Posted: 9:06 PM Scott Elarton has landed back with the Cleveland Indians, but for how long?
The Indians signed veteran right-handed Lamar native to a Minor League deal with an invite to Spring Training camp on Friday -- not so he can compete for a spot on their club, but rather for him to showcase himself to other teams.
Updated: 8:15 PM Allen Iverson barely broke a sweat and he thanked Carmelo Anthony for that.
"I think that might be the easiest game I ever played in my career. I was out there watching," Iverson hollered across the locker room after Anthony scored a career-high 49 points to lead the Denver Nuggets past the Washington Wizards 111-100 Friday night.
Updated: 2:14 PM Johnnie Bryant scored 17 points to lead Utah to a 67-59 come-from-behind win over Air Force on Saturday.
With the win, Utah (14-8, 5-4 Mountain West) completed a season sweep of Air Force (4-5, 12-10), having defeated the Falcons 58-36 in Salt Lake City on Jan. 5.
Posted: 3:10 PM The leading scorer on the University of Denver hockey team is headed to the pros.
Pioneers coach George Gwozdecky has confirmed that Brock Trotter signed a free-agent contract with the Montreal Canadiens. Trotter will report to Montreal's AHL affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs.
Posted: 5:29 PM The 36-year-old Lynch isn't ready to say yet whether he'll return for another season with the Broncos, or retire, but says spending a week with the league's top talent will help him make that decision
Posted: 3:32 PM Air Force's 39-point total was the fewest allowed by the Aztecs in a Mountain West game and the fewest they've allowed at their home Cox Arena.
Posted: 3:31 PM Ben Guite and T.J. Hensick scored on graceful deflections and Theodore returned from injury to make 30 saves, leading the Avalanche's stellar defensive effort in a 3-1 victory Wednesday night
Posted: 3:29 PM Kyle Korver's 27 points, including four free throws in the final 19 seconds of overtime, sent the Utah Jazz to their 10th straight win, a 118-115 thriller over the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night
Updated: 9:39 PM The New York Giants are champions of the National Football League. In one of the best Super Bowl's ever played, the Giants scored twice in the fourth quarter to beat the previously unbeaten New England Patriots 17-14. As he presented the Lombardi Trophy to the Giants, commissioner Roger Goodell called the game, "amazing".
Posted: 4:29 PM The Falcons (12-8, 4-3 Mountain West) hit on 47 percent of their 3-point attempts, while TCU (11-9, 3-4) missed badly most of the time. TCU's Brent Hackett missed 11 of his 12 3-pointers, and the other Horned Frogs also struggled as the team went 7-of-29 (24 percent).
Posted: 4:25 PM A healthy Anthony scored 25 points, Allen Iverson had 24 points and 13 assists, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Charlotte Bobcats 117-101 on Saturday night
Posted: 4:23 PM Rookie T.J. Hensick and Ben Guite had two goals each, leading the short-handed Avalanche to a 6-4 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night.
Posted: 4:21 PM Darnell Jackson's 18 points and turned back Colorado's upset bid 72-59 Saturday, in the Jayhawks' first game since their perfect season was ended by Kansas State.
Updated: 4:37 PM Gary Zimmerman says he's in shock.
The former Minnesota and Denver tackle has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, along with Art Monk, Darrell Green, Fred Dean, Andre Tippett and Emmitt Thomas.
Former Broncos linebacker Randy Gradishar in his final year of eligibility did not make it.
Posted: 12:10 PM Bentley's Erik Peterson scored with nine seconds left to force a 4-4 overtime tie with Air Force last night at the Academy's Cadet Ice Arena.
Each team scored twice in the third period.
Air Force out-shot Bentley, 34-13, in the final 45 minutes of the game and 40-24 in the contest.
Joe Calvi made 36 saves for Bentley while Andrew Volkening made 20 saves for the Falcons.
Posted: 12:07 PM Dominik Hasek made 15 saves for his 80th career shutout to lift the Red Wings to a 2-0 win over the Colorado Avalanche last night.
It was the second time in less than a month that the Avalanche were shut out in Detroit.
Henrik Zetterberg's 30th goal broke a scoreless tie with 2:20 left and Kris Draper added an empty-netter for Detroit, which won its sixth straight.
Posted: 5:01 PM The University of Tennessee has retired Todd Helton's Number 3, the first baseball number the Volunteers have enshrined.
More than 1,300 people, including family, friends and former teammates, turned out Wednesday night to mark the occasion, and to honor the Knoxville native who played for Tennessee in the 1990s.
Posted: 4:58 PM Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony can't bear the thought of watching yet another game.
So, even though his sprained left ankle is still a little sore, he vowed to play Saturday night against Charlotte.
"It's good enough for me to go out there and be able to do what I can do," Anthony said Friday after walking off the practice court carrying his left shoe in his hand.
Posted: 2:32 PM Former Colorado State football coach Sonny Lubick is turning down a fund-raising position the university offered after firing the coach at the end of the season.
The school's athletic director received a letter from Lubick today, formally rejecting the offer.
Lubick is credited for bringing the Colorado State Rams to national prominence in his 15 years in Fort Collins. But the team finished 3-9 in 2007.
Updated: 2:38 PM Randy Gradishar won't allow himself to think what it would be like to get a phone call this weekend telling him he's made it to pro football's Hall of Fame.
He's been disappointed too many times before.
Posted: 2:27 PM The Colorado Avalanche have recalled goalie Tyler Weiman from Lake Erie, the club's American Hockey League affiliate.
The 23-year-old Weiman has been in 20 games for Lake Erie this season. He posted an 8-11-1 record while leading the club's goaltenders in goals against average (2.84) and save percentage (.917) with two shutouts.