Athletics
At Saturday's first home game of the football season, let’s rally behind not only the Buffs but ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Ʒ’s top-of-the-line zero waste program at Folsom Field - Ralphie's Green Stampede.
Bragging rights in Colorado for the next 364 days will be up for grabs Friday night when Colorado and Colorado State square off in the Rocky Mountain Showdown, one of the oldest college football rivalries in the Rocky Mountain West.
Are you going to the Rocky Mountain Showdown and need a ride? The University of Colorado Student Government and CU Athletics have paired up to make free bus rides available to ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· students going to the CU vs CSU game on Friday, Sept. 2. The buses will board in front of the Coors Events Center beginning at 2 p.m.
In what may be a first-ever exhaustive study of intercollegiate student-athletes, a team of ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· researchers will gauge not only fitness but also general well-being among participants. Funded by a grant from the Pac-12 Conference, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ·'s Public Health Program, the Integrative Physiology Department, Sports Medicine, Psychology and Neuroscience and others will collaborate, examining such aspects as how quickly student-athletes acclimate to Boulder's altitude and how healthy their sleep patterns are, for example.
It's been more than a week now since two of their runners, former Colorado NCAA champions and All-Americans Emma Coburn and Jenny Simpson, claimed Olympic bronze medals.
The glow has by no means worn off.
Former Colorado star Jenny Simpson became the second Buff in two days to claim an Olympic bronze medal, putting on a terrific finishing kick over the last 200 meters Tuesday night to finish third in the 1,500-meter final. Simpson, who finished in 4
Very few Olympians get to leave the games with a medal around their neck, but Colorado's very own Emma Coburn will leave as one of the elite after earning the bronze medal in the 3,000-meter steeplechase Monday morning.
<p>Excitement for the Olympics in Rio is building for CU alumni Jenny Simpson and Emma Coburn. The two track and field stars and training partners are aiming for gold when they compete in August at the XXXI Olympiad in Rio.</p>
<p>Folsom Field hasn't hosted concerts since 2001. The sonic drought ends this summer with back-to-back shows by Dead & Company. </p>
JR Payne, who led Santa Clara University to its first winning record since 2008, has been named the eighth head women’s basketball coach in University of Colorado history, athletic director Rick George announced Monday.ned a five-year contract and the hire will become official pending approval of CU’s Board of Regents, as is the case with all high-profile campus positions.