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Sports : Page 42

The Pioneer

The greatest coach you’ve never heard of comes to Denver.

Pipe Dream

Shaun White’s Colorado playground.

Let the Games Begin

Three adrenaline-pumping sports that are guaranteed to heat up the chilly season.

Turnaround

After a tragic accident, skier Max Mancini gets back on the slopes.

Who’s Number Two?

The Avs, Nuggets, and Rockies duke it out for second place in our hearts.

Track Stars

The race to find a Colorado home for motorsports.

Ted Johnson of the New England Patriots in 2002

This is Ted Johnson’s Brain

A former star at the University of Colorado and celebrated NFL linebacker gave himself to football—only to find at the end of his career that he’d lost his mind. Now, at age 36, he’s trying to put the pieces of his broken life back together.

Smooth Operator

Chauncey Billups shows Carmelo, the Nuggets—and all of Denver—how to win.

Crash Course

This was going to be his year. At last, Christian Vande Velde, the leader of Boulder’s Garmin-Slipstream Pro Cycling Team, would break away at this month’s Tour de France. And then it happened—again.

A Rocky Year

Everything you need to know about the 2009 baseball season at Coors Field.

Rebound

After more than two decades in the NBA, George Karl is one of the winningest coaches in professional basketball history. Privately, he’s finally become the man he always wanted to be. So why does everyone still think he’s such a loser?

Cool it, Cat

The Nuggets mascot’s strangely vicious shtick

Bleeding Orange and Blue

Passionate. Game savvy. And a little bit crazy. Broncos fans love to show their true colors on fall Sundays.

Melo’s Transition Game

Drug bust. Bar fight. Gangster cameo. Benched at the Olympics. Feuds with his coaches. After a season to forget, 21-year-old Carmelo Anthony is an NBA star who’s now learning to live without the ball.

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