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Sep 22, 2024 | 
businessofcollegesports.com | John Riker |Kristi Dosh
Last Updated on September 22, 2024BOULDER, Colo. — Change was in the air at Folsom Field in Colorado football’s primetime battle with the Baylor Bears. To be more specific, it flew above the Buffaloes’ north scoreboard: a rain-soaked black flag adorned with the Big 12’s Roman numeral-style logo.
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
ajc.com | John Riker
DENVER — In one of the Braves’ most brutal losses of the season, the Braves’ bullpen lost an 8-2 eighth inning lead against the Rockies in the decisive series finale. Relievers Luke Jackson and Joe Jimenez allowed a combined seven runs in the bottom of the eighth, leading to the Braves’ 9-8 loss to the NL’s last place team. Here are five observations on Atlanta (61-56):1.
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
ajc.com | John Riker
DENVER — Lifted by first baseman Matt Olson’s grand slam in the third inning and two-run go-ahead shot in the seventh, the Braves (61-55) put an end to their six-game losing streak in an 11-8 win over the Rockies Saturday night at Coors Field. Here are five observations on the game:1. The Braves’ victorious effort against the Rockies was not pretty, and it was hardly reflective of a matchup between a team in playoff contention and another at the bottom of the standings.
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Aug 10, 2024 | 
ajc.com | John Riker
DENVER — The 2024 Braves’ outfield has not built a stellar reputation on offense, which can be attributed both to injuries to Ronald Acuña Jr. and Michael Harris II and to a lack of production at the plate for their replacements. Braves outfielders have combined to rank 23rd in the majors in batting average, 27th in OPS (on-base plus slugging) and 29th in RBIs so far this season.
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Aug 10, 2024 | 
ajc.com | John Riker
DENVER – The Braves’ free fall out of playoff position continued in their series opener to the Rockies Friday night at Coors Field. The lineup’s power helped the Braves erase a four-run deficit, before a seventh-inning double by Colorado’s Ryan McMahon doomed the Braves to a 6-5 defeat and their sixth consecutive loss. Here are five observations on the game:1.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
apsportseditors.com | Paul Barrett |John Riker
By John RikerFor the array of APSE Contest winners invited to speak Saturday at the “How We Did It” panel discussion at the APSE Summer Conference in Charlotte, N.C., their paths to the podium required their stories to stand out among the competition and resonate with their readership. During the discussion, each of the six speakers shifted from uncovering original stories about their beats to uncovering the insights behind the reporting and planning processes that set those stories apart.
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May 17, 2024 | 
medium.com | John Riker
In discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as one does these days, one argument you hear all the time is that the Jews in Israel are European settler colonialists. Okay I'll play along with this argument: if this is true, then who or what is Israel's metropole? Which European king or queen are the Jews colonizing the Middle East for? Which European country are the Jews colonizing their land in the Middle East for? Which country are they sending back tax money and natural resources too? Poland?
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May 17, 2024 | 
medium.com | John Riker
About three-quarters of a million Palestinians became war refugees from the Nakba in 1948, and to some people, this apparently gives Palestinians the perpetual right to kill Jews. But in World War II from 1938 to 1945, six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, and the Jews have not used it to justify any sort of payback from Germany. Jews did not demand six million Germans be killed after World War II ended. Jews did not start perpetual war and/or terrorism against Germany after the Holocaust.
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
denverbroncos.com | John Riker
The LeadOn a normal NFL MVP ballot, voters are asked to rank their top five choices for the league's most prestigious on-field honor. Those ballots are then compiled to determine the season's MVP, which will be revealed during NFL Honors ahead of Super Bowl LVIII. But what if the ballot was expanded? ESPN's Seth Walder expanded his rankings with a 100-player list of MVP candidates, and the Broncos boasted representatives on both sides of the ball.
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Jan 18, 2024 | 
denverbroncos.com | John Riker
The LeadBefore the Broncos' Week 16 matchup against the Patriots on Dec. 24, honorary game captain Ebenezer Ekuban returned to the grass at Empower Field at Mile High for the coin toss. The honor was another remarkable step in Ekuban's one-of-a-kind football journey and marked a return to the site of Ekuban's greatest years as an NFL player. On the “Cut Fired Traded Retired” podcast with KOA's Broncos sideline reporter Susie Wargin, Ekuban revisited his career and his time with the Broncos.
