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LOS ANGELES — The difference was night and day.

The Rockies doubled up on their misery Tuesday night at Coors Field.

In his last start before the all-star break, Kyle Freeland punched out a light in the Rockies’ dugout in a fit of frustration. Monday night in Milwaukee, the left-hander was simply lights out.

It looked like the type of game the Rockies’ dreamed up during the offseason: A road victory, against a quality team, based on clutch hits, including a big home run.

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DALLAS — The fact that Big 12 and Pac-12 officials conducted their supposed merger talks on Zoom calls tells you just how disingenuous the entire exercise was. Zoom is for booster boards and fantasy football drafts, not billion dollar, generational transactions. Who could keep a straight face pretending to be…

The Rockies have to bring their A-game to defeat a good team on the road. They forgot to bring it to the ballpark Saturday night.

The Rockies’ were bubbling over with optimism before the all-star break.

Johnson spent five seasons with the Steelers, two with Philadelphia, helped New England win the Super Bowl in the 2001 season and ended his career with Buffalo in 2002.

PITTSBURGH — Charles Johnson, the Steelers' first-round pick in 1994, who spent five seasons with the team, has died at the age of 50, according to reports out of his home state.

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