rod mackey, 9 news. >> broncos huddle begins in about 40 minutes, this is kind of cool. we are debuting new fancy technology which allows you to interact with the program. go to 9news.com/votenow and wait for rod to ask for your opinion. something he has never done with me. >>> nuggets are playing the last game before the all star break tonight. they are trailing the detroit pistons 34-31 in the second quarter. one of the most beautiful baseball stadiums is being transformed into a hockey arena. rink construction is under way avalanche play the red wings in the stadium series 2 weeks from saturday. >>> we are going to play drew's clues. clue number 1, born february 10, 1991 in california, he is celebrating his 25th birth day tonight. his grandmother taught him how to bowl and he is so good and carries a 267 average. number 3, just gained a hundred yards of total offense and >>> an early rally on the stock market was mostly gone with a mixed finish. >>> all right, entertainment tonight is next, the huddle is on later, and rod might actually ask drew's opinion. we don't kn

that's what we do the whole season for, man. >> reporter: rod mackey, 9news. >>> carolina panthers's quarterback cam newton is sore from the beat down in mar ways than one. he has been criticized for how he behaved before, during, and after the super bowl including sulking through and leaving the press conference. >> i've been on record to say i'm a sore loser. who likes to lose? show me a good loser and i'm going to show you a loser. i'm not here to -- it's not a popularity contest. i am here to win football games. me, find a cam newton bobblehead wherely is sulking. >> i want to like him so bad. >> i think i still >>> stocks finished down for the third straight day over worries that the economy is the dow is down 12 and the s&p >>> a week ago today, a raging snowstorm. today, could it get any better you say? sunshine and 55? yes, how about 60s tomorrow and close to 60 over the weekend and close to 70 the middle of next week. >> wow. >> on valentine's day, you know, get outside and have fun. >> wow. >> wear sunscreen when you do. >> yeah. speaking from experience? >>> before we leav

yes, that is rod mackey, peyton manning and snoop dogg hanging out at a press conference today, rod apparently oblivious looking at his phone playing word with friends or something. peyton. >> the halftime headliner for play. today the group talked about the show and also made their picks for the game. >> they have a scottish kicker as well and our bass player is scottish as well, so we feel a certain affinity with the scots. so i think we'll go panthers. >> the denver panthers we definitely are rooting okay? >> denver panthers. >> all right. >>> animals are making their super bowl predictions, too. ozzy the grizzly in montana went with the broncos. a manatee in florida who has been right eight of the last nine super bowls also went with the broncos. although his friend went with the panthers. at a zoo in tennessee a panda picked carolina. 9news reporter matt renoux is joining us now. >> matt? >> reporter: thanks. yeah. i like some of those predictions, i guess. it's kind of a really wild way to look at the super bowl and all sign here as far as animal predictions go certainly point the bronco

rod mackey, 9news. >> you can tell the reporters and photographers are probably running out of questions to ask because as you probably saw in that video, all the cameras were following snoop as opposed to any of the broncos players this morning. >> snoop youth football league, very popular in southern california, out for about a dozen years now. they tried to expand to colorado and it was a total disaster. there were no fields, no referees, uniforms were the wrong sizes. they canceled the season about

might have something to do with manning's decision, also, and we're live. 9news sports reporter rod mackey is at the broncos hotel hey, rod. >> reporter: it's a good thing that the team has two weeks off before the super bowl, give some of those banged up broncos time to heal up and it worked. tj ward and darian stewart both full participants at practice today and peyton manning said he had apparently his best performance at practice of the year and more good news for the this team has never talked so much and they're hired of it. >> hola, amigos. >> super bowl. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: some guys more than others. the broncos are ready to play football. my if he will fit in perfectly -- my question will fit in perfectly with that. how ready are you to be done with this and just focus on the football game? >> i'm very ready. we're here to play a game, not put on a show. >> reporter: you enjoy this stuff more than a lot of your teammates, but even for you. >> i can't wait to play. this time and in day is over. we had fun with you guys, all the silly questions and those things are o

rod mackey is here and there were some pretty happy av fans tonight. >> i was hoping for a blizzard. i would have loved to have seen a blizzard. instead they had a million cotton balls covering up the infield, so it looked like snow. the best part about the alumni game? the avs won. tomorrow night's game means more, but that doesn't make tonight's meaningless. it never is when the avalanche play the red wings, the greatest rivalry in hockey tonight played by the players that made it that way, the old guys back on the ice on the diamond at coors field. the avs head coach playing like he could get back between the pipes if heed on. the patrick -- if he wanted. patrick played well. that wrister still works, but it was the youngest guy on the ice with the prettiest goal, no bad blood tonight, just a for the avs as colorado's old guys beat detroit's old guys, final score 5-2. it was funny because after the game avs were all happy. red wings in exhibition were still mad. >> how about that picture, though, at the end? could you imagine that if you turned back the clock and said one day all

