Athletics

Needing a kidney transplant, Char Synder was running out of time. Then came the 2016 football season, when the Snyders found that the answer to their problem had been sitting in front of them.

CU Athletic Director Rick George has implemented the department's first three-year strategic plan aimed at making Colorado "nationally recognized as a premier athletics program."

It's not difficult to figure out what the Buffaloes must do Saturday against the Huskies. After all, the two teams played just nine months ago in the Pac-12 championship game, a game Washington won.

Cheer on your Buffs when they face the CSU Rams in the Rocky Mountain Showdown at 6 p.m. at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Go Buffs!

Joining CU Boulder from Louisiana State University, Ben Broussard will serve as an assistant vice chancellor of advancement and associate athletic director overseeing the Buff Club.

In 2016, the Colorado Buffaloes provided the Colorado State Rams their worst nightmare by halftime. But that was last year. Here's what the Buffs need to do to bring home the Centennial Cup again.

The CU football program will retire uniform No. 19 to honor the late Rashaan Salaam. A Heisman Trophy and Doak Walker Award winner in 1994, Salaam also was a unanimous All-American and the Walter Camp National Player of the Year following one of the best individual seasons in college football history.

Mark Johnson, who has been the play-by-play announcer for CU football and men's basketball since 2004, has joined the athletic department full time as its director of audio broadcasting.

The 13th class to be inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame this November will feature 10 Golden Buffalo legends representative of eight sports, all of whom left indelible marks in their CU athletic careers.

The University of Colorado track and field program is sending nine athletes to compete at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, from June 7 to 10.