Author: Paul Klee
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Do Avalanche or Nuggets have tougher road to NHL, NBA championship? | Friday Faceoff
Friday Faceoff: Do the Avalanche or Nuggets have a tougher road to Stanley Cup, NBA Finals championship? Paul Klee, sports editor Answer: Nuggets When the Avalanche and Nuggets both are championship-or-bust, that’s a great question to ask. These sure are salad days for Denver Sports Fan. But in the time it took to type this, Spurs…
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Paul Klee: The Broncos are the luckiest team in NFL and now have NFL’s best record
The Broncos are the luckiest team in the NFL. They also have the NFL’s best record and, for now, the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoff picture. How ’bout them analytics? Stealing victory from the jaws of defeat on Sundays and now on Thursdays, the Broncos are 8-2 with a horseshoe wedged into the…
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Colorado State’s Lexus Bargesser debuts with 22 points in win over Weber State | Colorado Sunshine
Where good news shines Colorado State women’s basketball found a good one in Lexus Bargesser. The Rams opened the season with a 75-58 win over Weber State on Tuesday at Moby Arena behind 22 points from Bargesser, a 5-foot-9 senior guard making her Colorado State debut after transferring from Indiana. She added four rebounds and…
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Will the Broncos ignore special teams issues until it bites them in playoffs? | Broncos cheers and boos
Two cheers and two boos from Denver’s 18-15 win over the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium on Sunday: Cheers! …. to Broncos comebacks, from John Elway to Tim Tebow to Bo Nix. The Broncos have faced a fourth-quarter deficit in four of the past five games — and won all four. By scoring the final…
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Paul Klee: Bo Nix ‘playing for audience of one’ while growing audience of Super Bowl believers in Broncos Country
Bo Nix feels the love from a Broncos Country that’s suddenly 6-2 and thinking Super Bowl. His love for Jesus Christ runs much deeper. What was the young Broncos quarterback thinking about during his ninth straight win at Empower Field at Mile High, the longest home win streak in the NFL and the No. 1…
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Broncos win eighth straight game against Dallas Cowboys, this time a 44-24 laugher | 3 Takeaways
Three takeaways from Empower Field at Mile High and the Broncos’ 44-24 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday: 1. Little “D” owns Big “D.” Dallas hasn’t beaten Denver in 30 years, a streak that reached eight games with the Broncos’ rout Sunday. The last time Dallas beat Denver, Sean Payton was a quarterbacks coach…
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The question on Colorado’s mind: Why, Chauncey? | The Starting Lineup
Turn on the game! Three must-see events this week: 1. New Orleans Pelicans at Nuggets (7 p.m. Wednesday, Altitude TV) — Against his former team, Bruce Brown would do Denver a solid by showing he still has that ‘Brucey B’ bounce. 2. Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights (2 p.m. Friday, Altitude TV/ESPN+) — A Halloween…
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Colorado basketball icon Chauncey Billups arrested in gambling takedown by FBI
NEW YORK — Chauncey Billups, a George Washington High icon, CU-Boulder Athletics Hall of Fame inductee and former Nuggets star, was arrested Thursday along with more than 30 other people in a takedown of two sprawling gambling operations that authorities said leaked inside information about NBA athletes and rigged poker games backed by Mafia families.…
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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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Colorado State women’s basketball earns national TV game on FS1 | Colorado Sunshine
Where good news shines Colorado State is among the five Mountain West programs with women’s basketball games on national television during the 2025-26 season. CSU will face UNLV on Saturday, Jan. 31, on FS1. The other games feature Baylor, Grand Canyon and New Mexico. The Mountain West tournament championship game March 10 is also on…