Author: Woody Paige
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Woody Paige: Broncos eager to move into bright, shiny, new digs
The Broncos soon will be cutting the ribbon at their new headquarters and cutting the Gordian knot at training camp for their next NFL championship aspirations. Alexander The Great would be proud, and Elway The Magnificent will be. Quarterback Bo Nix is returning from the fix of the second-most famous bone spurs in American and…
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Woody Paige: Colorado sports teams have become softies of their leagues
The four major local franchises should change all their nicknames. The Colorado Charmins would be appropriate. The Avalanche, the Nuggets, the Broncos and the lovable Rockies are as soft as a bison’s behind. Welcome to the City of Has-Beens, Also-Rans, Sportsware Losers and Beer festivals. With an ultra-gentle touch they are the wobegone forgotten. Like…
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Woody Paige: Denver’s schedule reveals that the Broncos are truly back in 2026
Broncos misanthropes and Chargers missing links believe the Oranger’s early-season schedule will be the most grueling and grinding since Hannibal crossed the Pyrenees with 5,000 Carthaginians and 37 elephants in the Second Punic War. Eva Peron and Carrie Walton Penner won’t fret. The Broncos open the season Monday night, Sept. 14, at Kansas City, where the…
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Woody Paige: Penner, Paton, Payton could have long partnership as Broncos top dogs
Broncos triumvirate Greg Penner, George Paton and Sean Payton will be joined at the leadership positively beyond 2026, most probably past 2030, perhaps to the completion of Mile High Stadium III and possibly even after Cherry Creek runs dry. General manager Paton, who turned 56 Tuesday, has just signed a five-year contract extension; head coach…
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Woody Paige: Nuggets need a franchise fix to finally find playoff success
How do you solve a problem like Maria or fix a conundrum like the Nuggets? According to Nikola Jokic, “If we were in Serbia, everybody would get fired.” In Salzburg, too. How about this recommendation in Colorado: Retain The Joker and Murray; get rid of most of the players, the head coach and all of…
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Woody Paige: Better late than never – Broncos may have drafted a gem in RB Coleman
The Broncos are confident that Jonah will be a whale of a player. Running back Jonah Coleman already loved playing against Colorado teams and meeting twice with the Broncos’ coaches. Called “Mr. Unstoppable’’ in Pop Warner kids football, “The Lincoln Legend” in California prep football and “Touchdown Machine” in college football, Coleman will attempt to…
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Woody Paige: Nuggets keep Ant-Man under their boot in Game 1
Anthony Edwards ain’t the man in Game 1. In the Saturday matinee, the magnificent men were Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, the NBA’s most harmonizing and proficient offensive pair (probably ever) who melded for 55 points, 18 rebounds and 18 assists in the Nuggets’ eventual playoff victory over the Timberwolves. And The Joker was a…
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Woody Paige: If it weren’t for Broncos’ ownership, Rockies would be in deep trouble
The Rockies are saved from themselves as the Broncos’ Penner family buys and bails out the Monfort family. If only the Penner family had squeezed out another 10% from the majority owners and 1% from other minority owners, the Roxbottoms would be climbing to the mountaintop today. As it is, though, because of the incessant…
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Woody Paige: Rockies off to another foul start
A half inning into the Roxbottoms’ home opener hope springs an eternal leak and transforms into cope, mope and, yes, nope. The Fee-Fi-Foe-Fun Phillies, who had packed the park with their feisty fans, generated a double, a walk, a single, another double, a three-run homer, a third double and one more base hit in the…
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Woody Paige: Nuggets must shine brightly to reclaim NBA crown
If the Nuggets intend to be NBA kings again, they cannot be ClanKing and SinKing, but rather must be ThanKing and ThinKing. From the end of February to mid-March, it seemed that the Nuggets would only pound sand during the playoffs. They had lost five games, including two in overtime to the Thunder and the Lakers, and have…