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Last ski season, a record number of skiers and snowboarders visited resorts in the Rocky Mountain region, including Colorado. The vast majority of them were white. There’s an effort in Summit County to make these snowsports more accessible to everyone, and it’s being led by a longtime resident who understands the immigrant experience.

Valeri Nichushkin has been cleared to resume practicing with the Colorado Avalanche after receiving care from the player assistance program. The NHL and NHL Players' Association announced Monday that Nichushkin has entered the follow-up care phase. He has not yet been cleared to resume playing in games.

Colorado State has announced Joe Parker is stepping down from his role as director of athletics after nearly nine years. Weber has been serving as the executive director of the Rams' name, image and likeness collective. Parker will become a special advisor to CSU President Amy Parsons.

Veteran baseball broadcaster Jenny Cavnar is the new primary play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Athletics. Cavnar becomes the first woman to handle primary play-by-play duties in major league history. She has covered baseball for 17 of her 20 years in the media business, most recently calling Colorado Rockies games the past 12 years as a backup play-by-play announcer while also hosting pregame and postgame shows and regional coverage.

American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin will skip giant slalom and slalom races this weekend in Andorra to give her knee more time to mend. Shiffrin is chasing her sixth overall World Cup title this season.

Super Bowl LVIII will be in Las Vegas this weekend — one of the biggest sports (and betting) events of the year being played in a city synonymous with gambling. But there was once a time the NFL, or any pro sports league, wouldn't even allow a team in the city.

The league's first year without marquee programs Texas and Oklahoma will incorporate new members Arizona, Arizona State and Utah and mark the return of Colorado to the now 16-team league.

Days after Todd Helton was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the slugging first baseman is still getting used to the idea. Helton says he never thought he would get into Cooperstown.

Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer have been elected to baseball's Hall of Fame while Billy Wagner and Gary Sheffield fell short. Helton, making his sixth ballot appearance, got 307 votes for 79.7%, 18 more than the needed 289 for 75% after falling 11 votes short last year.

Larry Zimmer, the longtime radio voice for University of Colorado football and basketball games who also called Denver Broncos games, has died. He was 88.