The Denver Nuggets tipped off another game in Ball Arena on Saturday afternoon, seeking their seventh straight victory and third over the Houston Rockets this season. The Nuggets found

So, the Flyers called up right wing Denver Barkey from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms to make his NHL debut. Barkey, 20, was selected by the Flyers in the third round (95th overall) of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. The Newmarket, Ontario native was a member of the former two-time Memorial Cup champion London Knights.

The Nuggets sit as the No. 2 team in the Western Conference, the Avalanche have the best record in the NHL, and the Broncos have the best record in the NFL.

Denver Barkey’s first NHL game didn’t unfold in neat, cinematic beats. It was messier than that—short on notice, long on emotion, layered with nerves, familiarity, and the strange disorientation that comes with realizing your life has changed somewhere between a missed phone call and sunrise.

On Monday, Sean Payton sat through a reel of the Jaguars’ touchdown plays and worried about the one who’d gotten away.

The last time the Houston Rockets were in Denver, they left angry and defeated. Five days later they have a chance to rewrite the ending when they return to face the Nuggets on Saturday afternoon.

In a sign of how quickly fortunes can flip in the parity-filled NFL, Denver (12-2) now boasts one of the league's best defenses, a quarterback it believes in and an 11-game winning streak.

The FAA ordered a ground delay because of high winds at Denver International Airport on Friday, impacting more than 800 flights.

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