Terry Frei, Ron Zappolo reflect on the legendary career of Irv Brown
On Sunday, Denver lost one of its most iconic voices with the passing of the legendary Irv Brown. On Monday, Terry Frei and Ron…
Terry Frei thinks the Avs would move ‘anybody outside of their six-man core’
"Possibly Varlamov too, you can get for, oh, a bucket of pucks," Frei told Kent Eriksson, Irv Brown and Joe Williams on Mile High…
Frei: NHL and Avs will go back to work, not to Olympics, and DU’s Troy Terry will skate for USA
As the NHL staged its All-Star weekend, with Nathan MacKinnon as the Avalanche representative on the Central Division roster, one…
Twenty years ago, Steve Moore played his final game for the Avalanche
Friday is the 20th anniversary of one of the most notorious incidents in Avalanche history. Two decades later, it might be easy to…
Frei: The risk of staying the course for Avalanche is that youth has to keep improving
The Avalanche’s free-agency tweaks — and that’s what the Sunday signings of defenseman Ian Cole (above) and winger Matt Calvert…
Frei: Avs’ prospect Morrison at development camp on remaining at Notre Dame
There will be pressure on the Avalanche to sign Cam Morrison after this season. That is, if they think he's still worthy of a…
Frei: Wait … Haven’t we heard this before about the Avalanche net?
I actually think the best stories for the Avalanche in 2018-19 would be Nathan MacKinnon proving his Hart Trophy-caliber season…
Frei: Avalanche at NHL Awards? There’s always next year
If you watched the NHL Awards from Las Vegas on the NBC Sports Network Wednesday night and were unaffected emotionally, your heart…
Frei: Any other year, Jared Bednar wins the Jack Adams Award — in a romp
In the (many) years I have covered the NHL, I never ceased to be amazed at the absolute relative lack of respect the league shows…
Frei: Hey, baseball snobs. There’s nothing wrong with making Coors Field an amusement park
The Rockies’ home attendance of 1,061,340 ranked ninth in Major League Baseball going into Wednesday night’s games. Their average…
Frei: Shouldn’t football be the last resort for good athletes?
Frankly, I'm surprised football hasn't suffered more collateral damage than it has the past, say, 20 years as the evidence mounts.
Frei: Like sands in the hourglass, so are the days of the Avalanche offseason
The Washington Capitals can claim the Stanley Cup — well, at least for a year — on Thursday night in Las Vegas, with a road win…
Frei: Doug Moe gets his due
When Dallas coach and Dallas National Basketball Coaches Association President Rick Carlisle presented Doug Moe with the…
Frei: For the kazillionth time … it’s time for CU and CSU to revive their baseball programs
This absence of baseball at CU and CSU has gotten ridiculous. And even embarrassing.
Frei: The most glaring ex-player Ring of Fame omission is Otis Armstrong
Otis was the Broncos’ first round draft choice in 1973, befuddling many because future Hall of Famer Floyd Little was entrenched…
Frei: Eagles about to fly up a level as Avalanche affiliate
It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Besides, Case Keenum doesn't have the time.
Frei: About Paxton Lynch … well … um … hummina, hummina …
A sage football man once told me that one of the most important attributes in his business was having the ability to acknowledge…
Frei: Wanna bet?
Here's why it's ridiculous for the leagues, and especially the NFL, to expect a cut. Gambling has been a major component of their…
Frei: The question wasn’t if Jim Montgomery would leave DU for NHL, it was when
Last December, just before our lunches arrived at the iconic Pete’s University Cafe, a short walk from Magness Arena, I brought up…
Frei: You don’t have to be a horse racing fan to love the Kentucky Derby
When I moved to the Nuggets beat early in my journalism career, in a time when that meant traveling with the team on commercial…
Frei: Don’t let the Nuggets off the hook with lower expectations than those for the Avalanche
Funny how perception works. Both the Nuggets and Avalanche went into the final game of the 2017-18 regular-season knowing that a…
Frei: Great Avalanche season? Sure… if it turns out to be a forecast of a return to the NHL’s elite
I'm not sure I've even been around such a thud of an ending -- in this case, the 5-0 Game 6 loss to the Predators at home that…
Frei: It ain’t over for the Avs ’til … it’s over
Think of the Predators without Pekka Rinne and P.K. Subban. It is reasonable to ponder it as a bit of comparative whimsy, not as…
Frei: It’s not up to Bernier alone, but Avs’ best shot now is for him to steal a game or three
Bernier's numbers in the series are awful, but in the postseason the sample size is small and the slate starts fresh each night.
Frei: Nashville is hitting all the right notes as an NHL city
The NHL doesn’t get everything right, but it often doesn’t get enough credit for its successes, either. One of them is Nashville.…