COLORADO ROCKIES UPDATE

Patrick, a third-generation Colorado native, is a Rockies reporter for The Denver Post. He first covered the team from 2005-2009, helping chronicle “Rocktober” in 2007 and also following the team’s playoff run in 2009. For two years, Saunders worked as The Post’s online sports editor. He joined The Post in 1998 as a Broncos beat writer, covering the Broncos’ run to their second straight Super Bowl title. Saunders has won numerous writing awards, but is most proud of the series he did on the difficulties that pro athletes face when battling mental illness. The series won numerous national awards, including the 2003 Dick Schaap Excellence in Sports Journalism Award presented by Northeastern University’s Center for the Study of Sport in Society.