the biggest interview may not have happened in that room. 9news reporter rod mackey joins us from the bay area with that. rod? >> reporter: that's right, adele. we were at opening night what they're calling media nowadays, but with so many cameras and so many reporters we wanted to see how inside broncos insider mike klis could actually get and he got peyton manning all by his lonesome. >> he's going to play till his 70. belichick will coach till he's 90. maybe i hit the fountain of youth in the next couple months and play another 10 years, but in case it's the last time i play a championship, this could be, no definite and something about telling them man to man, it was reactionary. you media folks are all over the field. you barely have time to move or talk to anybody. so i just took the time to tell those guys it was what i felt at that particular time. >> now all of the broncos were available and all did answer questions, but most of those questions were about peyton. >> he's never been a distraction, any of that stuff that's went on with him. he's a pro. he handles all this stuff

we saw that story play out last night in california. 9news sports anchor rod mackey and 9news broncos insider mike klis watch the superbowl for the football... they also want to see the commercials. we used twitter to find some that every year people watch the big game for those super trends to track which videos got people talking. this year some were funny and others were kind of weird. this ad has taken off, one of the most talked about on social media. we saw thousands of twets with the hash tag puppymonkeybaby... some said the creature was terrifying -- others loved the ad for the new mountain dew drink. here's another one... steve harvey made fun of his mistake at the miss universe pagent last year. he accidentaly anounced the wrong miss universe winner in december. this ad the best one go online and tell us which ad was your favorite. and people are about lady gaga's performance superbowl. award winner sang last night. she wore a sparkly complete with red white and blue shoes... blue nails... eye shadow. tweets about the were very positive. performance ended with a flyover by t

-- 9news sports reporter rod mackey asphalt. he's always a target. >> reporter: keep in mind we're talking about applier -- mackey is involved. he's always a target. >> keep in mind we're talking about the super bowl. the broncos don't practice on tuesday, never do, not denver and not here which means today is pretty much a nonfootball day. 10 players talked to the media. so those guys didn't get completely out of it, but beach besides the one hour from 11:00 until noon today they were all clear to do nonsuper bowl stuff. >> we're definitely enjoying the bay area, taking me around, showing me a few things, nice restaurants and stuff. our kick it time it pretty much over, man, time to lock in now, game time, game week. >> reporter: aaron matas joins us now and the broncos are good and they're good friends. >> reporter: that's exactly right. there have been some very talented rosters the last couple years in denver and they have not all gotten to this stage. today the players told us about one of the intangibles that makes this yea

the biggest interview may not have happened in that room. 9news reporter rod mackey joins us from the bay area with that. rod? >> reporter: that's right, adele. we were at opening night what they're calling media nowadays, but with so many cameras and so many reporters we wanted to see how inside broncos insider mike klis could actually get and he got peyton manning all by his lonesome. >> he's going to play till his 70. maybe i hit the fountain of youth in the next couple months and play another 10 years, but in case it's the last time i play a championship, this could be, no definite and something about telling them man to man, it wasn't planned. it was reactionary. you media folks are all over the field. you barely have time to move or talk to anybody. so i just took the time to tell those guys it was what i felt at that particular time. >> now all of the broncos were available and all did answer questions, but most of those questions were about peyton. >> he's never been a distraction, any of that stuff that's went on with him. he's a pro. he handles all this stuff. it really hasn

the dow fill 57 points, s&p >>> from colorado sports leader here's rod mackey. >> i think it might be friendly at the start and might change over the course of the game. and we all love competing and it will be fun. >> fun, that the understatement of the season. this is a game that every hockey fan in colorado has been waiting for. saturday, of course, means more, but most are more excited about the hall of famers on the ice. 12 in all for tonight's alumni game, a game that's about to get underway at coors field. how cool is this? fans went crazy when the avs stepped on the ice and they went nuts as well. they went crazy with booze. no true avs fan liked that team in red, not then and not now. we will have early highlights for you coming up tonight at 6:00. >>> now the old guys play tonight while the young guns go tomorrow. the current avs and red wings took to the ice on the diamond for the first time this afternoon over at coors field. black eyes in this rivalry, that's nothing new, but they're playing in the sun which means eye black. games that have been around the league the past

