
Chris Rusin tossed his first career shutout on Sunday as the Rockies defeated the Padres, 5-0, at Coors Field. Rusin allowed five hits, one walk and got 12 ground-ball outs in his first win since June 21. This was the first shutout by a Rockies pitcher at Coors Field since Tyler Matzek did it against the Padres on Sept. 5, 2014. Overall the Rockies are still struggling sitting 18 games back the NL West leading Dodgers
Denver Broncos
Good news for Broncos fans because football is officially back and the Broncos were able to win their first pre season game in Seattle. Brock Osweiler was Starting in place of Peyton Manning, who went through pregame warmups but was just a spectator, Osweiler finished with a 112.7 rating. He capped his night with a 17-yard touchdown pass to tight end Virgil Green late in the first half for a 19-10 lead. Denver’s offense finished with 240 yards in the half, although much of that came with most of Seattle’s starting defense standing on the sideline.
Monday Sports Page August 6, 2015
Aug 10th
CU Buffs Football- The Buffs are only 25 days away from their season opener at Hawaii on September 3rd. The Buffs will welcome the University of Massachusetts on September 12th for their home opener at Folsom Field. Hopefully the Buffs will be able to improve on their record last year of 2-10 and a Pac-12 record of 0-9.
Colorado Rockies- The Rockies were able to steal 2 of 3 games at Washington against the Nationals but are still sitting 15 games under .500 with about 45 games left in the season. It doesn’t look like the Rox will make the post season but it’s encouraging to see them put up a fight late in the season even when all post season hopes are gone.
Denver Broncos- Two weeks into training camp the Broncos players are feeling confident. The Broncos have five players on the depth chart this year that played in the Pro Bowl this past January. The Broncos defenders say they’ve been good, but they want to be better, more impactful, more game-changing. The Broncos are 5 days away from their pre-season opener against the Seahawks on the 14th.
Furniture Row Nascar Team #78- The Denver Race Team (Nascar #78) has it’s next race in Bristol, Connecticut on August 22. The Chevy team will race around the Oval shaped track sponsored by Irwin Tools in just 13 days.
By Andrew Sander
Monday Sports Page
Aug 4th
Monday Sports Page is seen every Monday morning on Boulder Channel 1 Sports and Denver Channel 1 Sports, hosted and written by Andrew Sander
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Monday Sports Page August 17,2015
USA Pro Cycling Challenge, CU Buff's Football, Colorado Rockies, Denver Broncos and more Sports![READ|SHARE]
Monday Sports Page August 6, 2015
CU Buffs Football- The Buffs are only 25 days away from their season opener at Hawaii on September 3rd. The Buffs will welcome the University of Massachusetts on September 12th for their home opener at Folsom Field. Hopefully the Buffs will be able to improve on their record last year of 2-10 and a Pac-12 record of 0-9.
Colorado Rockies- The Rockies were able to steal 2 of 3 games at Washington against the Nationals but are still sitting 15 games under .500 with about 45 games left in the season. It doesn’t look like the Rox will make the[READ|SHARE]
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Monday Sports by Andrew Sander 8/2/15
Rockies-Off the field, the big news was that Short stop Troy Tulowitztki was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for Jose Reyes. Reyes has been in the league since 2003 and played his best baseball in 2011 with the Mets, when he batted .337. It’s been a tough week for the Rockies who have lost their last 5 of 7 games. The Rockies offense hasn’t struggled at all, scoring 8 runs in 2 of the games that they lost in the last inning. The pitching has been the Rockies Achilles heel all season but has been especially bad in the[READ|SHARE]
Monday Sports Page - July 27th, 2015 Broncos and Rockies
Broncos- The big news coming out of Denver this week was about Defensive End, Derek Wolfe. The Broncos will lose defensive end Derek Wolfe to a four-game suspension for a violation of the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing drugs, The League announced Friday. In a statement, Wolfe offered an apology to the Broncos organization, teammates and fans. He noted that the suspension was caused by medication that he took.Wolfe said "I will certainly exercise far greater caution in the future and will seek advice relating to the permissibility of any and all medications." Wolfe will be replaced by Malik Jackson, who[READ|SHARE]
