Undeniable Legacy: Pierre Lacroix changed the Colorado sports landscape forever
I didn’t know Pierre Lacroix. But I know what he did. I know what left us. I know that I have an undeniable sense of gratitude…
Nathan MacKinnon: Our 2019 Sportsperson of the Year
The decision is never an easy one for us at Mile High Sports. But at the end of the day, one person skated away with 2019's honor.
The story behind Big Bill’s 9/11 Day of Giving
For years, Big Bill's New York Pizza in Centennial has donated ALL proceeds from open to close on 9/11 to the JoAnn B. Ficke…
MHS’ Best of 2018: 25 of the year’s most terrific tales
25 of the best stories that Mile High Sports had to offer in 2018.
If anyone tries to claim we’re making too much of the Vegas Knights making the Cup Final, he (or she) probably splits 10s
The only thing aggravating about this has been the attempts of those conditioned to be contrarian, contrive controversy and…
An Olympian and the Olympics: Gateway’s Stephen Garbett
This is an Olympic success story, too – but not in the Disney movie sense.
Between the Pipes: Lakewood’s Nicole Hensley gets the nod for PyeongChang
This story originally appeared in Mile High Sports Magazine. Read the full digital edition. The neighbor kids loved to play street…
Steamboat’s Bryan Fletcher, top U.S. hope in Nordic Combined, beat childhood cancer
Fletcher claimed the USA’s one guaranteed Nordic combined Olympic spot, pulling it off with a stirring recovery from a sub-par…
Through injuries and setbacks, Lindsey Vonn seeks the podium in PyeongChang
The four-time World Cup overall champion won Olympic gold in the downhill and bronze in the super-G in 2010 before missing the…
Arvada Air: Raised in the burbs, snowboarder Chris Corning hits it big slopestyle
Eightteen-year-old Corning is the Americans’ top hope in slopestyle and big air.
Mikaela Shiffrin looks to add Olympic gold to her already dominant season
Shiffrin has been dominating the World Cup circuit in the season leading up to the 2018 Games at PyeongChang.
Mile High Sports 2017 College Athlete of the Year: Will Butcher
Butcher becomes only the third Colorado athlete to ever earn back-to-back honors with Mile High Sports, joining Abby Waner and…
Mile High Sports 2017 College Coach of the Year: Jim Montgomery
Montgomery this spring became the fourth man to both play on and coach national champions in NCAA ice hockey.
2018: A better year in Denver sports conversations
Exploring ways to move sports conversations forward in the new year. Hanging up on the Broncos quarterback debate isn't out of the…
Scrappy Avs could be thinking playoffs after goon’s antics in Arizona
Normally, you wouldn’t think a contest with lowly Arizona is that big of a deal. After what happened Saturday night in Glendale, …
Tyson Barrie isn’t pictured, but he’s not out of the Avalanche picture
After the Avalanche acquired 19-year-old defenseman Samuel Girard on November 5, and immediately paired him with Erik Johnson and…
On this (unnamed) line, Gabe Landeskog amps up his scoring
The Avalanche will be 15-15-2 going into Monday night's home game against Pittsburgh, the second matchup in eight days of the…
If Avalanche has a rushing game, it involves Jost and Girard
Tyson Jost and especially Samuel Girard have been struggling, at least to this extent: For the most part, they look like 19-year-…
And the Nathan MacKinnon answer is …
On November 2, my commentary on a certain Avalanche 22-year-old center was headlined: “Why can’t Nathan MacKinnon do that every…
Noted hockey pundit Yogi Berra would call this Deja Vu All Over Again
If Disney On Ice has as many problems in its upcoming eight-performance stand in the same arena, stars Olaf, Kristoff, Anna, Elsa…
MacKinnon and O’Reilly meet again
This will be Ryan O'Reilly's third Pepsi Center visit since the trade that sent him and Jamie McGinn to the Sabres for Nikita…
Catching up with Jared Bednar
Avalanche GM Joe Sakic essentially labeled the possibility of firing a first-time, first-year head coach preposterous -- and it…
Gabe Landeskog on his suspension; the captain again misses a crucial homestand
Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog is a smart guy who needs to play smarter than he has at times in the past. That’s one of the…
For Avalanche, winning back the fans isn’t easy, either
The Avalanche reboot and rebuild also is an attempt to get fans -- Avalanche fans, not Blackhawks and Red Wings and Rangers fans…
Marathon minutes suit Erik Johnson
The trick, of course, is to avoid diminishing returns. It's another litmus test of whether Erik Johnson -- the NHL's No. 1 overall…