rod mackey is here and there were some pretty happy av fans tonight. >> i was hoping for a blizzard. i would have loved to have seen a blizzard. instead they had a million cotton balls covering up the the best part about the alumni game? the avs won. tomorrow night's game means more, but that doesn't make tonight's meaningless. it never is when the avalanche play the red wings, the greatest rivalry in hockey tonight played by the players that made it that way, the old guys back on the ice on the diamond at coors field. the avs head coach playing like he could get back between the pipes if heed on. the patrick -- if he wanted. patrick played well. that wrister still works, but it was the youngest guy on the ice with the prettiest goal, no bad blood tonight, just a within for the avs as -- a win for the avs as colorado's old guys beat detroit's old guys, final score 5-2. it was funny because after the game avs were all happy. red wings in exhibition were still mad. >> how about that picture, though, at the end? could you imagine that if you turned back the clock and said one day all th

here's one of our favorite pictures from yesterday-- our own rod mackey standing of snoop and but rod's just phone. for our final broncos video challenge of the week... we want to see and hear your broncos cheers at school and work. these fans got their cheers in early yesterday... you can share yours with us today... submit them on the 9news app or email them to your take at 9news dot com. or- share with us on social media using the hashtag today you will have plenty of opportunities to get a free broncos country magnet. there are 10 different locations where we are handing them out today. this morning you can find them in broomfield, englewood, littleton, thornton and wheat ridge. then this afternoon they'll be in aurora, lakewood, edgewater and 2 different denver spots. you can find all of the details on 9news dot com. last night, hillary clinton and bernie one final debate hampshire primary. of clinton as the candidate of wall clinton responded sanders meant to say she could be bought - he should come out and say it. other than that... the two talked about progressive ideals. a mode

rod mackey, alongside, on board. >> hey, guys. we're sitting up here. the denver chop house is where we're passing now. and the fans are getting thicker and thicker as we go. going crazy. everyone. this is great stuff. we also got lerentee mccray. >> we have the barricades here now. and now the fans, the crowd goes nut. >> and not only do you have all of the fans filming the players but most of the guys up here have their selfie sticks and they have their cell phones. shaq's wife getting some shots. and lerentt getting some shots. documenting it. yes the broncos won three of these things but you don't know when it will happen again and they are soaking it all in. fantastic stuff. >> right there. von miller. out front. sartorial splendor who has given us so much in that accident. >> i love his hat. always the wonderful hats. >> and von miller. and anabel bowlen. holding up the lombardi trophy. manning. along with demarcus ware. >> and they are precious. the kids. >> i nomar shale has been to quite a few of -- i know, marshall has been to quite a few of t

. >>> 9news continues next, rod mackey will look back at birth of our hockey -- both of our hockey games and john elway >>> tonight on over time john elway talks about trying to keep as many broncos pieces in place as possible and hockey at coors field. over time is next. >> we are going to over time on 9news. >> thank you for staying up late for over time. repeating as super bowl champions isn't easy but the broncos did it, how can they do it again? plate. mike klis found out, that nfl combine he is going to get it done. [ music ] >> reporter: john, first of all, everybody wants to know what you are going to do this away? >> went to hawaii for 9 days. nice. took my wife over there. yeah. hard to believe, seems like it is longer than 2-1/2 weeks ago. we are back into it. it is nice to be here. exciting part of the year because now we are looking forward to next year. >> reporter: you talked to peyton, was it you talking to him or he telling you what he will do? >> i want to hear him talk. it is a big time in his life. a decision that, you know, going to be the same or change his life for

rod mackey has done a beautiful job covering the broncos all year. not once has the man busted a dance move because what is to bust? >> reporter: [laughing] five have absolutely no rhythm. with the players we get some of them dancing. we are on bus 14 going through here. it is an absolute blast getting ready to do this. we are passing coors field right now. let the parade begin. this should really be something special. earlier today we sat down and talk to john elway and gary kubiak, they all talked about what an awesome time this is. there were a tremendous amount of fans in the santa clara but this is the time they are excited about. now they get to bring the trophy back here to colorado and celebrate in front of the fans. it is not just the players, we see their families, they have friends with them, they are wearing the jerseys, everyone the best right has been interesting because as we tried we have the police escort but everyone is out, so fortunately it has been a safe ride but it has been a little sketchy watching all of the fans waving at th

