Garrett Brown

Grand Junction

Anchor and Reporter at KKCO-TV (Grand Junction, CO)

Anchor and Reporter at KJCT-TV (Grand Junction, CO)

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Former CMU Baseball standouts in Pro Ball

1 week ago | kkco11news.com | Garrett Brown

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Colorado Mesa Baseball has been a Division II powerhouse program for decades, so it is only natural that a couple former CMU Baseball Players can be found throughout the many levels of pro-baseballKyle Leahy has been pitching well out of the St. Louis Cardinals Bullpen, you can find more on his 2025 season here. Counting Leahy, there are six total former Mavericks competing in a level of professional baseball.
Final Whistle: Jackalopes rattling off wins

1 week ago | kkco11news.com | Garrett Brown

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - After a rough start to the season, the Grand Junction Jackalopes seem to be rounding into form, winning their first series of the season. The Jackalopes flipped the script on an early 4-1 deficit in their penultimate matchup of this series with the Northern Colorado Owlz, with one swing of the bat.
Former MLB Pitcher delivers speech at Local Youth Baseball Tournament

2 weeks ago | kkco11news.com | Garrett Brown

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - The 4th Annual Grand Junction High Desert Classic Competitive Baseball Tournament brought 60 teams from across state lines into Grand Junction, and the annual Friday Night All-Team BBQ gave the youth baseball teams, a little taste of the big leagues. The Tournament features teams from four different states ages 9-14, with the BBQ gathering all of the teams at The Diamond at Hamilton Ballpark at Colorado Mesa.
Pioneer League, Jackalopes Introduce “Home Run Derby Night in the PBL”

2 weeks ago | kkco11news.com | Garrett Brown

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - The Pioneer League and the Grand Junction Jackalopes are set to kickoff a first-of-its-kind in-season tournament, “Home Run Derby Night in the PBL. The Tournament will span 13 weeks, and consist of 72 head-to-head matchups between individual players. Either before or after Saturday games, teams will select two players each to compete in one-on-one matchups, where the player with the most home runs in their matchup in two minutes wins.
Jackalopes heating up; Make it three in a row

2 weeks ago | kkco11news.com | Garrett Brown

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - The Jackalopes seem to be bouncing back from a slow start to the 2025 season, hanging a couple of crooked number on the board in a 16-11 win over the Northern Colorado Owlz, the Jackalopes’ third consecutive victory. Things looked out of sync for the Jackalopes early on, with the very first pitch of the game out of the hands of Joe Cuomo hitting Owlz leadoff man Gianni Horvat, leading to what wound up being a four-run top of the first for the visitors.
Former CMU Pitcher making the most in the Major Leagues

2 weeks ago | kkco11news.com | Garrett Brown

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Kyle Leahy, a former Colorado Mesa Maverick Pitcher is posting some major numbers in the Major Leagues. Leahy, a native of Boulder, Colo. is seventh all-time in strikeouts for the Mavericks, pitching in Grand Junction from 2016-2018, and was selected in the Major League Baseball Draft in the 17th round by the St. Louis Cardinals in 2018.
Athlete of the Week: Easton Embrey

2 weeks ago | kkco11news.com | Garrett Brown

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Easton Embrey is leaving a legacy behind at Palisade High School. The former Palisade Bulldog was a scoring machine on the gridiron and a star on both sides of the ball on the baseball. After Embrey and the rest of Palisade Baseball made a run to the final four of the state playoffs in Embrey’s senior season, he will join a baseball program that has become very familiar to baseball fans on the West Slope, the Florence-Darlington Tech Stingers.
Jackalopes slug their way to first home victory of the season

2 weeks ago | kkco11news.com | Garrett Brown

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - That one had to feel good, for the first time at Suplizio this season, the Grand Junction Jackalopes are victorious, opening up a series with the Northern Colorado Owlz with a victory 13-5. After a rough home opener series due to both the weather, and on field results, the Jackalopes came into a new home series with the Northern Colorado Owlz, still searching for their first victory at Suplizio Field this season.
L’accord de l’OMS sur les pandémies se fait-il au détriment d’autres priorités de santé mondiale ?

2 weeks ago | theconversation.com | Valéry Ridde |Elisabeth Paul |Garrett Brown

L’accord sur les pandémies signé en mai 2025 par les États membres de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) est présenté comme un succès historique du multilatéralisme. Pourtant, il pourrait se révéler délétère pour les autres priorités de santé globale, du fait de la gouvernance technocratique qu’il propose et des coûts financiers élevés qui seraient alloués à des risques pandémiques hypothétiques.
Final Whistle: Doubleheader

2 weeks ago | kkco11news.com | Garrett Brown

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - The Grand Junction Jackalopes and/or Humpback Chubs played a pair of home games on Saturday looking for their first home win of the season. The Jackalopes have had a rough hand dealt to them weather wise with their home opening series, two games were postponed due to weather, one of those games was the on-field debut of the Jackalopes alternate Identity, the Humpback Chubs, that game was moved to a Saturday doubleheader with the the Idaho Falls Chukars.