Posted: 5:11 PM Accoring to the Denver Nuggets, results of a biopsy performed on a small testicular tumor found on Nuggets forward Nenê indicate the tumor was malignant. Further test results show that the cancer was isolated and did not spread. Nenê underwent surgery to remove the tumor on Jan. 14.
Posted: 1:40 PM Derek Fisher scored a season-high 28 points and Jordan Farmar added 19 as the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Denver Nuggets 116-99 last night.
Updated: 10:12 PM Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony was helped off the court midway through the second quarter of tonight's game against the Los Angeles Lakers with a sprained left ankle.
Posted: 9:05 PM Sophomore left wing Matt Fairchild was named the Atlantic Hockey Association player of the week for his performance vs. No. 4 Denver and No. 3 Colorado College.
Updated: 4:38 PM Air Force All American and Hobey Baker Finalist Eric Ehn has a fractured Fibula and may have ligament damage.
Ehn suffered the injury on Saturday night in the third period of the Falcons loss to the Colorado College Tigers. Ehn got tangled up with Tigers forward Bill Sweatt while going for the puck and crashed feet first into the endboards.
Posted: 3:15 PM The Denver Post is reporting that the Colorado Rockies and shortstop Troy Tulowitzki are close to agreeing on a record contract.
The deal would reportedly be worth 30 million dollars over six years. That would be the largest contract ever handed out to a player with less than two years of big league experience.
Updated: 3:24 PM Steve Schultz and Bill Sweatt each scored power-play goals for Colorado Springs in a 2-1 victory over Air Force on Saturday night.
Richard Bachman made 25 saves for Colorado College (18-6-0). Andrew Volkening stopped 29 shots for Air Force (12-8-4).
Posted: 2:58 PM Allen Iverson scored 35 points and Carmelo Anthony added 26 as the Denver Nuggets held off the Minnesota Timberwolves 111-108 last night.
The Timberwolves fell to 1-and-20 on the road this season and have lost 16 road contests.
Marcus Camby scored 12 points and had 13 rebounds, moving him past Fat Lever for sixth place on the Nuggets' career rebounding list.
Posted: 6:37 PM Anwar Johnson was the only AFA player in double figures with 10 points, including 8-for-11 at the free throw line. Tim Anderson, the Falcons' leading scorer averaging 15 points a game, was held to five points.
Posted: 3:56 PM The Falcons earned their first win over Denver since 1980, breaking a 19-game losing streak to the Pioneers. It was also the first time Air Force had ever defeated the Pioneers at home. Fourth-ranked Denver was the highest opponent Air Force has defeated since beating fourth-ranked Colorado College, 7-6 in overtime, at the Academy in 1976. Air Force is now 3-1-1 vs. ranked teams this season.
Posted: 9:50 PM Tonya Tripp and Kirstin Buttars each posted double-doubles, but the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs was unable to overcome the powerful Nebraska-Kearney Lopers in a 66-63 defeat Friday evening at the Lions’ Den
Updated: 4:24 PM Denver Broncos tight end Daniel Graham won't be charged with any crime after his arrest on suspicion of harassment against his former girlfriend.
Graham was arrested January 11th after the woman said he struck a bedpost during an argument about the sale of their home. She also said she told him numerous times to leave, but he refused.
Posted: 4:02 PM The Denver Nuggets said Thursday they are waiting for the results of further medical tests after doctors removed a testicular tumor from Nene, but the player's Web site said the tumor was benign
Posted: 12:17 PM An autopsy indicates that major league pitcher Joe Kennedy was afflicted with a condition that caused his heart to suddenly stop beating at his in-laws' home in November, when he collapsed and later died.
Posted: 9:38 PM The Denver Nuggets remained mum Monday on the medical condition that has sidelined Nene. Coach George Karl indicated they are preparing to be without him for some time.