we'll have to see what mike klis and rod mackey and aaron matas know, but there were reporters asking questions such as who was the best dancer? who was the best singer? who did the best impression of coach kubiak or john elway and by the way, the kudos for john elway among executives in the nfl and long time media members who cover the nfl. the things that they are saying about john elway how he has completely reshaped this organization and decided we are going to go to the super bowl now. we are going to win now and we're going to hire the personnel that's necessary. he suddenly is the most popular gm in the nfl, the guy who appears to have this little piece of magic that makes all of this happen. >> 21 out of 22 starting under the elway era. so he knows what he wants. he is the mastermind in many ways here, but there are a lot of people in place, a lot of really smart people and a lot of commitment and the way they treated one another that this was a team that was underrated in many ways and they have left the plane as ryan haarer was reporting together as a team sharing that lomba

rod mackey is sleeping somewhere in there but we hope he's getting upset because he's going to join us coming up here in the next half hour to really talk about what the broncos are doing to prepare starting today. we had a sit down with john elway, we talked with a lot of the players. they are going to start their focus now. they say this is not a fun trip. they have a goal in mind, and trophy back to denver when the snow clears. >> in the pictures you guys repost -- you guys reposting of the team getting on the plane, they were all dressed up. they look pretty businesslike, i am telling you. >> did you like his -- von miller suit? >> i did, very fancy. >> it's better than the verse aussie pans. >> i totally agree. [laughter] when we come back we take a look at the iowa caucuses. that's tonight. we talk about what to expect after iowa casts its first votes for president. >>> hey guys, i got my first angry email from out really nice -- a really nice fellow durango. you really shouldn't use language like that at 5:00 in the morning. it's snowing down here as well, springs a part of line

broncos go first followed by the panthers and we are live. 9 news sports report ror rod mackey is in san jose tonight. hi, rod. forward to see if we get "i am just here so i don't get fined" quotes. they moved this to a night event and it is an event, not about interviewed but a circus, if you will going onfelt the biggest crowd-- on. the biggest crowd will be around manning, everybody asking about the last rodeo. when we left there were hundreds of cameras but because we have broncos insider, mike klis we didn't have to deal with the hundreds of cameras, one camera talking to peyton, one on one with him. what stood out to you about what he discussed? >> he opened about a variety of topics, the biggest was that he did talk about the fuss going on with what he will do, when or not he will retire. he talked about why, he talked to bill belichick the way he did at mid-field, he delivered the same message to tom brady, he wanted to tell him in that moment rather than write a text or letter. >> lets take a listen. >> i am not naive. i understand there are people around. i wanted at that pa

. >> and now i am visualizing 9 news sports reporter rod mackey live at the broncos team hotel in santa clara. hey, rod. >> reporter: like that, here i am. super bowl 50 may match the broncos and the panthers, but as so often happens in super bowls and in football, we tend to talk about the individual match up's like the quarterback battle. take cam newton, he has a reputation as a runner. peyton, though, he shows he can move as well. that famous, infamous, 12-yard run by number 18, the most impressive of his career. >> i doubt i will get to run that much on sunday because of the 12-yard run i had against new england. it was a good chance carolina may send somebody to spy me, whether they drop somebody to, i think we will find out early in the first third down whether they have somebody spy me like other quarterbacks. >> reporter: aaron matas joins us and despite what peyton said i am guessing cam will be the only one we see run. >> he will run. he will throw, and cam newton will celebrate. newton often crit icized for his on the field dancing but there is a simple way to keep him from

staying in routine the broncos took tuesday off like always and we're live with 9news reporter rod mackey in santa clara tonight. hi, rod. >> reporter: drew, thanks. the broncos are all in on their panther preparations, but there has been time for some noncarolina questions like playing both ways. it happens in high school, rarely happens in college and almost never happens in the nfl, but there are a few broncos who believe they could do it. >> i'd say emanuel, man, great athlete, and by the way, he takes those hits over the middle. i'm assuming that he had a chance to give some hits, he'd >> touchdown denver, emmanuel sanders. >> you're looking at it right now. line me up at corner back. line me up at quarterback. line me up at running back. i could even play a little linebacker, d line. >> emmanuel know, he's on the other end of probably 75 of my passes in practice. i told you i throw 100 passes every day. i throw them to bt and emmanuel. if anybody would know about my offensive skill or ability, it would be those guys. i appreciate it. >> reporter: so if this is peyton's last rodeo, y

