Tag: Paul Klee
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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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Friday Faceoff: Who reaches Super Bowl first — Sean Payton or Jim Harbaugh?
Friday Faceoff: Who reaches the Super Bowl first — Sean Payton or Jim Harbaugh? Paul Klee, sports editor Answer: Harbaugh Sean Payton holds a grudge like Khalil Mack is trying to strip it away. He is, after all, a coach who has “two middle fingers” to fire at critics if he proves them wrong. So…
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Paul Klee: Back in NFL playoffs, Broncos prove a great underdog story still exists
The Denver ‘Dogs did not give a hoot about some stinkin’ playoff drought. Underdogs in most of their 17 games and pegged with a measly win total of 5.5, the Broncos told the experts what-for with a 38-0 win over the Chiefs to clinch a playoff berth. Take that, experts! “It’s so funny,” wide receiver…
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Paul Klee: Jonathan Taylor’s brain-fart fumble lifts Broncos to brink of playoffs — and crushes Colts dreams
In the spirit of the Christmas season, instead of laughing at a man’s honest mistake, share a positive thought for Jonathan Taylor. Or serve him up a stiff glass of Mom’s egg nog. After a brain fart that may have cost the Indianapolis Colts a spot in the NFL playoffs and lifted the Broncos into…
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Robot mowers and elk herds: How Castle Pines Golf Club prepared for BMW Championship | Paul Klee
CASTLE PINES — The robot mower is stuck in the rough on No. 18 at Castle Pines Golf Club. Yep, the BMW Championship is ready to go. “The robot gets less confused if you drag it to the fairway,” Scott Pavalko says. Scott’s the brilliant director of golf course and grounds at Castle Pines, or…
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Remembering the late Todd Kidd, the Denver Pioneers hockey player with 10,000 friends | Paul Klee
It was Todd’s idea. Todd Kidd had the best ideas. It was Todd’s idea to invent a new hockey skate, one that flexed so it didn’t pinch his ankle. “He was convinced he could make a better skate than Bauer or CCM,” says Kevin Ripplinger, a University of Denver hockey teammate and roommate from 1995-99.…
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Colorado School of Mines football opens training camp Aug. 9 — open to the public | Colorado Sunshine
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Where good news shines The Orediggers are back. Colorado School of Mines football will open its training camp schedule Friday, Aug. 9. All practices are held at Marv Kay Stadium and open to the public. Coming off a 14-1 season in which Mines advanced to the NCAA Division II national title game, the Orediggers are…
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Nuggets heartbreak is reborn in Game 7 collapse against Timberwolves | Paul Klee
Pain. “(Expletive) being up 20. The season’s over,” Michael Malone snapped late Sunday night after the Nuggets blew a 20-point lead in a 98-90 loss to the Timberwolves in Game 7 at Ball Arena. Shock. “I feel like we should have won,” Jamal Murray said between deep sighs. “That’s the hard part.” Reality. “Everybody wants…
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Denver lacrosse coach Matt Brown has Pioneers on brink of NCAA Final Four | Paul Klee
Matt Brown is Denver. He’s a man who’s not from here but might as well be, daydreams about fly fishing the Eagle River, frequents Jerusalem Restaurant on Evans, and, if it were up to him, would stay here forever. It was August 2002 when “Brownie” arrived at Centennial Towers on Buchtel Blvd. He was a…
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Nikola Jokic, three-time NBA MVP, reflects on how long he’ll play for Denver Nuggets | Paul Klee
Play forever, Joker. Never leave. On the night Nikola Jokic received his third NBA Most Valuable Player award, I asked one of the greatest players we’ve ever witnessed the question that means the world to Nuggets fans. How long are you going to play? “I think the determination is going to be if I can…