Nuggets On Their Way To Being A Good, Not Great, Team Again
With young players like forward/center Nikola Jokic and guard Jamal Murray on the roster, the future seems bright for the Denver Nuggets.
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With young players like forward/center Nikola Jokic and guard Jamal Murray on the roster, the future seems bright for the Denver Nuggets.
Dan Issel, who coached the Denver Nuggets for two different stints, was very complimentary of the job Michael Malone has done in his second season with the team.
Nuggets center Nikola Jokic had 15 points and 14 rebounds but was bothered by Karl-Anthony Towns much of the night. He shot just 6 for 19 from the field.
Jusuf Nurkic had really fallen out of favor with the coaching staff, so the Nuggets dealt him to Portland.
LeBron James scored 27 points, passed for 12 assists and grabbed five rebounds and the Cavs handled the Denver Nuggets 125-109 for their fifth win in their last six games.
Nikola Jokic poured in a career-high 40 points to lead the Denver Nuggets to a 131-123 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday night at Madison Square Garden.
Defense is a consistent issue for the Nuggets, who rank 28th in the NBA in scoring defense while allowing opponents an average of 111.4 points.
Nikola Jokic tormented the Dallas Mavericks in the first two games this season, but when foul trouble held him in check, Will Barton took over.
Nikola Jokic returned to the lineup with 20 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists for his first career triple-double, and the Denver Nuggets held off a Milwaukee comeback to beat the Bucks 121-117 on Friday night.
The Denver Nuggets started Wednesday night shorthanded and then lost two more players. The Memphis Grizzlies were happy to take advantage of the situation.
The Lakers captured a 120-116 win over the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday night at Staples Center.
As Nikola Jokic lay on the court, pounding the floor in pain and his team gathered around him, the Denver Nuggets were bracing for the worst.
Unable to co-exist alongside Nikola Jokic on the court, Jusuf Nurkic has reportedly been placed on the trade block by the Denver Nuggets.
In the first half, the anticipated matchup between Minnesota's Karl-Anthony Towns and Denver's Nikola Jokic was fulfilling as their two teams traded offensive blows with little defense to show from either team.
The Nuggets clamped down on defense and held the Los Angeles Clippers to 41.7 percent shooting, rolling to a 123-98 victory Saturday night.
Kyle Busch, who won more races in NASCAR's top three series than anyone in history, died suddenly on Thursday.
Kyle Busch, 41, died suddenly on Thursday after being hospitalized with an illness, according to his team.
Kyle Busch's family earlier Thursday announced he had been hospitalized with a "severe illness."
The Colorado Avalanche will begin the Western Conference final Wednesday night without star defenseman Cale Makar on the ice.
Ronda Rousey used her signature armbar to stop Gina Carano just 17 seconds into a comeback bout between the two MMA fighters.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino joked that if someone does pay $2 million for a ticket to the World Cup final, "I will personally bring him a hot dog and a Coke."
The Preakness Stakes featured its biggest field in 15 years with 14 horses in the middle jewel of horse racing's Triple Crown.
The Broncos full NFL schedule is out and includes late-season rematches against Denver's 2025 playoff opponents.
The NHL announced that the Colorado Avalanche will be playing their first game of the Western Conference finals next Wednesday.
The Broncos will start out the season at home against the Titans, they'll have a bye in Week 12 and they'll be playing in numerous primetime games.
The Broncos Christmas Day game against the Kansas City Chiefs could have major playoff implications.
Katy Perry's concert that was supposed to happen at Ball Arena in Denver on Thursday night has been rescheduled. That's because the Nuggets are playing a playoff game at the stadium that night.
Kyle Freeland was among the players who were emotional after the firing of the manager.
The Oklahoma City Thunder had a fantastic regular season, but against the Denver Nuggets former coach Dan Issel says they're not playing "with the intensity" you might expect.
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.
A Denver daycare owner is desperately searching for her missing service dog after she says the animal was taken from her yard earlier this month.
Colorado Remembers, in partnership with the Colorado Freedom Memorial Foundation, was held at Memorial Park in Aurora to honor the lives lost in service to the United States military.
The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (C&TS), originally scheduled to open its 2026 season on Saturday, announced earlier this week that it will postpone operations due to severe drought conditions and elevated wildfire danger across the region.
The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that a criminal case against a man charged with murder in the death of a 10-month-old baby should be retried.
The last operating trolley in the City of Denver opens for the season on Monday.
Joe Ruch is tracking an active stretch of weather in Denver.
