Sports Writer

Pat Rooney

Pat Rooney has worked for Prairie Mountain Publishing since 2011 and has covered the Colorado Buffaloes since 2015.

Kaitlyn Benner, Makena Morley pace CU Buffs track on first day of NCAA West prelims

May 23, 2019 at 11:33 pm

It was a textbook opening day for a big-stakes meet for the Colorado track and field team. And, true to form, the Buffaloes’ distance runners led the way. The Buffaloes...

The Colorado track and field team is hoping more than a few Buffaloes athletes will compete for medals at the NCAA Championships in two weeks. That drive begins this week at the NCAA West Preliminaries.

CU Buffs track and field sets sights on NCAA West prelims

May 22, 2019 at 12:48 pm

The Colorado track and field team is hoping more than a few Buffaloes athletes will compete for medals at the NCAA Championships in two weeks. That drive begins this week...

Tad Boyle wasn’t shy last fall in describing the challenges his Colorado men’s basketball team encountered while attempting to put together a competitive nonconference schedule for the 2018-19 season.

New nonconference scheduling standards approved for Pac-12 men’s basketball

May 20, 2019 at 6:43 pm

Tad Boyle wasn’t shy last fall in describing the challenges his Colorado men’s basketball team encountered while attempting to put together a competitive nonconference schedule for the 2018-19 season.

CU Buffs’ Tad Boyle feels new 3-point line could create more space

May 19, 2019 at 11:00 am

Colorado men’s basketball coach Tad Boyle experienced an interesting viewpoint earlier this spring. As the head of the NCAA men’s basketball rules committee, Boyle enjoyed a front-row seat to some...

It arrived somewhat as a shock, the announcement this past week that the NCAA plans to convene a working group to analyze the possibility of allowing student-athletes to profit off their name, image, and likeness.

Rooney: Convening name-and-likeness committee overdue by NCAA

May 18, 2019 at 12:42 pm

It arrived somewhat as a shock, the announcement this past week that the NCAA plans to convene a working group to analyze the possibility of allowing student-athletes to profit off...

As the Colorado men’s basketball program struggled to put together a competitive nonconference schedule for the 2018-19 season, head coach Tad Boyle started reconsidering the notion of a longer Pac-12 Conference schedule.

20-game Pac-12 hoops schedule to provide boost to CU Buffs

May 17, 2019 at 12:19 pm

As the Colorado men’s basketball program struggled to put together a competitive nonconference schedule for the 2018-19 season, head coach Tad Boyle started reconsidering the notion of a longer Pac-12...

The writing was on the wall as far back as Nov. 3, when Deleon Brown sat out Colorado’s basketball exhibition game against Colorado Mines for what coach Tad Boyle described only as a coach’s decision.

Deleon Brown and CU Buffs basketball finally part ways

May 16, 2019 at 3:09 pm

The writing was on the wall as far back as Nov. 3, when Deleon Brown sat out Colorado’s basketball exhibition game against Colorado Mines for what coach Tad Boyle described...

It is occurring at a glacial pace, but meaningful change might finally be on the horizon in major NCAA athletics, particularly in the big-revenue sports of football and men’s basketball.

Rick George named to NCAA committee exploring name and likeness issue

May 15, 2019 at 2:21 pm

It is occurring at a glacial pace, but meaningful change might finally be on the horizon in major NCAA athletics, particularly in the big-revenue sports of football and men’s basketball.

A distinguished roster of runners will attempt to land an elusive first-place finish for the United States at the 41st annual Bolder Boulder on Memorial Day.

USA rosters announced for Bolder Boulder International Team Challenge

May 14, 2019 at 4:45 pm

A distinguished roster of runners will attempt to land an elusive first-place finish for the United States at the 41st annual Bolder Boulder on Memorial Day.

Future bright for CU lacrosse after three straight NCAA tourney berths

May 13, 2019 at 3:02 pm

In relatively short order, head coach Ann Elliott Whidden has built the Colorado women’s lacrosse team into a consistent national power. After three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, the latest of...