Matt L. Stephens, The Denver Post

Matt L. Stephens

The Denver Post

Fort Collins, CO, United States

Contact Matt

Discover and connect with journalists and influencers around the world, save time on email research, monitor the news, and more.

Start free trial

Recent:
  • Unknown
Past:
  • The Denver Post
  • Coloradoan

Past articles by Matt:

Colorado State, CU will extend football rivalry another 4 games

Colorado State and CU are planning to extend their football rivalry beyond the two contracts that are already in place. → Read More

Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon exits Game 7 with an injury

Colorado Avalanche all-star center Nathan MacKinnon exited Wednesday's Game 7 against the Sharks early in the first period with an apparent upper-body injury. → Read More

Denver Pioneers hockey beats Ohio State in the NCAA Tournament, advances to national quarterfinals

The Pioneers are moving on to the NCAA hockey quarterfinals. → Read More

Stephens: CHSAA and Grandview High sent a message to athletes across Colorado that violence is OK

By turning a blind eye when a punch was thrown during a game, CHSAA and Grandview set an unfortunate precedent and sent a clear message to high school athletes across Colorado: Violence is OK. → Read More

Colorado state wrestling tournament results, Day 3

It's championship Saturday of the Colorado high school wrestling state tournaments at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Our staff is there throughout the weekend providing live coverage. Refresh this page for the latest updates and results. → Read More

Man shot in parking dispute identified as former CU Buffs football player, Aurora assistant principal

The man shot in a parking dispute on Sunday morning has been identified as Anthony "TJ' Cunningham, an assistant principal at Hinkley High School and former Seattle Seahawks safety. → Read More

Avalanche will host L.A. Kings in outdoor game at Air Force’s Falcon Stadium

The Avalanche will host the Los Angeles Kings on Feb. 20, 2020, at Falcon Stadium (capacity 46,692), marking the second home outdoor game for Colorado in a span of five years. → Read More

Patrick Saunders named Colorado Sportswriter of the Year

Denver Post reporter Patrick Saunders was named the National Sports Media Association’s 2018 Colorado Sportswriter of the Year on Monday. → Read More

Rapids draft University of Denver star Andre Shinyashiki with 5th overall pick

The Colorado Rapids have selected University of Denver striker Andre Shinyashiki with the fifth overall pick in the MLS SuperDraft. → Read More

Denver Sports Omelette: Coaches name their Colorado high school football players of the year

Votes are in. Colorado high school football coaches have voted on their 2018 all-state teams and the results were posted on CHSAANow.com on Thursday afternoon, with seniors dominating player-of-the-year awards. → Read More

Colorado accidentally approved an illegal contract for new football coach Mel Tucker

State law prohibits any higher education employee to be contracted for more than five years. So why did University of Colorado Board of Regents approve a six-year contract for new football coach Mel Tucker on Wednesday? → Read More

Mel Tucker bio: Get to know new Colorado Buffs football coach

The University of Colorado hired Mel Tucker, one of the most well-respected assistant coaches in college football, to lead the Buffaloes into the post-Mike MacIntyre era. The 46-year-old comes to B… → Read More

Nuggets call Mason Plumlee “most underrated player in the league”

Nuggets reserve big man Mason Plumlee can’t tell you how many points he’s scoring, how many rebounds he’s hauling in or how many shots he’s altering this season. → Read More

Colorado fires football coach Mike MacIntyre after six-game losing streak

The University of Colorado has fired football coach Mike MacIntyre after almost six seasons. → Read More

Stephens: Mike MacIntyre, are you trying to get fired? Colorado doesn’t want to play intramurals, brother

One poor decision on fourth down spiraled the Buffs into a blowout loss to No. 8 Washington State. → Read More

The popular Nuggets’ rainbow skyline jerseys are back — and people just waited in an enormous line to get them

The line to buy the Nuggets’ new jerseys ended — forgive the bad pun — somewhere over the rainbow Friday morning. → Read More

Stephens: Colorado’s awful high school football playoff system put a 3-7 team in and left 7-3 Westminster at home. How do we fix this?

When CHSAA’s own algorithm says Smoky Hill is the sixth-best team in 5A and forces it to play on the road against a school ranked 18 spots lower with a weaker strength of schedule, then the system is completely broken. → Read More

Stephens: Done with Mike Bobo? Grab a pitchfork. Colorado State football dug its own grave

An angry mob chasing Mike Bobo out of town might be the only way for Colorado State to get rid him. → Read More

Missed delay-of-game call costs Broncos in loss to Chiefs

The Broncos lost to the Chiefs on Monday, marking Denver's fifth straight defeat against its division rival at Mile High. Had it not been for an obvious missed delay-of-game call, the Broncos might be tied with Kansas City atop the AFC West standings. → Read More

Cardinals lose to Cubs, Rockies can clinch playoff berth with a victory Friday

With a victory tonight against the Nationals at Coors Field, the Rockies will guarantee themselves no worse than the second wild-card spot. → Read More