The Black Student Excellence Award was created to honor Black high school students in the Denver metro area who are achieving both in and out of the classroom. CBS Colorado spoke with one of this year's applicants, one of a small group of high-achieving cadets that serves the Wings Over The Rockies Air & Space Museum.
On Saturday, the City of Aurora hosted one of many Memorial Day gatherings in the state. Colorado Remembers, in partnership with the Colorado Freedom Memorial Foundation, was held at Memorial Park to honor those who paid the ultimate price in service to our country.
A tractor-trailer traveling eastbound on Interstate 70 rolled over early Saturday morning near the Kipling Street interchange. Four other vehicles were involved in the crash, and one person inside one of those vehicles was killed.
Officers from the Thornton Police Department found four people dead inside a home Friday evening after a relative told police there were no responses coming from the people inside.
Kyle Busch, who won more races in NASCAR's top three series than anyone in history, died suddenly on Thursday.
Kyle Busch, 41, died suddenly on Thursday after being hospitalized with an illness, according to his team.
Kyle Busch's family earlier Thursday announced he had been hospitalized with a "severe illness."
The Colorado Avalanche will begin the Western Conference final Wednesday night without star defenseman Cale Makar on the ice.
Ronda Rousey used her signature armbar to stop Gina Carano just 17 seconds into a comeback bout between the two MMA fighters.
A bystander was also wounded, but no Secret Service officers were injured, officials said. President Trump was in the White House at the time of the incident.
Kyle Busch, who won more races in NASCAR's top three series than anyone in history, died suddenly on Thursday.
U.S. officials and negotiators were discussing a process to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, sources briefed on the conversations said.
Economists say AI is reshaping the U.S. labor market by suppressing hiring even as overall job losses remain limited.
The Trump administration on Friday announced a sweeping policy designed to make it harder for immigrants already in the U.S. to get permanent residency.
U.S. officials and negotiators were discussing a process to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, sources briefed on the conversations said.
The Trump Administration has released $40 million to support the purchase of some of the oldest water rights on the Colorado River.
The Trump administration on Friday announced a sweeping policy designed to make it harder for immigrants already in the U.S. to get permanent residency.
The Pentagon on Friday released a new batch of 64 files related to UFOs, unveiling a second tranche of records under an executive order by President Trump.
The production of the Congressional Record is one of the unseen cogs in the congressional machine, arriving with little fanfare like a newspaper on the Capitol's doorstep every day.
The head of the World Health Organization says Ebola has killed at least 7 people in Congo, but the U.N. agency says it knows the epidemic "is much larger."
A Colorado School of Mines senior recently diagnosed with leukemia graduated in the halls of his oncology ward in a surprise ceremony put together by his care team.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with the missionary group Serge in Congo when he was infected with Ebola.
The bill will create a first-of-its-kind Ibogaine research pilot program, paving the way for Colorado to study the psychoactive compound that claims to treat PTSD, addiction, and mental health.
A CBS News medical correspondent and doctor says her "biggest concern for the World Cup is actually measles. It's not hantavirus, it is not Ebola."
Economists say AI is reshaping the U.S. labor market by suppressing hiring even as overall job losses remain limited.
Shoppers continue to open their pocketbooks, boosting retailers like Walmart, even as inflation jumps to its highest level in three years.
A new report finds that on-time flight arrivals are at their worst level since 2014, with fuel costs and weather adding to summer travel risks.
A record 274 climbers scaled the Nepal side of Mount Everest in a single day, officials said. They took advantage of clear weather.
Americans are expected to wager more than $3 billion amid the expansion of legalized sports betting in the U.S.
A confidential investigative report commissioned by the City of Denver alleges a high-ranking Denver police division chief was "severely abusive," "toxic," and "ruthless", creating a work environment that left some officers suffering panic attacks, ulcers, hair loss, anxiety and depression.
The City of Denver and the parent company of the Denver Post have reached a tentative agreement to resolve a major lease dispute over the iconic downtown building that bears the newspaper's name, CBS News Colorado has learned.
A federal system is working to crack down on trucks skirting safety regulations, a problem inspectors are seeing on Colorado roadways.
Glendale city leaders are forcefully opposing Colorado's proposed Bus Rapid Transit project on Colorado Boulevard, warning the plan could dramatically worsen traffic for drivers while delivering only modest transit gains.
A jury in Douglas County awarded a New Jersey man $24 million after he sued a Parker police detective for malicious prosecution and false arrest.
