Unlikely players are getting NHL auditions in front of Jared Bednar due to Avalanche injuries

The Avalanche’s deep defensive corps known throughout the league to be their greatest strength is almost back to full strength — finally. Bo Byram and Josh Manson have been skating with the team this week, both still wearing non-contact jerseys during the final stretch before the NHL All-Star break. Byram has been out since early November, Manson since early December, both with lower-body injuries.

The Buffalo Bills are coming off a disappointing end to their season, losing 27-10 at home against the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Divisional round in the playoffs. Entering the offseason, the Buffalo Bills have started looking toward the future and made the tough decision to fire one of their long-tenured coaches.

The National Football League head coaching carousel continues to spin with word that a team is parting ways with their head coach after just months on the job. Jerry Rosburg was hired by the Denver Broncos as an assistant coach to work with in-game management prior to this past season, and after head coach Nathaniel Hackett was fired mid-season, he ended up moving into the head coaching job, with some speculating that he would be kept on for next season and perhaps subsequent seasons.

NEW ORLEANS — Several minutes into the fourth quarter of Sunday’s loss to Oklahoma City, Bones Hyland got off the bench, walked the baseline, and headed for a tunnel that led to the underbelly of Ball Arena. Hyland had been subbed out moments earlier, having finished the night...

If all the Broncos did was check boxes in the search for a coach to return our local NFL squad to Super Bowl relevancy, DeMeco Ryans would’ve already been disqualified and sent packing as a candidate. Is he a quarterback whisperer guaranteed to solve the mystery of Russell Wilson?...