Apparently, no one ever told the CU Buffs how hard it is to beat a quality team three times in the same season. Because moments ago, they did just that, pulling away late to defeat Kansas State by twelve points in the Big 12 tournament quarter finals. An invitation to…
Fresh off signing a three-year contract extension, Nuggets coach George Karl appeared on ESPN’s PTI yesterday in the segment dubbed “Five Good Minutes” — and good they were. At one point in the clip, on view below, he admitted that the drawn-out Carmelo Anthony trade process was “probably the hardest…
They did it. The University of Northern Colorado Bears received their Big Dance invite before the CU Buffs thanks to a solid 65-60 win over Montana in last night’s Big Sky championship. And UNC may be a tougher first-round out than most experts believe for one big reason: Devon Beitzel…
Update: The Colorado Buffs’ push to March Madness took a big step forward today via a 77-75 win over Iowa State in Kansas City. If they can defeat Kansas State tomorrow, they’re a lock. And what can make the far-away gym where they’ll play feel like home? Dancers! Look below…
Yesterday, we noted that the University of Northern Colorado Bears might have a clearer path to March Madness than do the higher-profile CU Buffs — and last night’s exciting 73-70 victory over Northern Arizona leaves the Bears one victory from the Big Dance. A win over Montana tonight and they’re…
We confess. We’ve been paying so much attention to the CU Buffs’ chances of taking part in March Madness that we’ve given short shrift to the University of Northern Colorado Bears. UNC’s had a mighty impressive season — one that’s earned the squad a marginally easier route to the Big…
Earlier this season, we declared this year’s CU Buffs to be the school’s best since Chauncey Billups’s glory days after defeating Missouri and Kansas State in quick succession. But will the Buffs have to knock off K-State for a third time this season in order to take part in a…
One of the many Carmelo Anthony trade scenarios would have brought Utah’s Andrei Kirilenko to Denver. Obviously, that deal never happened — and good thing given Kirilenko’s missed buzzer beater from two inches away last night, which handed the Nugs a 103-101 win. In our post yesterday, we noted that…
Even the most optimistic among us probably didn’t think the Nuggets would win four of five following the Carmelo Anthony trade, let alone that the latest margin of victory (versus the Bobcats) would be forty points. But that’s reality: Denver is playing its best basketball of the season with Melo…
Who’da thunk the Nuggets would be playing so well following the Carmelo Anthony trade? And each night, it seems as if another new Nug steps up. Against the Boston Celtics, Wilson Chandler shone — and in last night’s 100-90 victory over the Atlanta Hawks, Raymond Felton demonstrated his value in…
While much of America suffered through an ultra-dull Oscar ceremony, NBA Nation was riveted by a contest between the loaded Miami Heat and the Carmelo Anthony-Chauncey Billups supplemented New York Knicks. In the end, the Knicks triumphed 91-86, with Anthony dropping 29 on LeBron and company. So why did ESPN…
What with the Carmelo Anthony trade, the Chauncey Billups apology and the triumphant debut of the new-look Nuggets, you may have missed one of the most memorable sports stories of the week — the season-long suspension of Colorado Eagles assistant Greg Pankewicz for demonstrating his anger by stripping to the…
Chauncey Billups may have been more valuable than Carmelo Anthony in their first game for the Knicks since the blockbuster Melo trade — but Anthony got all the love. And the new Nuggets acquisitions, including Juggernaut-tattoo-wearing Wilson Chandler? They debuted versus the Boston Celtics last night and played a frantic…
On top of the news that Carmelo Anthony and his glitzy wife La La Vazquez have left Denver (and the Nuggets) for New York (and the Knicks) came the news that the couple will star in their own VH1 reality television show, La La’s Full Court Life. The subject?…
The Nuggets issued an apology to Chauncey Billups after dealing him to the New York Knicks as part of the Carmelo Anthony trade — and he probably deserves another one from the New York media, which treated him like a virtual afterthought at yesterday’s intro press conference, viewable below. But…
For fans, the most painful part of the Carmelo Anthony trade was watching Chauncey Billups, a hometown hero who made no secret of his desire to stay in Denver, get dragged to New York in order to help fulfill Melo’s big-time fantasies. Understanding that, Nuggets president Josh Kroenke (son of…
The Nuggets may have lost a player with major tats in the Carmelo Anthony trade, but they’ve gained an even inkier player in former Knick Wilson Chandler. Among the body art showed off in InkedCelebrity.com photos collected below include a full back illustration of X-Men villain Juggernaut accompanied by the…
The Carmelo Anthony trade — the one Melo couldn’t talk about yet on Conan last night — brought four new players to your Denver Nuggets. Of course, some may be dealt for draft picks. So hurry to get info on Knicks-turned-Nugs Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Timofrey Mozgov and Danilo Gallinari…
The biggest clue that Carmelo Anthony would be traded yesterday? The Nuggets allowed him to skip practice in order to appear on last night’s edition of Conan. The result was some mighty strange TV, since the interview was taped before Anthony could talk about the deal, but aired after news…
Last night, the Knicks finally closed a deal for Carmelo Anthony and (damn it!) Chauncey Billups, as well as Anthony Carter, Renaldo Balkman and Shelden Williams. But while the Denver Post is talking up what the Nugs received in return, the national press is already writing off D-town’s ballers for…
The NBA All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles was a microcosm of our entire Melodrama. On Friday morning Nuggets small forward Carmelo Anthony was reportedly heading to New Jersey for rookie forward Derrick Favors, point guard Devin Harris, spare parts and four first-round draft picks. But the deal was, and still…
Anyone thinking the Carmelo Anthony trade-go-round couldn’t spin faster were wrong. The latest? The Nuggets’ compensation demand for Melo and Chauncey Billups was reportedly so crazy that it spurred disbelief; the Nets, who’d pulled out of the Anthony sweepstakes, are interested again; and Nenê is said to be on the…
