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Mark Knudson’s Three Strikes Blog: The Rockies hat matters; Should CFB teams schedule for wins or for eyeballs? And Should the Nuggets be in on Ben Simmons?

Mark Knudson
The baseball hat matters. It matters – A LOT – that the plaque that will hang in baseball’s Hall of Fame, the one with the image of Larry Kenneth Robert Walker on......

Mark Knudson’s Three Strikes Blog: Can MPJ step in for Murray; What will CU v CSU look like in the future? And get ready for “Commerce City Nuggets”

Mark Knudson
When Denver Nuggets star Jamal Murray went down in the final minutes of an ugly loss to lowly Golden State, things looked bad. When it was announced that Murray was lost for the rest of......

Mark Knudson’s Three Strikes Blog: Nuggets game ending debacle a bad sign? Is Denver really a desirable destination for NFL stars? And CSU’s QB run – not pass option

Mark Knudson
The Denver Nuggets trailed the lowly Washington Wizards by two points and the clock was winding down. With less than two seconds on shot clock – about nine seconds remained in......

Mark Knudson’s Three Strikes Blog: Nuggets slog-ish start; Why Boise State would bolt the MW, and Why isn’t Chauncey in the Hall of Fame yet?

Mark Knudson
Pretty much the ONLY good thing, sports-wise, that happened around here in 2020? Easy: The Denver Nuggets amazing run to the NBA Western Conference Finals during last summer’s NBA bubble play-offs.......

Mark Knudson’s Three Strikes Blog: Nuggets MPJ v Barton debate; CSU’s “exhibition” season, and could Rockies end up paying Nolan to play somewhere else?

Mark Knudson
You know you’ve got a pretty darn good basketball team when the biggest debate in the pre-season is about should start and hope to become the team’s third or fourth best......

Mark Knudson’s Three Strikes Blog: Rocky Mountain No-down; MPJ has to step up bigger now for Nuggets, and Helton’s Hall call shouldn’t be delayed

Mark Knudson
It could have been. The planets aligned. Things fell into place. And it all happened early enough in the week that there could have been a make-up Rocky......

Mark Knudson’s Three Strikes Blog: Can the Nuggets keep their mental edge in 2021? Why trading Nolan now is a foolish idea; How good trades are supposed to work

Mark Knudson
Despite not being able to pull out a third straight miracle against Lebron James and the LA Lakers, this Denver Nuggets season – especially the post season – was remarkable and......

Mark Knudson’s Three Strikes Blog: Tom Seaver and the numbers game; Who will be the Rockies PTBNL? And it’s time for MPJ to step up

Mark Knudson
Jerry Reuss had one helluva major league baseball career. The lanky lefthander pitched in four decades (only 29 guys have done that, ever) won 220 games, was a two-time All-Star, a......

Mark Knudson’s Three Strikes Blog: The Avs a star goalie away from greatness; Nolan might not break out in 2020, and the soft Nuggets need to grow a pair

Mark Knudson
The Colorado Avalanche have a great chance to win the franchise’s third Stanley Cup – their first since 2001. Since going into the NHL’s western bubble, they’ve been the most impressive......

Mark Knudson’s Three Strikes Blog: Jazz don’t feel like underdog vs Nuggets; Hoops and Hockey next season absent a bubble, and Broncos facing Salary Cap Issues in 2021

Mark Knudson
The Denver Nuggets appear to have gotten the match up they wanted in the first round of the NBA Bubble Play-offs. In the #3 vs #6 matchup that does not include a home court advantage,......