Tag: Paul Klee

“Papa,” as Max Lacroix calls him, had a glorious bag of pranks. The French horn was his favorite. The Lacroix family being a social family, it often invited friends of friends over for dinner. Prior to his steak dinners, Papa stuffed the horn with flour and handed it over to the unwitting guest. Today, we…

In the basketball Bible, the NCAA transfer portal giveth and taketh away. Ask Northern Colorado coach Steve Smiley, who did God’s work this season with Greeley’s Bears. “It’s even different than last year,” Smiley was telling me. “The portal feels like it’s on steroids.” What’s madder than Oakland knocking off mighty Kentucky in the NCAA…

Michael Malone was almost a cop, his dad says. “One phone call changed his life,” Brendan Malone said Wednesday from his home in New York. Life works that way, doesn’t it? One phone call. One 41st draft pick. One Nuggets victory lap through downtown Denver on Thursday. Instead of changing the Michigan State Police, Michael…

The Joker did it his way. With his wedding ring tied to his shoelaces, Nikola Jokic carried the Nuggets and their long-suffering fans to Denver’s first NBA championship Monday night. With his adorable 1-year-old daughter Ognjena cradled in his tree-trunk arms, Jokic accepted the gold trophy as NBA Finals MVP. Pure gold. The Nuggets beat…

PHOENIX — Say there’s an NBA fan who paid $4 billion for a courtside seat. He’s above the law. The Suns didn’t beat the Nuggets 129-124 Friday night in Game 3 at Footprint Center because Suns owner Mat Ishbia drew a technical foul on Nikola Jokic. Yep, you read that right. The Suns simply, straight-up…

Like fathers, like sons. Deep in the NBA playoffs, the Nuggets are following in dad’s footsteps. There’s assistant coach David Adelman, son of longtime coach Rick Adelman. There’s assistant Ryan Saunders, son of the late Flip Saunders. There’s head coach Michael Malone, son of the great Brendan Malone, another NBA lifer. “I think about it…

Broncos Country hit the jackpot with the Walton-Penner ownership group. It’s corporate as all get-out, but so is everything else and they’re at the top of the wealth chain. The latest extraordinary endeavor is an exhaustive series of surveys and research efforts that serve as both an homage to team history and a step toward…

BOULDER — There’s a man down in Birmingham by the name of Coach Otis. There’s a woman who goes by Coach Carol. They don’t work together, but together they help explain Jaylyn Sherrod. Lord knows the CU Buffs women’s basketball star requires an explanation. Such as: How does a 5-foot-7 (shoes on, hair up) Alabama…

Drew Timme speaks for all of us. “Man, I’m getting old,” Timme muttered inside the Gonzaga locker room as he slipped off his Nike sneakers late Sunday night at Ball Arena. Timme’s 22 going on 14. It only seems like he’s worn that goofy ‘stache as a Zag for nine years. No. 3 Gonzaga’s 84-81…