Sports Writer

Brian Howell

Brian Howell has worked for Prairie Mountain Publishing since 2004 and has covered the Colorado Buffaloes since 2010.

CU Buffs’ JR Payne remains positive through disappointment

August 13, 2020 at 5:51 p.m.

Even as the Pac-12 Conference announced its revised, conference-only football schedule on July 31, there was the real possibility that the season wouldn’t be played. Pac-12 leaders made it official...

When the Pac-12 made the decision to postpone all sports competitions through the end of the year, conference leadership said it was a unanimous decision.

CU Buffs’ Rick George: College football needs universal leadership

August 13, 2020 at 4:58 p.m.

When the Pac-12 made the decision to postpone all sports competitions through the end of the year, conference leadership said it was a unanimous decision.

Bert Jynes loves watching his sons play football, but he wasn’t looking forward to it this year.

Mixed emotions from CU Buffs parents over canceled season

August 12, 2020 at 8:08 p.m.

Bert Jynes loves watching his sons play football, but he wasn’t looking forward to it this year.

Possible spring football season could bring challenges

August 12, 2020 at 5:39 p.m.

Playing a football season in the spring wasn’t a top choice for the Pac-12 Conference, but at this point, it’s the only choice if there are to be games during...

This has been a year that Karl Dorrell said he will never forget, but a challenging offseason didn’t diminish his hope of coaching the Colorado Buffaloes this fall.

CU Buffs’ Karl Dorrell looking forward after season postponed

August 12, 2020 at 4:54 p.m.

This has been a year that Karl Dorrell said he will never forget, but a challenging offseason didn’t diminish his hope of coaching the Colorado Buffaloes this fall.

CU Buffs disappointed, look ahead to future

August 11, 2020 at 8:11 p.m.

From the time spring practices were shut down in March because of the coronavirus pandemic, Colorado football players and coaches held out hope that this season would be played. That...

Air Force's Kadin Remsberg is tackled ...

Pac-12 done until 2021: Conference postpones athletic competitions through Dec. 31

August 11, 2020 at 1:59 p.m.

Karl Dorrell’s first season as Colorado head football coach will have to wait, as will the start of the college basketball season.

The players want to play and they’re trying to hang on to that hope.

Even President Donald Trump has their back.

Players trying to salvage college football season

August 10, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.

The players want to play and they’re trying to hang on to that hope. Even President Donald Trump has their back.

Chat replay: CU Buffs beat writer Brian Howell (Aug. 10, 2020)

August 10, 2020 at 11:26 a.m.

Buffzone.com beat writer Brian Howell takes your questions and leads a discussion about CU sports today at Noon MT.

Peggy Fitzgerald Coppom was in her youth when, in the small town of Haxtun on Colorado’s eastern plains, she first heard the sounds of Colorado Buffaloes football through the family radio.

CU Buffs fan Peggy Coppom: ‘God made tears along with laughter’

August 9, 2020 at 2:14 p.m.

Peggy Fitzgerald Coppom was in her youth when, in the small town of Haxtun on Colorado’s eastern plains, she first heard the sounds of Colorado Buffaloes football through the family...