Author: Paul Klee [email protected]
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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…
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Paul Klee: What’s worse — Dinger hate hoax, or latest Denver murder that didn’t receive half the media attention?
DENVER — So much is dumb about this Dinger fiasco, but let’s start with what’s even worse. Murder. That’s worse. Murder is worse than a despicable word (that wasn’t said), worse than a perfect example of media malpractice, worse than anything I’m aware of. Murder’s worse. That is where the Coors Field outrage should have…
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Paul Klee: Mental Health Huddle makes fantastic debut at Hanzlik’s Gold Crown gym
LAKEWOOD — “We’re not trying to change the world,” Bill Hanzlik says, leaning forward in a Nuggets polo. I don’t believe him. With a subtle tweak at his Gold Crown gym, they just might. The headquarters for the Gold Crown Foundation is the field house off Alameda on Denver’s west edge. It’s eight basketball courts,…
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Paul Klee: When the narrative hijacks sports, you get the Irrelevant Olympics
DENVER — Finding the Tokyo Olympics on television was an Olympic sport in itself. The event would be called the 50-Second Login, and it would test even Katie Ledecky. Turns out, Google can only take over the world and spy on your kids. But searching “Greco-Roman on TV” is skeet shooting with a pistol, or…
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Paul Klee: Steve Atwater, Pro Football Hall of Famer, the perfect Denver Bronco
DENVER — The people who work with Steve Atwater — people who are not Pro Football Hall of Famers — believe they know why Steve loathed the COVID-19 pandemic the most. No handshakes. No genuine conversations about their families. No hugs. The Broncos legend — a term too often tossed around lightly, but here it’s…
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Paul Klee: Steve Atwater’s NFL draft day: Why Broncos pushed back on analytics to draft best defensive player in franchise history
DENVER — How the Broncos came to draft the best defender in franchise history is a lesson in gut instinct. And belief, and trusting a man’s character, but mostly gut instinct. Truth is, they fibbed a bit, fudged the numbers. They shelved conventional thought, believing Steve Atwater had something inside him more valuable than a…
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Paul Klee: Drew Lock or Teddy Bridgewater, this Broncos camp is more of the same ‘Yawncos’
ENGLEWOOD — To close out Wednesday’s practice — and the first week of Broncos training camp — quarterback hopefuls Teddy Bridgewater and Drew Lock were assigned to lead 2-minute drills. True to Vic Fangio’s declaration there’s been “no separation” in the “50-50” starting quarterback competition, the drives ended the exact same unfortunate way: interception … interception.…