Author: By Paul Klee [email protected]
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Paul Klee: On a beautiful day for Colorado golf, PGA Tour is returning to Castle Pines Golf Club
CASTLE ROCK — On a forested hillside God-made for shy black bears or golf, and sometimes both, Jack Nicklaus toured the land now home to Castle Pines Golf Club. The year was 1980. That day, Nicklaus and Jack Vickers, the club’s founder, imagined an iconic track encased in old pines, tough enough to test the…
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Paul Klee: Colorado Avalanche put Stanley Cup playoffs on notice with 7-2 rout of Nashville Predators in Game 1
DENVER — Are you sure this needs to be a best-of-seven series? Asking for the Predators. Gas prices being what they are, maybe the NHL can skip the pricey flights back to Nashville. You know, save a few bucks. It’s clear how this one will go. Game 1 Tuesday at Ball Arena didn’t need much…
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Paul Klee: What Colorado Avalanche must overcome to win Stanley Cup
DENVER — If the nerves and anxiety of another Avalanche playoff run are getting to you, look at it this way. Four years ago the Avs were picked to finish dead last in the NHL. Last! See, sweaty palms and sleepless nights still beat the alternative. Now the pressure’s on — big time. The Avs’…
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Paul Klee: When your agent goes by ‘Dad’: Colorado Springs, Nebraska standout JoJo Domann enters draft with unique family dynamic
Back then the stadium was a Colorado Springs park, down the street, a soccer pitch hopping with 7- and 8-year-old boys and girls. Craig Domann was the coach, JoJo Domann his son. “He thought I was treating him harder than everybody else,” Dad says now, “but I was really holding him accountable.” Compartmentalizing their roles…
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Klee’s Scorecard (and prediction): The Raiders have dominated the Broncos lately, too
Week 16 Prediction: Broncos (7-7) at Las Vegas Raiders (7-7), Allegiant Stadium, 2:25 p.m. Sunday Offense What clues can be learned from the first Broncos-Raiders game? One, take the Over. Despite a 34-24 loss at Mile High, the Broncos moved the ball at will — 25 first downs, 77 total snaps, 421 total yards. But…
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Paul Klee: Think happy thoughts, maybe about the late Demaryius Thomas, as the Broncos play the Raiders
DENVER — ‘Tis the season to say nice things. Problem is, I am assigned to write about the Broncos. They play the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium Sunday afternoon, Week 16 of another lost season. Think happy thoughts. OK, here’s one: the late, great Demaryius Thomas once showed up to the Pat Bowlen Fieldhouse…
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Paul Klee: Broncos lost big game to Bengals because GM George Paton didn’t fix a problem
DENVER — There is time to make amends, but so far George Paton has let the Broncos down. He let Jerry Jeudy down, Courtland Sutton down, Tim Patrick down. He let you down, too. When the Broncos general manager passed on a handful of quarterback prospects in his first draft here, Paton didn’t read the…
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Klee’s Scorecard (and prediction): Here’s how the Broncos build trust and beat the Bengals
Week 15 Prediction: Cincinnati Bengals (7-6) at Broncos (7-6), Empower Field at Mile High, 2:05 p.m. Sunday Offense OK, something must give. Few weeks ago, the Broncos gave $90 million-plus to Tim Patrick and Courtland Sutton. Since then they’ve combined for 10 catches in three games. Guess $90 million doesn’t get what it used to.…
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Paul Klee: The late Demaryius Thomas was a Colorado great. Beyond the stats, here’s why.
DENVER — Play. Always play. Play Sunday at the Broncos game against the Lions. Bring a $5.99 NERF football and play catch with a random No. 88 jersey. Or find a putting green and challenge a stranger to a putting contest. Or shout “Omaha!” and hike a box of mac ‘n cheese through your legs…
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Klee’s Scorecard (and prediction): As Broncos host Lions, an ode to the late Demaryius Thomas
Week 14 Prediction: Detroit Lions (1-10-1) at Broncos (6-6), Empower Field at Mile High, 2:05 p.m. Sunday Offense To honor the great No. 88, this space is All-DT for Week 13. Demaryius Thomas twice played the Lions, one of 25 teams he scored a touchdown against. Only the Giants, Jags, Packers, Cowboys, Panthers, Bills and…