Author: Paul Klee paul.klee@gazette.com
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Paul Klee: Avalanche throw a house party in Game 1 win over St. Louis Blues
DENVER — This ice house is on fire. Apologies to the LoDo neighbors. This Avalanche party goes all night long, maybe all playoffs long. At 10:39 p.m. local time, that eruption you heard was Ball Arena trying to lose its voice. When Avalanche defenseman Josh Manson stuck a wrist shot past St. Louis goalie Jordan…
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Paul Klee: Sports were the perfect arena to expose COVID mania
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DENVER — Good luck to the church of COVID. They’re going to need to it. The narrative’s crumbling. It’s about damn time. Good luck to the crowd who cheered for restrictions that disproportionately hurt poor people. Good luck in 20 years looking back at millions of 6-year-olds wearing masks for 8 hours a day. Nobody’s…
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Paul Klee: Broncos’ rookies give off Champ, Portis vibes in big win over Chargers
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DENVER — So help me God, I’m sorry. Sorry for forgetting the Broncos rookies in our family’s Thanksgiving prayer. Thank you for Patrick Surtain II. There were some serious Champ Bailey flashbacks on Sunday at Empower Field at Mile High. Thank you for Javonte “Pookie” Williams. Or was that Clinton Portis Jr.? Thank you for…
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Paul Klee: Expect more Michael Malone ejections if Denver Nuggets repeat that loss to Philadelphia 76ers
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DENVER — Michael Malone’s had angrier and more explosive ejections. That one against the Lakers where he got so mad he bumped into an official, a fiery one against his old team, the Kings. It’s a strong-to-very-strong list. This one Thursday in a terrible 103-89 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers wasn’t Full Mo. Not even…
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Paul Klee: What next for Broncos — beyond cashing checks — after embarrassing loss to Eagles?
DENVER — Somebody’s gotta go. Maybe it’s the color-blind soul who designed the Broncos uniforms to look like traffic cones right before the Philadelphia Eagles treated them like a driver’s ed course. Or maybe it’s someone high up the food chain like Vic Fangio, who’s lost six of the last eight here at home, or…
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Paul Klee: Next time Broncos are Super Bowl contenders, fearless men like Tim Patrick will be part of it
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There were Texas-size stories that sprouted from the Broncos’ 30-16 demolition of the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium Sunday. No Von, no problem. Vic Fangio got his groove back. Seventh-straight win over the Cowboys. All those and more, because you don’t stumble into Jerry World and dominate the 6-1 Cowboys by chance or accident —…
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Paul Klee: The haters were right, and Broncos’ problems against good teams like the Ravens aren’t only about the quarterback
DENVER — The Broncos will lose like this again. They will lose against the Chiefs (duh), Chargers, Raiders, Cowboys, Browns, maybe a couple others. You know, the good teams. Because this is what the Broncos are, and if you’re willing to acknowledge the fact it’s been a half-decade since the Broncos were one of the…
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Paul Klee: Showing your vaccination papers at NFL games yet another blow to ‘social justice’ movement
DENVER — Gosh, remember when social justice, promoting equality and providing more access for people of color were the cool things to do? You know, one of the few good parts of 2020. That’s a lifetime ago. Now it’s the opposite. Now it’s applauded when an NFL team bans most of Black America from going…
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Paul Klee: Dedicate these Paralympic Games to men and woman who served in Afghanistan — like Team USA paratriathlete Eric McElvenny
DENVER — He was lying in a hospital bed in San Diego, and U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Eric McElvenny had not seen his family yet. The date was Dec. 15, 2011, six days after an IED blew off his right leg in Afghanistan. That was 10 years ago, about halfway through the Afghanistan war that…
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Paul Klee: The Broncos’ starting QB should be obvious … and so is missing on Justin Fields
He didn’t dance, didn’t shimmy, didn’t act like it was the first time he’s scored a touchdown in his whole dang life. Why should Drew Lock be the no-brainer starting quarterback for the Broncos in the Sept. 12 season opener against the New York Giants? That, right there. Dancin’ Drew Lock is no more. Your…