Tag: Woody Paige
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Woody Paige: Broncos prepare for Invasion of the Rookies
Guess who’s coming to Denver Wednesday? Rookies galore. An aggregate of 23 first-year players is anticipated to report to Dove Valley (or whatever name a sponsor labels the Broncos’ complex under construction this year). They are coming from colleges in 16 different states (but not Colorado) and play 13 different positions – when you include…
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Woody Paige: Saying goodbye to ‘Around the Horn’ after 23 years — and remembering how it all began
Profound, The Horn. Eight of us met at New York City’s famous Carnegie Deli in the summer of 2002 to share Rueben sandwiches and concepts of, and ideas for, a novel neophyte network program on ESPN. The smart, sharp, snarky Max Kellerman, who would become the young host, finally acknowledged me and said: “I hear…
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Woody Paige: Rejoice, the Rox won’t have 100 losses this season
The Colorado Rockies started last season by losing 22 of 29 games in three North American countries that were friendly with each other. The Rox were 1-2 in Canada, 0-2 in Mexico and 5-15 in the United States during March and April. Thank goodness they are not starting this year in the U.S., Greenland and…
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Woody Paige: With less than 6 weeks to draft, Broncos must focus on quartet of studs
Yippee-ki-yay, the Broncos must draft Four Horsemen who will play in the Super Bowl and New Mile High Stadium at Lone Tree. In the afterglow of the fresh free agent flourishing signings of tight end Evan Engram, inside linebacker Dre Greenlaw and strong safety Talanoa Hufanga, how about running back Omarion Hampton, cornerback Maxwell Hairston,…
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Woody Paige: Who’s the best? MVP contenders Jokic, Gilgeous-Alexander set for ‘dynamic duo duel’
The Nuggets-Thunder back-to-back Sunday-Monday games should be played on a neutral court at Cal Farley Coliseum in Texas and promoted as “The Thrilla in Amarilla!” This is Ali vs. Frazier, Manning vs. Brady, Bolt vs. Gatlin, Federer vs. Nadal, Palmer vs. Nicklaus, Lemieux vs. McCarty, Hamilton vs. Burr, Crassus vs. Deldo, Luke Skywalker vs. Darth…
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Woody Paige: Broncos should shell out for foes’ free agents
The Broncos should Target with their Walmart money NFL free agents from Sean Payton’s and George Paton’s favorite former friends — the Saints and the Vikings — and the franchise’s most abhorrent antagonists — the Chiefs and the Raiders. Negotiations with agents can begin in just 15 days, and the Broncos could announce signings of players March 12. Two…
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Woody Paige: With spring training close, the Colorado Rockies have an uphill battle to be relevant in ’25
The Stone Age Mesolithic era lasted eight thousand years; optimistically the Rox Age Monforthic errors will not last quite that long. The Powerball odds of winning $100 with a $2 ticket this year are 36,525 to 1; the Las Vegas odds of the Rockies winning the National League West this season are 50,000 to 1.…
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Woody Paige: Loss of Mikko Rantanen means Avs have kissed the Stanley Cup goodbye
Where have you gone, Mikko Rantanen? Avs Nation turns its lonely eyes to you. Boo, boo, boo. The Avalanche’s 10-year Finnish forward was finished Friday in Colorado. He’s gone to Carolina. Mikko was moved in the NHL’s most epic in-season trade in a decade. Although Rantanen was shaken, stirred and stunned, he now has a…
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Woody Paige: Could Philly’s Embiid be dodging showdown with obviously superior Jokic?
An Injury indeed will impede Embiid from playing in Denver for the fifth consecutive time and the seventh in nine seasons, but the Philadelphia 76ers will proceed Tuesday night although it is agreed that they won’t succeed and should just concede. Guaranteed. Joel Embiid has played a total of 57 minutes against the Nuggets here…
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Woody Paige: The Dark Horse will prevail and Broncos will shock the Buffalo Bills on Sunday
In the 1830s a stranger traveled to small American towns with a team of pack horses. He would unbridle the mysteriously black stallion and enter it in a local race. The dark horse always won. The Broncos are Dark Horses again on the road in the first round of the NFL playoffs. Unlike the black…