Author: Woody Paige [email protected]
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Woody Paige: Mac Speedie won’t be remembered for his two years coaching the Broncos, but for a great career playing for the Browns
The first former Broncos’ head coach enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame will be honored belatedly and posthumously Saturday night in Canton, Ohio. Awkwardly to state, he was the worst and most forgotten head coach in Broncos’ history. No, he is not Vance Joseph or Josh McDaniels. Mac Speedie’s bust will rest permanently…
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Woody Paige: Lots of options for Broncos ownership, but will it measure up to Mr. Bowlen?
Practically nobody in Colorado realizes that the Denver Broncos’ franchise has encompassed 24 owners since its establishment in 1959. A 25th will become the NFL team’s controlling owner in 2022. The new owner will be Brittany Bowlen or Somebody Else. And fresh investors could join the lengthy list of former majority and minority partners over…
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Woody Paige: Harris is the steed the Broncos need
As Shelby “Hands’’ Harris left the meet-the-press podium after the Broncos’ training camp practice Thursday, his addendum was: “Fear The Deer.’’ The distinctive field goal-blocking and interception-grabbing defensive end, who was born in Milwaukee in 1991, is an obsessive Bucks loyalist who tweeted after his hometown team recently won the NBA championship: “We’ve been waiting…
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Woody Paige: Whoever is Broncos quarterback must improve league ranking
George Paton covets that the resolution of the Broncos’ quarterback quandary “happens organically,’’ which he presumably means naturally and conclusively. The consensus beyond Colorado’s borders is that no matter whether Drew Lock or Teddy Bridgewater is chosen the No. 1 quarterback he is ranked No. 32 in the NFL. That’s a low blow to the…
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Woody Paige: Aaron Rodgers will end up with the Denver Broncos
Aaron Rodgers will end up with the Broncos, believers. However, in one man’s opinion, 2022 is when he becomes the Broncos’ third future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback, as John Elway and Peyton Manning before him, to come to Colorado and finish his career here. Rodgers definitely wants to escape from the Packers because…
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Woody Paige: Colorado athletes aplenty to cheer for in ‘hot mess’ Olympics
Twenty-six communities in Colorado are sending 52 athletes to the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo. Including JaVale McGee. I saw his mom, Pamela McGee, play for the USA’s women’s basketball team at the 1984 Summer Games. They could become the first mother-son to win gold medals in Olympic hoops. The Nuggets’ McGee was just added…
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Woody Paige: If Dick Monfort is smart for a change, he can find a tropical solution for the Rockies
Under E-3 Dick Monfort, Greg Feasel and Bill Schmidt, the Rockies’ slogan for the second half of the season should be: “We’re Not As Bad As Everyone Thinks.” Even if they are, especially when they dump players up to July 30. The Rox will lose 90 games or more for the ninth year in franchise…
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Woody Paige: Will the Broncos stay in the Bowlen family, or is a sale coming?
Seven years ago this week Pat Bowlen transferred control of the Denver Broncos to his Trust and the trust of three close associates. Almost 19 months later, a week before Mr. B’s 72 birthday, the Broncos, at Super Bowl 50, won their third World Championship. Bowlen died on June 13, 2019, of a pulmonary embolism…
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Woody Paige: Denver put on a great MLB All-Star show. Sorry, Atlanta
It was a Ball-Star classic. For three days Denver was the epicenter of baseball — the futures game, the Home Run Derby, the Major League amateur draft and the All-Star Game. Whew! Wow! Winner! Disappointingly, the event won’t return for a third time until probably 2050. By then, Coors Field will be an ancient gem,…
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Woody Paige: The All-Star Game will be fantastic, but there are missed opportunities
Welcome, baseball fans, to Denver and the Diamond at a Mile High. All of us are hopeful that someday Colorado will have its own real major league baseball team. PHOTOS: Major League Baseball All-Star 5k Run/Walk at Civic Center Park in Denver In the meantime, we’ve got the Futures Game and the Celebrity Softball exhibition…