The Denver Nuggets hope to take a commanding two-game lead in their Western Conference first-round playoff series against the Golden State Warriors tonight. Andre Miller’s game-winning layup gave the Nuggets a 97-95 win in Game One on Saturday. Nuggets power forward Kenneth Faried is expected to make his series debut tonight after missing a handful of games with a sprained ankle. Warriors power forward David Lee is out for the rest of the series with a hip flexor tear. Tipoff from the Pepsi Center is set for 9:30.

The weather in Denver once again refused to cooperate with a scheduled Colorado Rockies game. More snow in the Mile High City forced the postponement of yesterday afternoon’s series opening game against the Atlanta Braves. The two teams will try and play a split doubleheader today and tonight. ESPN Radio 1410 will bring you all the action. Game one begins at 2:10 with pregame coverage starting at 1:30. Game two will get underway at 7:40, with the pregame show getting underway at 7:05.

Husker junior designated hitter Michael Pritchard took home the first Big Ten Player of the Week award of his career when the conference’s weekly honors were handed out yesterday. Pritchard batted .500 in a weekend sweep of Purdue, rapping out 10 hits in 20 at bats. Two of Pritchard’s hits were doubles. He also scored four runs in the three-game set. With a hit in all three games, Pritchard extended his season-long hitting streak to 19 games. His batting average on the season is up to .342, second best on the team.

Police in Southern California say that NBC Sports announcer Al Michaels has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving.

Santa Monica police Sgt. Thomas McLaughlin says Michaels was taken into custody Friday night. McLaughlin could provide no additional details.

Greg Hughes, a spokesman for NBC Sports, says the company “is aware of the situation” and has been in contact with Michaels. Hughes had no further comment.

A call Sunday by The Associated Press to Michaels’ agent was not immediately returned.

An Emmy Award winner and broadcaster on “Sunday Night Football,” the 68-year-old Michaelsspent nearly three decades at ABC Sports before moving to NBC in the 2007.

Michaels worked NFL games and other sports for ABC, and called “Monday Night Football” for nearly 20 years. He also is known for his call of the U.S.-Soviet Union “Miracle on Ice” game at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

For the first time since 2008, the Husker baseball team swept a road conference series. A 12-2 win at Purdue on Sunday afternoon gave the Big Red three wins in three over the Boilermakers in West Lafayette. Pat Kelly led the Husker hit parade with four of Nebraska’s 16 hits on the day. He also drove in a pair of runs, as did Mike Pritchard, who ran his hitting streak to 19 games. Kyle Kubat worked five innings on the mound for his second win in as many starts. The Huskers scored 32 runs and banged out 41 hits, while taking advantage of 10 Boilermaker errors in the series. Not only did the Huskers improve to 11-4 in Big Ten play, they also evened their overall record to 19-19. They’re back in action Tuesday night as they host Kansas State in their final non-conference home game of the season.

After opening the season with eight consecutive home wins, the Colorado Rockies were finally tripped up on their home turf. A ninth-inning rally by the Arizona Diamondbacks gave them a 5-4 win over the Rockies, who saw their eight-game winning streak come to an end. Troy Tulowitzki’s sixth homer of the season gave the Rockies a 4-2 lead in the sixth. But the D-Backs got a run in the eighth and then scored two in the ninth on an RBI groundout and a sac fly to steal the game. The Rockies finish their home stand 5-1 and are 13-5 overall. They head out on the road tonight to start a three-game series against the Atlanta Braves, who are tied with the Rockies for the best record in the National League. ESPN Radio 1410 has all the action, with the pregame show at 7:05 and first pitch at 7:40.

The 18th-ranked Husker softball team was unable to finish off a sweep on Sunday, falling to Purdue 6-5. After taking the first two games of the series in a doubleheader on Saturday, the Huskers fell behind 5-1 after one inning and were unable to mount a comeback due in large part to leaving 10 runners on base. Tatum Edwards, Gabby Banda and Jordan Bettiol each had two hits in the loss. Nebraska falls to 12-4 in the Big Ten and 34-10 overall. They host Creighton Wednesday night.

The Husker football roster will suffer another loss. Junior wide receiver Brion Carnes will be transferring at the end of the spring semester. Carnes was originally recruited as a quarterback and was number two on the depth chart in 2011, but sank down the depth chart last season and requested a position switch. He played in just one game in 2012. Bo Pelini confirmed Carnes’ intent to transfer over the weekend. He said he believes Carnes is the only current Husker who will depart.

The 2013 NFL season will begin at Sports Authority Field. The Denver Broncos will take on the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday night, September 5 in Denver. It will be the first time in franchise history that the Broncos have played the season’s first game. The season opener is one of five scheduled prime time games for the Broncos, revealed with the rest of the games on the NFL regular season schedule last night. The Broncos will play one other Thursday night game, hosting San Diego December 12. They’ll play twice on Sunday night; at Indianapolis October 20 in Peyton Manning’s return to Indy, and at New England November 24 in the always-anticipated showdown between Manning and Tom Brady. They’ll also play a Monday night game, hosting their bitter rivals from Oakland September 23.

DENVER BRONCOS 2013 SCHEDULE

Sept. 5… Baltimore, 6:30 p.m. (NBC)
Sept. 15… at N.Y. Giants, 2:25 p.m.
Sept. 23… Oakland, 6:40 p.m. (ESPN)
Sept. 29… Philadelphia, 2:25 p.m.
Oct. 6… at Dallas, 2:25 p.m.
Oct. 13… Jacksonville, 2 p.m.
Oct. 20… at Indianapolis, 6:30 p.m. (NBC)
Oct. 27… Washington, 2:25 p.m.
Nov. 3… Bye Week
Nov. 10… at San Diego, 2:25 p.m.
Nov. 17… Kansas City, 2:05 p.m.
Nov. 24… at New England, 6:30 p.m. (NBC)
Dec. 1… at Kansas City, 11 a.m.
Dec. 8… Tennessee, 2:05 p.m.
Dec. 12… San Diego, 6:25 p.m. (NFL Network)
Dec. 22… at Houston, 11 a.m.
Dec. 29… at Oakland, 2:25 p.m.

The weather was cold, but the Colorado Rockies’ bats were red hot late in an 11-3 win over the New York Mets at Coors Field. It was 28 degrees in Denver at first pitch, tying the lowest recorded temperature for a ballgame in the city’s big league history. That didn’t deter the Rockies, who came back from an early deficit and took the lead for good on Troy Tulowitzki’s RBI single in the sixth inning. Wilin Rosario and Todd Helton drove in two runs apiece in a six-run seventh inning, and Tulowitzki and Dexter Fowler each homered in the eighth. Jon Garland worked seven strong innings on the mound for his second win. The Rockies have won six games in a row. Tonight they welcome the Arizona Diamondbacks to Denver for the start of a three-game series. ESPN Radio 1410 has the action, with pregame coverage at 7:05 and first pitch at 7:40.