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Ramsey: Colorado girls' soccer needs more yellow cards to control mayhem
PARKER - Soccer is a game of grace and finesse. Or at least it should be. During a decade of watching Colorado high school girls' soccer, I've seen a variety of questionable tactics. Well, actually, the tactics sometimes travel beyond questionable into the realm of flat-out dirty. That's why I was happy to see a yellow card in the 60th...
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Palmer Ridge drops 4A girls' soccer semi to Broomfield 2-1 on two penalty kicks
PARKER ? Two first-half penalty kicks were too much for Palmer Ridge to overcome in its state semifinal 4A soccer struggle with Broomfield. Palmer Ridge's Bears lost, 2-1, Saturday. The second penalty kick baffled Palmer Ridge coach Nick Odil. The goal came after a hand ball call on Cydney Skinner. "It was real iffy," Odil said. "And it was...
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RAMSEY: Air Academy struggles with state champ burden
It’s not easy being the state champs. Just ask the girls' soccer team at Air Academy High School. Brooke Braden, the Kadets high-scoring star, shrugged as she considered the burden of being the best. The best last season, that is. “There’s a huge target on our backs,” she said. “The title hangs over us a lot. We reflect on it a...
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RAMSEY: NFL draft ranks 1st on overhyped sports list
As the 2007 NFL draft approached, JaMarcus Russell was essentially guaranteed superstardom by many of the same experts we will listen to Thursday as our planet’s most overhyped sporting event invades our living rooms. “Nobody has an arm like JaMarcus Russell,” shouted ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. “The skill level he has is certainly John...
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RAMSEY: Jaden Schwartz offers Avs preview of his future
DENVER – Jaden Schwartz had a clear look at the net, which meant Avalanche goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere had no chance. Schwartz, the former Colorado College star, launched a rocket shortside, and Giguere was frozen as the puck roared past his hip and into the back of the net. Schwartz and his Blues fell short Sunday at Pepsi Center,...
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RAMSEY: Old man Andre Miller rescues Nuggets
DENVER – Andre Miller, the Denver Nuggets crafty old man, sat on the bench, listening to the instructions of coach George Karl. There were 14.5 seconds left in the Nuggets' thrilling, sloppy struggle with the Golden State Warriors. It was, of course, oh-so dramatic. The game was tied. The crowd was roaring. And Miller? “I was tired,...