Tag: Paul Klee
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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…
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Bo Nix fits Sean Payton, but Oregon QB was a reach for Broncos | Paul Klee
ENGLEWOOD — It’s Bo time. What convinced Sean Payton to hitch his Broncos future to former Oregon and Auburn quarterback Bo Nix with the No. 12 pick in the NFL draft? “It was a blast talking football with them, to be honest,” Nix said late Thursday night, sounding very much like a 24-year-old diehard who,…
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Denver, Boston’s Frozen Four summons ‘special’ memories for grandson of Avalanche icon Pierre Lacroix | 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…
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‘Insane’ NCAA transfer portal is March Madness 2.0 | Paul Klee
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…
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Paul Klee: How Brendan Malone shaped his son, Michael Malone, into a Denver Nuggets NBA champion
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…
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Paul Klee: Nikola Jokic did it his way in leading Denver Nuggets to first NBA title
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…
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Paul Klee: If Phoenix Suns owner can steal points, should Stan Kroenke sit courtside for Denver Nuggets?
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…