Author: Paul Klee [email protected]
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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: The end is near for Nuggets, whose championship is Nikola Jokic’s MVP award
DENVER — Time to get this over with. It’s a crying shame, too. After losing Game 3 118-113 to the Golden State Warriors on a loud, proud Thursday night at Ball Arena, the Nuggets’ season will end Sunday in Game 4. How it should be. These Nuggets are not a second-round playoff team. The final…
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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: Colorado Avalanche are downright scary and full of good vibes right now
DENVER — They’re nice guys. That’s the thing. You don’t expect angry from these Avalanche. Erik Johnson has four dogs and considers them his children. Alex Newhook’s the kid next door who mows your lawn. Pretty sure it says in the Bible somewhere Gabe Landeskog hasn’t sinned yet. So what’s with this mean-streak fueling the…
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Paul Klee: Broncos Country loves you, Demaryius Thomas
DENVER — Keep the “88” decals. Roll with the good, not with the bad. Play, always play. Channel the late, great D.T. There is a winning formula for real life, things that actually matter, and a formula for the Broncos to make the playoffs. This one time they are strangely and poignantly the same. The…
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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: It’s clear Vic Fangio’s not the guy, and GM George Paton is officially on the clock
DENVER — Paging, George Paton. This Broncos project is going to be a long road back to relevancy. Better get a move on. If Paton is the general manager the Broncos need him to be, the new guy will speed this up and make the toughest decision first. Fire Vic Fangio. Promote Mike Munchak to…