Shawn Drotar

Professional, positive sportshuman at @milehighsports. @CUBuffsFootball press-box announcer. @PHSMustangs HoF. Formerly @ESPN, @USAToday, @SiriusXM & more. 🇺🇦

[Shawn Drotar @sdrotar]

This bullpen… I know it’s a process, but still. 🤮 #Rockies

[Shawn Drotar @sdrotar]

Wow. Patrick is irreplaceable.

[Patrick Saunders @psaundersdp]

Some bittersweet personal news. I’m leaving The Denver Post, having taken the company buyout. My last game is June 24. Too many people to thank here. I’ll miss so many, but especially ⁦@harding_at_mlb⁩. The Adventures of Bonnie and Peaches will continue. Thanks! #Rockies

[Shawn Drotar @sdrotar]

It’s funny ‘cause it’s true.
You’re allowed to find better programming, folks.

[Jason Stewart @JasonStewart]

Of all the lazy tactics in the sports talk space, the off-season "let's kill the next five minutes going over the winnable games on an NFL team's schedule" might be the laziest.

Proof that you are really talking out of your ass: "The schedule gets brutal after Thanksgiving!"

[Shawn Drotar @sdrotar]

Wow.

[Patrick Saunders @psaundersdp]

#Rockies stat of the day: Rox (24-38) enter today fourth in the NL West, the latest into a season they have been fourth place in the division since Aug. 1, 2022 (46-58).

[Shawn Drotar @sdrotar]

Excellent, important piece for fans.
We’re all just data points for the rich and powerful now, and “profit over people” seems to be sports’ only remaining approach.

[Jay Busbee @jaybusbee]

Death of the cheap seat: How teams and leagues figured out how to charge astronomical ticket prices ... and the grim future of fandom as a result. Story at @YahooSports: https://t.co/46DWazXCKU

[Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn]

NEW: I wrote about how the NBA has slowly but surely changed the rules to make sure the Dynasty is dead.

Also, how it affects the Nuggets, for @MileHighSports
https://t.co/492VG2OnZv

[Shawn Drotar @sdrotar]

I watched this live, and it was a hell of a lot closer to 579.
Take a peek. 💣

[Patrick Lyons @PatrickDLyons]

On this date in 1997, Andrés Galarraga hit a baseball in Miami that may still be in orbit.

Originally estimated to have traveled 579 feet, this home run from the Colorado Rockies first superstar was lowered to 529 feet, then revised yet again to 468 feet.

[Shawn Drotar @sdrotar]

MacKinnon… and it’s not even close.

That’s an observation of the leagues in which they play, rather than a comparison between the two incandescent superstars.

[Troy Renck @TroyRenck]

#Nuggets' Nikola Jokic or #Avs' Nathan MacKinnon: Who is more likely to win another ring? https://t.co/fnnTSRqJ18

[Shawn Drotar @sdrotar]

The @Rockies have absolutely no need to rush him; none whatsoever.
Let him obliterate Triple-A pitching for most of the season before even thinking about calling him up.

[Albuquerque Isotopes @ABQTopes]

Charlie Condon is your @Toyota Player of the Week after belting three homers—including the walk-off blast Sunday—three doubles and drove in six!

His season-high hitting streak stands at 12 contests, while he also has an extra-base hit in seven-straight!

[Shawn Drotar @sdrotar]

What’s to argue? Wilson’s got a better argument, but clearly, neither is a Hall-of-Famer.

[Mitch Goldich 🐙 @mitchgoldich]

Everyone now gets 5 years to argue about Russell Wilson and Philip Rivers being on the same Hall of Fame ballot

[Shawn Drotar @sdrotar]

I suspect he’ll become very good at it, and more quickly than people might think.

[B/R Gridiron @brgridiron]

Broadcast country, let's analyze

[Shawn Drotar @sdrotar]

Nikola Jokić.
3-time MVP… best and most dynamic passer in today’s @NBA?
Maybe you’ve heard of him.

[NBA THE RUN @NBATHERUN]

June 9 launch is just around the corner. Which NBA THE RUN player ratings need some tweaks?