we will cross our fingers and >>> from colorado's sports leader here is rod mackey. >> storm the court. that was scene in boulder on wednesday night after the bus knocked off arizona. today they got the other team, 14-14 asu. on paper an easier opponent but a loss would put them back on the ncaa tournament bubble. it was senior day at boulder. the last game at home for josh scott. he will be missed. missed dunk by asu. ncu made them pay. three. a little later, showing how you dunk the ball. deuce. this game was close throughout till the end. they put it away. the dish to scott. last game in boulder. a victory. cu 79-69. csu and nevada. he knocks down two free throws. no time left to force over time. that is clutch. but it didn't matter. they took over in over time. csu loses the first round bye as they lose. the pioneers jumping out to a 7- 01st quarter lead on way to the win. >> football now, spruce and higgins left college as the all time leading receivers. now it is time to get paid to play. here is mike klis. >> reporter: higgins and spruce will be among the receivers here. they ea

. >>> from colorado's sports leader here is rod mackey. >> an early start for the avs buffalo. 10:30 a.m. is too early mountain time for anyone to play in the nhl. he gave up two goals. the first two he saw. or perhaps he didn't see. maybe that was the issue. down 2-05 minutes in. he had seen enough. he came in, gave up just one goal but the damage was done. the goal didn't matter a lot. they win 4-1. his fifth straight game between the pipes was a game to forget. >> to think about going -- when a goalie gets in the zone you want talet him play. unfortunately -- you want to let him play. unfortunately it wasn't the start you wanted. >> the nba all-star game. kobe was there for an 18th and final time. leading scorer in all star history. von miller was court side for this one. a ton of scoring. dwyane wade. off the glass to kevin durant. like a kidio game. -- video game. the jumper rolls around and around and down. kobe bryant 10 points and he left the all-star game for one final time. 196-173. >> kobe bryant's last season more about me than peyton manning's season. peyton manning is n

. >>> from colorado sports leader here's rod mackey. >> reporter: welcome back to santa clara, california. we continue to be live right in front of the broncos teal hotel and in two days from today super -- team hotel and in two days from today super bowl 50 will be underway, peyton versus cam. obviously we spent a lot of time talking about no. 18, so let's talk about the guy on the other side of the football, the bad guy, you will, because he's playing for the panthers. that will be likely mvp cam through the air, 12 on the ground. it's tough to stop this guy. he's 6' 5, 245, almost the same size as demarcus ware. >> cam newton is a challenge. he's one of those guys where he's sort of two players in one. you usually go against a typical quarterback and they don't really run the ball. so if you beat the tackle, you just go on and make the big play or get the sack, but with cam you have to first of all beat the tackle and then he is the running back, also. he can run the ball, string plays out and make those throws down the field deep that the great quarterbacks do. so that's the challenge

the broncos will go first followed by the carolina panthers and we're live. 9news sports reporter rod mackey is at the home of the nhl shark. hi, rod. >> reporter: that's right, drew. no ice tonight, just a lot of media members. this thing is bigger and better. we'll find out if it's better. a huge crowd gathering. fans are allowed to come in now. they've been lining up for hours, thousands of fans, probably fans and media pretty even steven in there. they've been setting up all day long. aaron matas joins us now and the biggest contingent of cameras all in front of no. 18. >> reporter: there's always been some drama there with photographers getting their tripods in the right spot. peyton will be the busiest man tonight on media night. >> reporter: this time around emmanuel sanders has a podium. when he was a rookie with the steelers, he complained he didn't have one. there's only 17 broncos who have played in a super bowl before. von miller never has. he was here but didn't play. >> i didn't have any type of influence over the game. so it's definitely hard when you know you didn't do anythi

manning obviously wishes the game was here already but there wait and we're live. 9news reporter rod mackey is at the team hotel in santa clara >> today was third straight day that peyton manning gets to meet the media and he will get to talk to us tomorrow, too. four days in a row of answering the same old questions. what's surprising is that he has not had to answer a whole lot of questions about the last trip to the super bowl. that was two years ago. super bowl xlviii against seattle. 43-8, a game we are all trying to forget. >> we got beat by a hot team and a better team that night. it was disappointing. tough pill to swallow. but i give seattle a lot of credit. i was honored to be part of that team. i don't get into making comparisons. it was a real privilege to be a part of that team, just like it is an honor and privilege to be part of this team. >> the broncos are trying to focus on just foot wall but especially with their families coming into town tomorrow. football is a huge part of life for all of the broncos but for most of them, especially the players with kids, family comes f

