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In the wake of her groundbreaking victory in the women's triathlon at the 2020 Olympics, Flora Duffy spoke to Colorado Edition's Erin O'Toole about her long journey to Tokyo.

Back in June, Tattered Cover opened up a new location across the street from Coors Field in Denver, complete with a new collection of baseball books to boot. Thus, reminding fans to engage with what is often considered the most written-about sport there is.

The Home Run Derby, the opening act for Major League Baseball's All-Star game, came to Denver last Monday. While the night was a fun-filled, power-hitting face-off for most, it was also riddled with emotion for one Rockies player who may soon be leaving the team.

Last weekend's Miss Rodeo Colorado 2022 Pageant may have only lasted a few days, but many of the competitors spend years vying for this title. We explore the world of rodeo and what it means to be a queen.

Earlier this week, Major League Baseball announced that the annual All Star Game would be moved from the suburbs of Atlanta to Coors Field in Denver in order to demonstrate the league's opposition to Georgia's new restrictive voting laws. KUNC's Alana Schreiber spoke to Professor Tom Zeiler about this surprising decision from a sport that often strives for political neutrality.

KUNC's Alana Schreiber spoke to CU Boulder basketball guard and forward D'Shawn Schwartz about taking to the court for his second game of the March Madness tournament just hours after learning of the mass shooting in his college town.

After last year's COVID-19 cancellations, the NCAA basketball tournaments are back, and one women's team in the Mountain West is making history.

In the last year, Special Olympics Colorado has been forced to make significant adjustments in order to carry out safe events. This weekend, the organization will host the Winter Sports Champions Highlight Show, a virtual showcase for the 2021 sports season.

The coronavirus has stopped many college sports in their tracks, cancelling games for weeks at a time, or even ending entire seasons prematurely. The University of Northern Colorado in Greeley is no exception. Colorado Edition's Alana Schreiber talks with UNC men's basketball head coach Steve Smiley and Alisa Wiggins, a player for the UNC women’s basketball team, about how the virus has impacted their seasons.

Most people know the story of Jackie Robinson, who integrated Major League Baseball in 1947 and paved the way for future athletes of color to finally achieve the status and recognition they deserved. But who paved the way for Jackie Robinson? According to Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, a chunk of that credit goes to a historic, yet largely unknown event in Denver, later dubbed "The Little World Series of the West."