Let us know 👇🏿

[Arash Markazi @ArashMarkazi]

If you live in NYC and have $5K you can:

- Buy the cheapest ticket to Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

- Buy a roundtrip Delta Comfort ticket from JFK to LAS (6/6-10), a ticket to Games 3 and 4 of the Stanley Cup Final, a suite at the Wynn for 4 nights and dinner at SW.

via @TickPick

[Shawn Drotar @sdrotar]

Absolutely no one hates this.
SGA is an elite player with *the best* mid-range game in the sport… in fact, he’s way too good to stoop to constant, laughable foul-grifting, which is what everyone (outside of theatrically inclined Thunder fans) hates.

[Overtime @overtime]

There are really people out there that hate on this… (via @NBA)

[Shawn Drotar @sdrotar]

If the Thunder could’ve flopped their way to a Game 7 win (and they tried *hard*), the @NBA would’ve had no choice but to deal with foul-grifting after an ugly Finals.

Now, they’re unlikely to do anything about it, and we’ll all be right back here next year. 🤦‍♂️ #UnethicalHoops

[HeroOfTheDay @Hero_OfThe_Day]

🔥 The Conference Finals cut is HERE!!

13 minutes of Shai flopping, flailing, and falling his way into the offseason 👀💀

We miss you already bro (not really) So the soundtrack is pure heartbreak and nostalgia 😢

Until next season! 😭 Best Shai fall in the comments 👇

[Shawn Drotar @sdrotar]

@MyckMiller I mean… it was worth a try.

[Shawn Drotar @sdrotar]

Looks like the #Nuggets were awfully smart by trading so many of their future draft picks away.

[Gary Parrish @GaryParrishCBS]

Memphis traded Jaren Jackson Jr. for a package that included a 2027 first-round pick from the Jazz that could theoretically be the No. 1 pick. That was part of the trade. And the NBA just undid it less than four months later. Now it can't even be in the top five.

Ridiculous.

[Shawn Drotar @sdrotar]

What a career. What a life.
They don’t make ‘em like Pepe anymore… and he’ll be missed.

[ESPN @espn]

Claude Lemieux, who won the Stanley Cup four times during a memorable NHL career, has died, the NHL Alumni Association announced on Thursday. He was 60. https://t.co/08knQGG5X8

[Shawn Drotar @sdrotar]

Oh, no.

[NHL Alumni @NHLAlumni]

The NHL Alumni Association is devastated to share that Claude Lemieux has passed away at the age of 60.

Born in Buckingham, Quebec, Claude was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the second round of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft and would make his NHL debut just a few months later on October 13, 1983 and scored his first career NHL goal on December 4, 1983.

Claude split time between the Canadiens organization and the QMJHL from 1983 to 1985, capturing the President’s Cup with the Verdun Junior Canadiens in 1985 as QMJHL playoff champions, while earning the Guy Lafleur Trophy as Playoff MVP.

The very next season, Claude recorded 10 goals and 16 points in 20 playoff games as he and the Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup. Claude remained with the Canadiens for an additional four seasons before joining the New Jersey Devils ahead of the 1990-91 season.

In 1994-95, his fifth and final season with New Jersey, Claude led the Devils to their first Stanley Cup championship, registering 13 goals in 20 playoff games, taking home the Conn Smythe Trophy as Playoff MVP. As a member of the Colorado Avalanche in 1995-96, Claude was once again an integral part of team history as the Avalanche hoisted Lord Stanley’s Cup for the very first time in 1996.

Claude played 297 regular-season games in an Avalanche uniform before rejoining the New Jersey Devils in November of 1999, and for a fourth and final time, would be crowned a Stanley Cup champion on June 10, 2000. Claude later played for the Phoenix Coyotes and Dallas Stars before making a comeback with the San Jose Sharks during the 2008-09 season.

Internationally, Claude represented Canada on several occasions, including capturing a gold medal at the 1985 World Junior Hockey Championships and winning the 1987 Canada Cup.

He was loved by his wife and four children, and on behalf of the Lemieux family, we kindly ask that everyone respect their privacy during this difficult time.

Memorial service details to follow.

[Shawn Drotar @sdrotar]

You don’t say? Some of us have been sounding that alarm for *literally years*.

[NBARetweet @RTNBA]

Nick Wright believes OKC’s flopping is not just random 👀

“You can’t convince me that OKC, with all of its analytics and the fact that everyone on the team does it, that flopping isn’t coached to a degree.”