. >>> the broncos huddle begins at 7:00. 9news sports reporter rod mackey is giving you a chance to move the chains. >> reporter: we get to talk a lot of sports, talk to the players and coaches and let you know what they say, what they're thinking. tonight on a special post super bowl edition of the broncos huddle we want to hear what you're thinking using some new technology. we'll post some questions during the show so you can let us know your opinion by logging onto 9news.com/votenow on your mobile device. the answers from you and everyone watching will appear on the screen as you vote. we'll post the questions. you vote on them. it's going to be a ton of fun. so grab your phone and get ready to play along. we'll see you tonight at 7:00 on the broncos huddle. >> you know who i can't get off my mind since the broncos went to the super bowl and now only participate, tim mckernan, the barrel man, would have loved this. >> yes, he would. >> was it his brother who showed up for the team departure? >> yeah. his wife was out there yesterday at the parade. >> maybe it was his son. i'm trying

rod mackey, 9news. >>> the nuggets thought they won a game with a buzzer beater tonight just before they lost the game on aim buzzer beater. nugs were trailing the -- on a buzzer beater. nugs were trailing the brooklyn nets by one point until kenneth faried comes through. that's what i'm talking about with just one tick on the clock, just enough time for the nets to feed their all-star >> joe johnson throws it up for the win and scores. >> that's what i'm talking about. nuggies lose 105-104, lucky shot. >>> strange but drew. the official denver broncos super bowl championship ball cap that peyton manning wore during the postgame celebration had an upside down velcro strap on the back. guy puts in 18 years, breaks every imaginable record, wins the super bowl in what is likely his final game and they hand him an irregular defect hat, strange but drew. >> an actual photo, not doctored. >> actual photograph, so much so that my manning bleacher creature doll, i went to check his hat today and look at that. >> it's fine. >> it's fine. >> and the other teammates? >> it says champions. >> their

rod mackey, 9news. >>> the nuggets thought they won a game with a buzzer beater tonight just before they lost the game on aim buzzer beater. nugs were trailing the -- on a buzzer beater. nugs were trailing the brooklyn nets by one point until kenneth faried comes through. that's what i'm talking about with just one tick on the clock, just enough time for the nets to feed their all-star forward. >> joe johnson throws it up for the win and scores. >> that's what i'm talking about. nuggies lose 105-104, lucky shot. the official denver broncos super bowl championship ball cap that peyton manning wore during the postgame celebration had an upside down velcro strap on the back. guy puts in 18 years, breaks every imaginable record, wins the super bowl in what is likely his final game and they hand him an irregular defect hat, strange but drew. >> an actual photo, not doctored. >> actual photograph, so much so that my manning bleacher creature doll, i went to check his hat today and look at that. >> it's fine. >> it's fine. >> and the other teammates? >> it says champions. >> their hats were fin

. >>> rod mackey will have lacrosse highlights from the du/duke game. >> we are live at coors field to premier tonight's outdoor hockey game between the >>> tonight's game is all about location, location, location. coors field the place to be tonight. the diamond with the rink in the middle of it for college hockey. nhl hockey is there next weekend. what a treat for the hockey fans in colorado. besides the playoffs, this is as good as it gets. >> i know the players are looking forward to that. i know the fans are all excited about coming out to coors field and seeing our first outdoor game. it's exciting for the city, players, everybody involved. the bottom line is that game, we're looking for a w. we're in a playoff spot now, and teams have games in hand. as much as the guys are excited about playing in the outdoor game, once it starts it's all about winning. >> the av's red wings alumni game is next weekend. tonight's game is the appetizer. >> reporter: the first outdoor college hockey game in the state of colorado is minutes away. puck drop scheduled for 6:10. we've had full access

. >>> from the colorado sports leader here is rod mackey. >> what a difference a week makes. last sunday live in santa clara california getting ready for super bowl 50. one week later we are starting the sports cast with the nba no nuggets in the big game tonight that they were partaking in last night's festivities like the dunk contest. will barton competed and none have won. we'll both well knocked out in the first round last night. a night that prolonged to 2 men. aaron gordon and zach lavine. they put on a show when gordon using the magic mascot over and over and levine showed sick skills. best one we've seen in a long time and should have been a tie but ended up giving it. look at this. wow! last week we talked about emmanuel sanders and this week emmanuel mudiay. the nuggets rookie partaking in the skills competition and didn't last long. emmanuel eliminated in the first round of the head to head contest against boston's isaiah thomas. thomas had a three going in first and he was therefore the karl-anthony towns was the champion. no nuggets won the three point contest e

