Every road trip will feel like a vacation. Saint Mary’s hoops at Hamilton Gymnasium? Sign me up.

Soccer matches involving players who could represent the U.S. National Team? Yes, please.

Golf tournaments with future pros on every tee box? Are you serious?

The move by the University of Denver to the West Coast Conference, which was announced Friday , is more brilliant than the glistening gold on the Carl M. Williams tower on campus.

Let’s be honest, DU did not make sense in the Summit League. It was an oxymoron, the conference dragging the Pioneers closer to base camp, the last place a college wants to be with a national decline in enrollment.

There was no upside. DU was not going to take the next step by recruiting athletes from a league footprint of South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa

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