College Football Spotlight: The Playoff Begins Now
The College Football Playoff will determine college football's first national champion in the new playoff model in January, but the real playoff begins this weekend.
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The College Football Playoff will determine college football's first national champion in the new playoff model in January, but the real playoff begins this weekend.
Ty Lawson had 15 points and made a double-pump jumper to beat the shot clock with 29.6 seconds left that boosted the Denver Nuggets over the Utah Jazz 103-101 in a charged atmosphere Monday night.
Max Pacioretty scored the tiebreaking goal late in the third period and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Monday night.
While Jim McElwain is busy preparing his Colorado State Rams for a bowl game in Fort Collins, there will be no bowling for the boys in Boulder.
According to multiple sources, Colorado State University football coach Jim McElwain is a leading candidate for the Florida head coaching job and has talked with the school.
At 31 and with knees that feel much older, Nicole Hosp figured her days of winning slalom races were long behind her. Especially with this new wave of youngsters on the slopes, led by the likes of American Mikaela Shiffrin.
Drew Bender scored 14 points, including four 3-pointers, to help Northern Colorado to a 95-56 win over Florida A&M in the Wyoming Classic on Sunday.
Brett Olson scored 15 points and dished out a career-high eight assists to lead Denver to a 79-60 win over New Orleans on Sunday.
Josh Scott scored a career-high 29 points, including converting a key three-point play in the closing minutes, and Colorado withstood Lipscomb's strong second half for an 84-75 victory on Sunday.
Devaugntah Williams scored a career-high 21 points to lead Texas Tech to a 63-62 home win against Air Force on Sunday afternoon.
American Mikaela Shiffrin is leading after the first run of a slalom Sunday, chasing her first World Cup victory in her home country.
Gian Clavell made two free throws with 5.7 seconds left and Colorado State beat UC Santa Barbara 65-63 in the championship of Great Alaska Shootout on Saturday night.
Matt Duchene and Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and an assist each and scored power-play goals 2:59 apart in the third period of the Avalanche's 5-2 win over the Dallas Stars on Saturday night.
Cherry Creek eked out a 25-24 victory over Valor Christian, which had won five straight titles, to win the 5A state football championship.
See photos taken at and around Coors Field on Friday, April 3, 2026, for the Colorado Rockies home opener of the 2026 season. The Rockies fell to the Phillies by a score of 10-1.
Denver Summit FC took on Washington Spirit in the team's first home game of their inaugural season.
Broncos fans were excited about the first NFL playoff game in Denver in a decade.
The Denver Broncos beat the Chiefs 22-19 for their eighth straight victory on Nov. 17, 2025.
After helping resolve more than 750 low-level warrants since 2021, Jefferson County's Fresh Start program isn't slowing down.
Colorado insurers say health care premiums could increase by hundreds of dollars next year.
The Colorado State Patrol is investigating after they say a pickup truck collided with a train on Friday night.
Each day, the Mighty Argo Cable Car project in Colorado's foothills inches closer to a big opening to the public.
For the first time since 2021, the City of Fort Collins is asking residents to begin conserving water.
Multiple farmer's markets will open in Denver over the weekend.
Denver County Court says 200 people showed up at the city and county building on Friday because of a text scam.
Hundreds of pieces of pottery outside a house near Pecos and US-36 need to disappear in just over two weeks, or the owners will be arrested. It’s the culmination in a long dispute between Adams County and small business, A House of Pots.
After helping resolve more than 750 low-level warrants since 2021, Jefferson County's Fresh Start program isn't slowing down. Outreach efforts are expanding with targeted text messages aimed at helping more people resolve outstanding cases before they lead to arrests and jail bookings.
Each day, the Mighty Argo Cable Car project in Colorado's foothills inches closer to a big opening to the public.
The Kentucky Derby will see a field of 19 horses today in the first leg of the 2026 competition for horse racing's Triple Crown.
The Denver Nuggets were eliminated in Game 6 of the first round of the NBA playoffs on the road Thursday night.
Longtime Denver Broncos safety Justin Simmons announced his retirement from the NFL on Wednesday.
The new format would add eight more at-large teams, and take eight more teams out of the main bracket for play-in games.
Federal prosecutors charged 34 defendants across two indictments, alleging sports betting and mafia-linked rigged poker games.
Have tickets to fly on Spirit? Here's what to know about refunds and alternative flights as the budget airline ceases operations.
President Trump said earlier this week he was reviewing the possible reduction of troops in Germany, which hosts more than 35,000 U.S. service members.
Negotiations over a $500 million dollar government aid package for Spirit stalled after bondholders balked at the terms.
ICE reported the 18th death of an individual in its custody so far this year, putting the agency on track to record a new all-time high in detainee deaths.
Cities in Florida and California, where home prices soared during the pandemic, saw some of the steepest declines in property values.
Colorado insurers say health care premiums could increase by hundreds of dollars next year.
President Trump said earlier this week he was reviewing the possible reduction of troops in Germany, which hosts more than 35,000 U.S. service members.
Denver is one of five finalists to host the Democratic National Convention, having last hosted it in 2008, when Barack Obama accepted the nomination at Mile High Stadium.
President Trump said the European Union "is not complying with our fully agreed to trade deal."
Negotiations over a $500 million dollar government aid package for Spirit stalled after bondholders balked at the terms.
The Trump administration is proposing wastewater testing to try to ferret out data on illegal drug use in real time, according to a draft of a new drug control strategy obtained by CBS News. It also proposes using AI to track threats.
Hershey says it's benefiting from the growing use of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs even as people cut down on snacks. Here's why.
The backlash was immediate after the Trump administration served notice that hospitals and nursing homes should limit sugary drinks and dietary supplements in favor of what HHS terms "real food."
State regulators are warning bad actors who are bringing hemp‑derived, often chemically-altered products into the state's legal marijuana system that there will be consequences.
AdventHealth Littleton's Forensic Nurse Examiner Program will provide medical care and forensic documentation to survivors of violence, including sexual assault, domestic violence, and victims of gun violence.
Have tickets to fly on Spirit? Here's what to know about refunds and alternative flights as the budget airline ceases operations.
President Trump said the European Union "is not complying with our fully agreed to trade deal."
Cities in Florida and California, where home prices soared during the pandemic, saw some of the steepest declines in property values.
Amtrak may ease rules on guns on its trains, sources say. Critics worry that would weaken security even though, authorities say, the accused correspondents' dinner shooter took Amtrak cross-country with his firearms.
Hershey says it's benefiting from the growing use of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs even as people cut down on snacks. Here's why.
Another Colorado family has come forward after they say they were charged thousands of dollars for having a lock changed.
State regulators are warning bad actors who are bringing hemp‑derived, often chemically-altered products into the state's legal marijuana system that there will be consequences.
A new, nearly 700-page report describes the Evergreen High School shooter's every move the day of the shooting last September, the law enforcement response, and interviews with friends, family, teachers, and witnesses.
A Denver City Council member is pushing to reopen long-term fire service contracts she says are now draining city resources instead of generating revenue.
A Denver family is sharing their story after thieves got away with the steel sculpture that stood outside their home for over a decade.