here's rod mackey. >> good morning, the broncos have their walk through a little later this morning at levi's stadium and then denver is done. super bowl sunday is a day i don't -- a day away. yesterday they held a final practice and peyton manning looked good, but that was against denver scout team. the carolina defense a tad better but still not as good as the denver defense. speaking of which, t.j. ward grew up just up the street. de la salle high school, one of the best football teams in the entire country but as erin mays reports, surprisingly tj had success. >> 12 years. >> one of the most dominating teams in all of sports history. >> domination might not do it justice. not once. >> he played it de la salle high school in concord, california, about one hour from where the super bowl of the played. he was part of a run from 1992 to 2004 for the spartans one -- won 151 consecutive games. word is now an all-pro safety in denver. you would think he would have played a huge role for his -- his high school team. >> he kind of labored in relative obscurity. he was kind of -- it was kind

. >> the good news for cj anderson is that he gets to 9news sports anchor rod mackey afternoon. hey, rod. >> reporter: hey, guys, yeah. this is an awesome experience right now. we're in one of cj's room here with his mom and his grandmother and brother, pop, his girl friend, the whole anderson household. this is a special room. look at the young cj's face. this has got to be a tremendous experience for you. >> yes, it is, very exciting. >> reporter: what's been the greatest part? i can't believe how much -- cj told me you saved a lot of stuff, but he wasn't kidding. you guys saved everything, didn't you? >> every. well, we don't have a lot of his youth football stuff, but from high school on we have it. >> reporter: you said the most special stuff was on the wall we got some shots of his high school stuff. so he was 17 in high school. >> no. 17, running quarterback. >> reporter: when did you know that cj might be a little better than the guys around him? that's when i noticed that he could be something special. >> reporter: and it just kept on going. the funny thing is he just ta

>> i can see you putting it down on your cat or maybe a >>> from colorado sports leader here is rod mackey. >>. good morning. location, location, location. 2 the hokies games that course between the avs and redwings at friday night's alumni game was better because the avs won that game. last night it had moments like the fake snow. they covered the infield with cotton to make it look like snow and when the winds picked up and look like a fake blizzard. with the third detroit up 3-2 and alex tanguay cleans up and caught up at 3-3. i was hoping for overtime but not meant to be as brad richards got the game-winner with one minute left. detroit scored 4 times in the third as they beat the avs. final score 5-3.>> we had we had chills. i was excited. this is a game that was easy to get motivated for. the adrenaline was rushing. not the result we were looking for. >> a lot of pride in a winning and a lot of things like that. we couldn't get it done but it was a very exciting game. did a good job tying it up and -- >> i enjoy it. it was a nice experience. i'm disappointed because we lost tonight.

sports intern for years now, and that's basically what i'm doing, i'm riding the coat tails of rod mackey and the crew here. i'm warming up his seat and he's joining you later. the broncos made their first trip to levi stadium today. they got a chance to walk through that tunnel, see the field for the first time. i can only imagine how they are feeling this close to the game. >> the nerves, absolutely. >> really special. and you're right, there's nothing sadder than a sale the day after a super bowl loss, you are absolutely right. >> reporter: yeah. you don't want a 50% off shirt under those circumstances. >> no, you don't. full price here. one and only time. we'll talk to you later, thanks. >>> by now all the arm chair theories about what team will win. >> sports a to z, sam and ron break down what the broncos need to do to claim another championship. >> the denver broncos are 6- point underdogs tomorrow. tell me how they're going to buck the odds and win the championship. >> they're going to take a page from the raiders in super bowl xviii. do you remember that game? >> marcus allen is

. >> up next, rod mackey on some >>> we love the music. several broncos and coach kubiak took to the podium today to address the fans before the big day on sunday. and i am sure they are just getting ready to practice and >> a lot of practice, and rod, you tweeted amazing how kubiak can answer the same question for the thousand th time and act like it was the first time he heard it. >> reporter:ly is good at that and peyton is better. he answers the same question over and over and make it seem like it's the first time. they talked to the media one more time tomorrow and then 100% focus on f ootball and football only. and the thing has been big stories here. there was the bus crash, and fortunately, the broncos were okay. the murphy prostitution sting, and peyton revealed today he will eventually have to have hip surgery, and the good news is none of those stories affect this year's super bowl. >> no. it's really surprising. i assumed that peyton would have neck trouble later on neck but turns out a doctor told him he will need hip surgery.

