Author: Mark Kiszla [email protected]
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Mark Kiszla: Nikola Jokic and Russell Westbrook, the NBA’s oddest couple, find way to escape Big Apple with 144-139 victory
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Too much is never enough for Russell Westbrook. He’s wilder and louder than a cab ride through the streets of New York. All gas, no brakes. If the Energizer Bunny played hoops and talked smack, his name would be Brodie. In the Nuggets’ 144-139 overtime victory against Brooklyn, Westbrook was everywhere at…
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Mark Kiszla: Not satisfied with 5-3 record, cornerback Pat Surtain says Super Bowl within reach of Broncos
Sassy and salty, these Broncos will buck you up and beat you down. They are no longer the team your mother and brother loved to hate. But can Broncos Country trust these guys with its playoff dreams? There’s only one man in the Denver locker room I absolutely trusted to answer that question: cornerback Pat…
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Mark Kiszla: The winless Nuggets have lost that championship feeling. And it’s gone, gone, gone.
The Nuggets’ championship window has rapidly turned into a brick wall, and coach Michael Malone is banging his head against it. As painful as that sounds, Denver is even more brutal to watch. “This is not the start we wanted, but it’s our reality,” Malone said Saturday, when Denver remained winless after two home games…
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Kickin’ it with Kiz: Do the Avs have a goalie on their roster they can trust to win the Stanley Cup?
The Avs might have found a capable Band-Aid in goal with Justus Annunen. But the long-term answer in net isn’t on the current roster. – Eddie, metro Dallas Kiz: The knuckleheads here at Kickin’ It Headquarters aren’t going to try to fool you. We don’t know what the answer is between the pipes. But we…
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Friday Faceoff: A World Series game is on the line. Who would you want at the plate — Aaron Judge or Shohei Ohtani?
No matter how much you hate Yankees or Dodgers, don’t you have to love Judge and Ohtani?
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Mark Kiszla: Broncos must count on Sean Payton, not trade for Cooper Kupp, to get them to NFL playoffs
The Broncos making playoffs is more than just a dream, but the reality is this: Sean Payton gets paid an $18 million salary to get R done, and Denver doesn’t have a spare draft pick to throw at the Los Angeles Rams for oft-injured Cooper Kupp, whose best NFL days are behind him. With the…
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Mark Kiszla: The Nuggets make big $341 million bet their Core Four is more than a one-hit wonder
The whopping $341 million that the Nuggets committed to spend on Aaron Gordon and Jamal Murray won’t mean a thing unless they can help Nikola Jokic get another ring. Scant hours before tipoff of this highly anticipated basketball season, Denver cemented its Core Four by making a massive investment in the rock-steady Gordon, doubling down…
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Mark Kiszla: CSU Rams exorcise demons against Air Force, and now have path to conference championship game
AIR FORCE ACADEMY – It’s cool beans that Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi is the first Colorado State quarterback to walk out of Falcon Stadium with a victory since Bradlee Van Pelt. And that ain’t too shabby. But know what would be hot sauce? If BFN became the first CSU QB to win the Mountain West championship since…
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Kickin’ it with Kiz: Make the NFL playoffs? Yes, the Broncos can. And here’s a road map for Denver to get there.
With nobody to fear among lower tier of AFC playoff contenders, can Broncos finish 9-8? Darn skippy
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Mark Kiszla: The Broncos now have clear path to the NFL playoffs. Repeat after me: Run, Bo, run!
NEW ORLEANS — The Broncos’ path to the NFL playoffs is clear and the signs for the route are so simple that any first-grader could read them: Run, Bo, run. Nix the idea that this season is dedicated to nothing more than schooling a rookie quarterback and rolling with his hard knocks. With a 33-10…