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Mikaela Shiffrin to skip World Cup ski races in Andorra to allow injured left knee more time to healAmerican ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin will skip giant slalom and slalom races this weekend in Andorra to give her knee more time to mend. Shiffrin is chasing her sixth overall World Cup title this season.
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Super Bowl LVIII will be in Las Vegas this weekend — one of the biggest sports (and betting) events of the year being played in a city synonymous with gambling. But there was once a time the NFL, or any pro sports league, wouldn't even allow a team in the city.
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The league's first year without marquee programs Texas and Oklahoma will incorporate new members Arizona, Arizona State and Utah and mark the return of Colorado to the now 16-team league.
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Days after Todd Helton was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the slugging first baseman is still getting used to the idea. Helton says he never thought he would get into Cooperstown.
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Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer have been elected to baseball's Hall of Fame while Billy Wagner and Gary Sheffield fell short. Helton, making his sixth ballot appearance, got 307 votes for 79.7%, 18 more than the needed 289 for 75% after falling 11 votes short last year.
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Larry Zimmer, the longtime radio voice for University of Colorado football and basketball games who also called Denver Broncos games, has died. He was 88.
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Retired race car driver Janet Guthrie spent her entire lifetime facing gender stereotypes, a fight she nearly always won by proving that being a woman would not hold her back. Nearly 44 years after her 33rd and final race in NASCAR, she is set to be honored for her career. Guthrie, who has lived in Colorado for 30 years now, will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday night as the recipient of the Landmark Award that honors "significant contributions to the growth and esteem of NASCAR."
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A lifestyle and enduring relationship with horses lends to the popularity of rodeo in Indian CountryBorn out of necessity and in mastering skills that came as horses transformed hunting, travel and warfare, rodeo has remained popular in Native American communities. Grandstands often play host to mini family reunions while Native cowboys and cowgirls show off their skills roping, riding and wrestling livestock. It's a lifestyle that's connected to nature and community — values that Oglala Lakota citizen Jessica White Plume says run deep in tribal culture. With each competition, Native Americans make it decidedly theirs. Ornate regalia, blessings bestowed by tribal elders and tribes' versions of flag songs are as much staples as big buckles and cowboy hats.
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This winter will be one of historic firsts for the X Games — including gender parity among men’s and women’s events and the implementation of a ticketing system for spectator corrals at the base of Buttermilk Mountain. Slopeside concerts are not on the docket.
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Flag football gives female players sense of community, scholarship options and soon shot at OlympicsFlag football's inclusion in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles only enhances the profile of a sport that's growing by leaps and bounds on the women's side. Flag football is already sanctioned as a varsity sport for girls in eight states, with more seemingly on the way. The sport has also received the backing from the NFL, which sponsors leagues, and nearly two dozen NAIA colleges are now issuing scholarships to female players.