The greatest rivalry in the history of Colorado sports raged on for six glorious years, from blood-stained ice in Detroit to the rafters of a Denver arena that shook with fans chanting: “Red Wings s*#k!”
But I must confess to not fully understanding how much the blood feud between the Avalanche and Red Wings could hurt until being slammed to the ground on a golf course in Scotland.
On a sun-kissed summer morning in 2005, when golf bowed to the greatness of Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus played the final rounds of his storied career at a major tournament on the fabled Old Course of St.