Author: Mark Kiszla
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Mark Kiszla: J.K. Dobbins puts NFL on notice: ‘I want to be No. 1’ rusher in league
With a 500-kilowatt smile hiding that angry boulder on his shoulder, J.K. Dobbins rumbles through the NFL on a revenge tour fueled by a secret. “The dream is to get a ring,” Dobbins declared late Sunday afternoon, after he ran for 111 yards and Denver did Dallas dirty, by the wicked score of 44-24. When the…
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Mark Kiszla: The all-star Nikola Jokic has always wanted but never had? It’s Aaron Gordon
If Aaron Gordon doesn’t fall back to earth, he’s going to end the longest drought of Nikola Jokic’s illustrious basketball career. As you might have heard, Jokic has won three MVP trophies and taken home a championship ring in his 10 NBA seasons, but has never played alongside an all-star in Denver. That streak ends…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Why arrest of Chauncey Billups cuts so deep in our hearts
Gambling has not corrupted sports. Unethical, immoral people like Chauncey Billups have. – Frank, casting stones Kiz: I ain’t no historian, so this is strictly a guess: Sports bookie might be the world’s second-oldest profession. As any old, gray-haired Broncomaniac could tell you, a gambler didn’t have to wander too far into a back alley…
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Mark Kiszla: Shocking arrest of Chauncey Billups indictment of how gambling has corrupted sports we love
The legend of “Mr. Big Shot” took a wicked hit from the FBI. After the Feds busted an illegal poker game where Chauncey Billups was seated at the table, the greatest basketball player in Colorado history stood accused of money laundering and wire fraud on behalf of a team of nefarious gentlemen known as “Flapper…
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Mark Kiszla: Turn down the heat! Broncos are most emotionally exhausting team in the NFL
When the going gets weird, the Broncos turn wacko. “Every game we play is weird,” Denver coach Sean Payton said Wednesday. Well, a football team does tend to take on the personality of its coach. Payton is combative, condescending and if you scroll Russell Wilson’s timeline, the man who sets the tone from the Denver…
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The Denver Gazette’s NBA predictions for 2025-26 season | Nuggets Season Preview
The Denver Gazette’s predictions for the 2025-26 NBA season: Paul Klee, sports editor MVP: Nikola Jokic, Nuggets Clutch Player of the Year: Nikola Jokic, Nuggets Executive of the Year: Rafael Stone, Rockets Coach of the Year: Jamahl Mosley, Magic Defensive Player of the Year: Chet Holmgren, Thunder Sixth Man of the Year: Josh Hart, Knicks Rookie of the Year: Cooper Flagg, Mavericks Most Improved Player: Andrew Nembhard, Pacers NBA Finals: Nuggets over Cavaliers in 7 games The Nuggets will… win 53 games and…
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Kickin’ it with Kiz: The last thing Rockies need in next GM is another pencil pusher
My No. 1 priority for the Rockies’ next general manager is that he has no previous association with the Rockies. – Chruffman, Boulder Kiz: If the Rockies actually have a way of doing business, 323 losses in a three-year stretch suggest their way of building a winning team might be all wrong. That harsh truth…
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Do the Broncos have a franchise quarterback in Bo Nix? | Friday Faceoff
Friday Faceoff: Do the Broncos have a franchise quarterback in Bo Nix? Mark Kiszla, sports columnist Answer: No The weakest link of this Broncos team? Right now, it’s quarterback Bo Nix. You could argue Nix lacks Grade A offensive weapons. And you’d be correct. But by almost any statistical standard of measuring his position, Nix…
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Mark Kiszla: The Broncos have a Bo Nix problem. QB is victim of his own success.
Bo Nix needs to stop playing quarterback like he’s trying to please his father. Broncos coach Sean Payton is not Nix’s daddy, who raised the QB right but maybe wound him a little too tight. “I’m definitely tough on myself,” Nix said Wednesday. “It was how I grew up, how I was raised. My dad…
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Mark Kiszla: Can U.S. striker Haji Wright become the Ted Lasso story of the 2026 World Cup on American soil?
COMMERCE CITY – When Captain America went down with an ugly thud on the soccer pitch, his countrymen desperately needed a new hero to step up. Can Haji Wright become the feel-good Ted Lasso story that the U.S. men’s team has been itching to tell? With U.S. superstar Christian Pulisic nursing yet another injury, Wright…