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News Politics Sports Business Entertainment Lifestyles Opinion Travel Multimedia Coupons Autos Real Estate Jobs Classifieds Today's Sports Headlines Colorado Rockies open long homestand seeking some consistency Mediocrity rarely provides comfort. But as the Rockies open a nine-game homestand tonight against the Mets, they are drawing confidence from an even record given the uneven performance of the offense.   NFL draft: Broncos trade down twice, out of first round DU freshman lacrosse player Ryan LaPlante looks like a keeper Ed Zemrau, captain of DU's first title, dies Analysis: Winners and losers from NFL draft's first round Poudre Impalas are impressive in Front Range League baseball victory Today's Avalanche Devils advance with double overtime win over Panthers Adam Henrique scored his second goal of the game at 3:47 of the second overtime, and the New Jersey Devils beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 in Game 7 on Thursday night to advance to the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.   Henrik Lundqvist makes 27 saves as Rangers eliminate Senators All Things Avs Gabriel Landeskog: Avalanche player grade – A 2011-12 SEASON STATISTICS 82 GP, 20G, 30A, 52 pts., +20. Hits – 219. Takeaways: 58. Shots on goal – 219. Time on ice per game: 18:36. PPG – 6. GWG -5. I’ll be in Vegas for the NHL’s award ceremonies on June 20th (if anyone else is staying at the Hooters Hotel on the strip,   Today's Broncos NFL draft: Broncos trade down twice, out of first round For the first time since 2005, the Broncos finished the first round of the NFL Draft without a new player. With coveted defensive tackles Dontari Poe and Michael Brockers and cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick taken midway through the first round, the Broncos wound up making two trades.   Analysis: Winners and losers from NFL draft's first round NFL draft: Broncos' telephone ringing despite position Kiszla: Elway fails to pull the trigger in first round of NFL draft Broncos trade out of first round of NFL draft Colts take Stanford QB Andrew Luck to open draft All Things Broncos What the top NFL draft picks mean for the Broncos Here’s a running list of NFL draft picks and trades. And here’s what they mean for the Broncos: No. 1 pick: Andrew Luck, QB, Colts. The Broncos angle here goes back on Christmas Eve, 2010. John Elway, then a Stanford alum and NFL fan but not yet the Broncos front-office boss, said of Luck: “I’ll   Bowling with the Broncos 99 tonight Today's Colleges DU freshman lacrosse player Ryan LaPlante looks like a keeper The redshirt was removed in frantic fashion. University of Denver freshman Ryan LaPlante was on his couch March 18, watching the DU men's lacrosse team go into a third overtime at Notre Dame,   Ed Zemrau, captain of DU's first title, dies Three CSU football players and one injured student charged with misdemeanors College football playoffs nearer to reality with its own version of Final Four Metro State's Kelsey Tillery suddenly a homer machine Denver lacrosse player Drew Babb a profile in courage Today's Nuggets Nuggets Koufos big man in denver playoff plan Koufos big man in denver playoff planMINNEAPOLIS — A year ago at this time, Kosta Koufos was on the end of Denver's bench.   Nuggets beat Wolves, secure No. 6 spot in playoffs to face Lakers Nuggets, Lakers series schedule set, teams play in Denver on May 4 Charlotte Bobcats set an NBA record for futility with loss to the Knicks Kobe Bryant sits, conceding NBA scoring title to Kevin Durant Nuggets move closer to clinching No. 6 with win at Oklahoma City All Things Nuggets Here is the Nuggets-Lakers first-round schedule Let's do this. The league announced the first-round schedule tonight. Here it is (Mountain time): Game 1: Sunday April 29 at Los Angeles, 1:30 p.m., ABC Game 2: Tuesday May 1 at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m., TNT Game 3: Friday May 4 at Denver, 8:30 p.m., ESPN Game 4: Sunday May 6 at Denver, 7:30   If Nuggets play Lakers, Game 1 will be Sunday in L.A. Today's Post Preps Lakewood twin sisters Haley, McKenzie Brogan on track to shine Four years ago, twin sisters walked into Bill Wright's track program at Lakewood High School.   Highlands Ranch's Tony Audino masterful in shutout of Chaparral Hannah Braun, Frontier Academy defeat Front Range Christian in soccer Devlin: Toughness natural for Rangeview's Rikki Gonzales Ray Van Heukelem named boys basketball coach at Denver Christian Grand Junction baseball's Sean Rubalcaba hitting his stride Today's Outdoors: Hunting and Fishing Cabela's confirms it will open two new stores in metro Denver Cabela's announced today that it plans to open two new stores in the Denver metropolitan area by next year. The Sidney, Neb. outfitter of hunting, fishing and outdoor gear, said construction on locations in Thornton and Lone Tree will begin this fall with both locations scheduled for opening in 2013.   Today's Rockies Colorado Rockies open long homestand seeking some consistency Mediocrity rarely provides comfort. But as the Rockies open a nine-game homestand tonight against the Mets, they are drawing confidence from an even record given the uneven performance of the offense.   Mets' Kirk Nieuwenhuis on hot streak coming "home" to Denver MLB: Pagan's late homerlifts Giants to win Rockies beer vendor Captain Earthman reflects on "Cold beer!" at Coors Field and beyond All Things Rockies Rockies minor-league report: Parker Frazier shines for Drillers Parker Frazier, the right-handed starter for Double-A Tulsa, continues to pitch well. Though the Drillers lost to Arkansas 2-0 Wednesday night, Frazier lowered his ERA to 2.52 with a strong seven-inning performance. He allowed two earned runs on one hits, struck out four, walked one and induced 13 groundball outs. Frazier, son of George Frazier,   Mark Kiszla Kiszla: Elway fails to pull the trigger in first round of NFL draft In the NFL draft, an old quarterback did what he knows best: John Elway passed.On the greatest night of anticipation in American sports, the Broncos got cold feet and stood on the sideline.     All Things Avs Adrian Dater and Mike Chambers have the ins and outs of the Avalanche. First and Orange The Denver Post's football reporters serve up the dish on the Broncos. Nuggets Ink Everything Nuggets from Benjamin Hochman and Chris Dempsey. On The Rox Rockies notes from the diamond with Troy E. Renck and Patrick Saunders. Prepped Analysis, notes and minutiae from the world of preps. 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