Tag: John Elway
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Netflix documentary introduces a whole new John Elway to Denver
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ALSO: LUCY LIU RECEIVES FESTIVAL’S HIGHEST HONOR DISPATCH FROM THE DENVER FILM FESTIVAL • DAY 11 Editor’s note: The Netflix documentary “Elway”, which was released Monday. The Denver Gazette’s Senior Arts Journalist John Moore reviewed the documentary back in early November. Here are his thoughts about the film about the “Duke of Denver.“ Well, hello, John…
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Netflix documentary introduces a whole new John Elway to Denver
ALSO: LUCY LIU RECEIVES FESTIVAL’S HIGHEST HONOR DISPATCH FROM THE DENVER FILM FESTIVAL • DAY 11 Editor’s note: The Netflix documentary “Elway”, which was released Monday. The Denver Gazette’s Senior Arts Journalist John Moore reviewed the documentary back in early November. Here are his thoughts about the film about the “Duke of Denver.“ Well, hello, John…
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With Green Bay at Denver in big game Sunday, Packers players from Super Bowl XXXII look back at ‘bitter’ loss to Broncos | NFL Insider
In Super Bowl XXXI in January 1997, the Green Bay Packers were favored by 14 points over the New England Patriots and won 35-21. So, after the oddsmakers got it so right, many figured it would be much of the same the following January when the Packers were favored by 11 over the Broncos in…
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Mark Kiszla: Could Nix and Maye become the Manning-Brady rivalry that Broncos Country has been missing?
We’ve gone back to the future, with the AFC once again a wicked-hard turf war between the Broncos and Patriots, just as football gods Peyton Manning and Tom Brady intended. “No team can go through so many years, over and over, with losing. You’ve got to do something about it,” Denver offensive tackle Garett Bolles…
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Netflix announces ‘Elway’ documentary streaming date
The intensely personal, high-profile Netflix documentary examining the legacy of former Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway will be released Dec. 22, the streaming service announced Thursday. The documentary covers Elway’s career as a college and professional football player, including his baseball draft and two Super Bowl wins with the Broncos, as well as his more challenging…
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After being a star Broncos running back, Sammy Winder now a ‘bulldozer man’ in native Mississippi
MADISON, Miss. — As the son of a sharecropper and the 10th of 11 children, Sammy Winder grew up poor in Mississippi before going on to be a star running back with the Denver Broncos. But that wasn’t exactly his ultimate goal. When Winder was a kid growing up in Madison, just north of Jackson,…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: The case for the Broncos benching Bo Nix in favor of Jarrett Stidham
Bo Nix doesn’t have it. The Broncos are lucky to be 8-2 thanks to the defense. Nix doesn’t set his feet, rushes passes and throws the ball up for grabs. Not sure if it’s mental, but I’m getting Jay Cutler vibes. – U.T., orange and feeling blue Kiz: Pull the trigger! Any NFL quarterback who…
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Two minute warning: It’s John Elway’s night at the Denver Film Festival
ALSO: COLORADO FILMMAKERS HAVE THEIR SCREEN MOMENTS DISPATCH FROM THE DENVER FILM FESTIVAL • DAY 9 Dec. 11, 1983. The day The Duke of Denver was born. John Elway had been benched for much of his sporadic rookie season. But on this day, he engineered his first fourth-quarter comeback against the team he had refused to…
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With Broncos in London, players from 1987 look back at preseason game when going overseas was a ‘big deal’
Not long after Mark Jackson, on Jan. 11, 1987, caught the game-tying touchdown in the AFC championship game from John Elway to conclude “The Drive,’’ he was named honorary president of an English football club. It took him seven months to find out about it. The Broncos were in London 38 years ago to prepare…
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Examining unique quarterback history between the Broncos and Colts: ‘The first big thing was the Elway deal’
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Here comes another memorable chapter from the battle of horses. Bo Nix vs. Daniel Jones. The Broncos and Indianapolis Colts share more than just a similar hooved mascot. Their quarterback history dates back to the American Football League with plenty of twists and turns over six decades. Take a stroll down memory lane before they…