Talking to 106.7 the FAN in D.C.'s Sports Junkies last September, Washington Nationals'(custom championship rings) GM Mike Rizzo explained that they were going to handle 25-year-old right-hander Joe Ross like they have the other starters in the organization who've undergone Tommy John surgery. Ross underwent the procedure in mid-July of 2017, and returned to the mound last summer, making six starts across four levels of the minor league system and three in the majors, with a 5.06 ERA, 5.85…

Nuggets still wary of depleted Mavericks

The Denver Nuggets went from a solid hold to a shaky one on the No. 2 spot in the Western Conference as the Houston Rockets kept winning and climbing. It didn't help that Denver went into a tailspin, losing four of five games and getting an earful from coach Michael Malone after a poor effort at Golden State on Friday. Malone's words, emphasized over the three-day gap between games, had an impact. The Nuggets put together one of their best…