The players are different, the county is different, but the question is the same: Should a local elected official be forced to pay her own legal costs to defend against actions taken by other elected officeholders in the same jurisdiction — even the same building? Douglas County Commissioner Lora Thomas sued her commissioner colleagues Aug. […]

Adbert Alzolay, so steady as the Chicago Cubs closer since being trusted with the role two months into the season, needed two more outs to secure a doubleheader sweep Friday at Great American Ball Park. His strikeout of Elly De La Cruz, the phenom’s fourth in Game 2, pitted Alzolay against his former teammate Nick […]

COLORADO SPRINGS — It’s only Pine Creek football’s second season in Class 5A, but the team is already playing like a powerhouse in the classification. After losing in the semifinals to Cherry Creek in Year 1 in 5A, Pine Creek’s first game of 2023 indicates it’s just getting going as a primary challenger to the […]

Friday night’s feature attraction followed the same, tired old plot. Rockies’ bullpen collapses late, Rockies lose again. This time, 13-9, to Toronto in front of 27,397 fans at Coors Field. At least Friday night’s coming attraction was entertaining. Rookie left fielder Nolan Jones launched a three-run, two-out home run in the sixth inning to give […]

HOUSTON — Hours before Austin Wells and Jasson Domínguez made their major league debuts for the Yankees, the former said the latter wouldn’t be intimated by Justin Verlander, the Astros’ starter on Friday night. “From the first time I played with him, he is unfazed by really anything,” Wells said of Domínguez. “So I mean, […]

By AUDREY McAVOY (Associated Press) HONOLULU (AP) — The number of people on the official list of those missing from the Maui wildfire stood at 385 on Friday, nearly unchanged from a week earlier. In a news release, the Maui Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation said 245 people on the list of […]

Two of Baltimore’s top prospects in 2015 led their team to victory Friday. That team just wasn’t the Orioles. Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Zach Davies and first baseman Christian Walker handed Baltimore a 4-2 loss to open the weekend series at Chase Field. Davies, who spent the first four years of his professional career in the […]

BROOMFIELD — The matchup between the Class 4A defending champs and the team it beat by 58 last season was the biggest ticket in the town of Broomfield Friday night. Could anyone predict what was in store, though? Those who crammed into Mike G. Gabriel Stadium — or as some did, watch from outside the […]