coming up in just a little bit, corey and gary, rod mackey will join me. players are feeling because today is really the kick off to super bowl week. you can see it about a half a mile away, levi's stadium in the distance. >> i can't believe we let matt renew go free in san francisco. a lot can happen. [laughter] >> there was simms -- some talk about a chaperone, but it wasn't in the budget. [laughter] >> the zoo begins for media day, that is for sure. >>> a lot of people have asked us are you going to give away more magnets? of course we are. our next magnet giveaways tomorrow morning, 6:00 a.m. in liquid and then again at 4:00 p.m. at commerce city. we have all the locations listed on 9news.com. >> we would never hear the end of it if we didn't give away magnets this week. >>> he was hoping for help this kind of generosity. >> we will tell you about that after the break but first a quick check of weather and traffic. >>> moderate to heavy snow, as i said at the beginning of the newscast most of it is from 3:00 p.m. this afternoon to for 4 am -- 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. 7" - 14",

we are live, rod mackey and mike klis are at the team hotel in santa clara. hi, guys. >> reporter: that was pretty cool, td handing the guys super bowl hats and jumped off the ride to the hotel, you can hear them doing sound checks. he is everywhere. >> he is. >> reporter: on the podium. >> mr. presenter, can't shake him. >> hopefully in the hall of fame this week as well. so we have the big logo of peyton behind. we can call this peyton's place, mike. >> you know, i was impressed, you could call it peyton's place except when we arrived here, rod, all the bronco fans that live here in the bay area, i don't think it denver fans have migrated out here yet but as soon as all the players got off the bus, you heard the fans, about 200 deep yelling "defense! defense!" >> an intelligent group of fans in the bay area. >> also funny because behind us are the hotel rooms, broncos go out there and waving and as soon as they would, the crowd would go nuts. i tried to do it. they could tell i wasn't one. >> who is that guy? >> pretty cool seeing the guys get on the plane

rod mackey will have the highlights coming up. >>> the cross team begins defense of their national championship. >> first weekend without football in forever. i don't like it. >> i don't either. >> though we are all still on cloud 9 after the broncos super bowl championship, but not the only championship a team from our state has won as of late. remember d.u. won the lacrosse title. today the pioneers officially begin defense of that. d.u. at air force and the crew got against the falcons. then things got interesting. air force scored 5 unanswered to take a 9-8 lead. grant here with the go ahead goal. what is going on? but the d.u. escape. high school. the game winner, d.u. 9. >>> all right, the broncos may be done but that doesn't mean we're done talking about them. this week. we had the huddle, the season finale of that one on wednesday. tomorrow night the very last broncos tonight. among the items you will see in the big show, how about one-on- one with the head coach? >> i know when you went to houston, obviously you would have wanted to win a super bowl championship for them, but how speci

here's 9 news sports anchor rod mackey way look at a great fan opportunity. -- with a look at a great fan opportunity. >> reporter: we get to talk a lot to the players and coaches and let you know what they say what they're thinking. tonight in a special post super bowl edition of the broncos huddle we want to hear what you're thinking using some new technology. we'll post some questions during the show so you can let us know your opinion by logging onto 9news.com/votenow on your mobile device. the answers from you and everyone watching will appear on the screen as you vote. we'll post the questions. you vote on them. it's going to be a ton of fun. so grab your fun and get ready to play along. we'll see you tonight at 7:00 on the broncos huddle. >> we were playing with that in the newsroom today, kim and i. >> testing it. >> we were getting ready to vote. you vote and you're in it. it records your vote. they just set up rod's fancy set over here. >> his staff. >> he's got a beautiful couch. >> he's got a finance for his hair. >> he's got -- a fan for his hair. >> he's got decorator pi

. >>> from colorado's sports leader, here's rod mackey. >> good morning. it's one of the greatest rivalries in college hockey. du and cc. they've faced off more than 300 times. but all of those games were played indoors. last night the tigers and pioneers met in the great outdoors. for the first time a hockey game at coors field. rocky hockey is back. well, sort of back. the first goal, let's just say it was unique. watch it off a pioneer's skate. off the post and in. 1-0 du. the pioneers broke it open with two goals in 15 seconds. both on the power play. danton hinan. that's eight straight against the rival. 4-1 the final. >> this is really special for times in a row is unheard of. that's a great feeling but to walk out there in the 1st period and see all those people, it gives you chills. experience. >> it was unbelievable. i think we were obviously all excited and it didn't disappoint. i think there's 35,000 fans. i don't think any of us have ever played in front of that many. so it was definitely everything we imagined. >> the avs will play their rival