Author: BY DAVID RAMSEY The Gazette
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The day JFK became a member of Air Force’s graduating class
John F. Kennedy strolled through his brief life as a charismatic dreamer who persuaded fellow believers to join him in peeking around the bend. He looked at the moon and promised Americans would walk there. He stretched our nation’s sense of what was possible, in sunshine and in sorrow. He was about the promise of…
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David Ramsey: Head of SafeSport, based in Colorado, seeks to cleanse America’s troubled Olympic movement
DENVER – Shellie Pfohl sat in her new home in Golden watching as a “60 Minutes” report highlighted the horror that has invaded the American Olympic movement. It’s her job to stop the horror. Pfohl serves as CEO of SafeSport, which seeks to stop abuse in Olympic, and American, sport. Yes, she’s tackled a big…
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David Ramsey: Air Force, doomed by lousy defending, loses to San Jose
Brandon Clarke ended his magnificent, efficient night with a dunk at the buzzer. He had no reason to dunk. His San Jose State Spartans had already clinched victory over Air Force. He dunked anyway, just to add an exclamation mark to his near-perfect Saturday afternoon at Clune Arena. Clarke scored 36 points on only 22…
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David Ramsey: Gary Kubiak departs after most baffling season in Denver Bronco history
DENVER – As the most baffling, frustrating, infuriating, draining season in Bronco history ends, players, coaches, fans and John Elway must face a haunting truth: It didn’t have to be this way. This season shouldn’t have ended so early. The Broncos could have delivered damage in the playoffs, clawed their way to upsets, maybe even…
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David Ramsey: Air Force’s Weston Steelhammer reduced, once again, to football spectator
In the football case against Air Force safety Weston Steelhammer, he’s not completely innocent or completely guilty. He is completely banished from the first half of Saturday’s crucial football clash with Navy. Steelhammer is struggling, as we all are, to understand the contradictions of football in 2016. We are spectators. And, well, he’s been doing…
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David Ramsey: Brandon Marshall takes brave stand while kneeling during national anthem
It took the solitary figure of Brandon Marshall on one knee for me to fully celebrate the multitudes who stand. On Sunday afternoon at Mile High, I stood along with nearly 77,000 others for the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” while Marshall, the Broncos’ brave and defiant linebacker, kneeled, as if in prayer. I stand,…
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David Ramsey: Aqib Talib reigns as lead villain of Broncos’ terrifying defense
DENVER – Aqib Talib’s comeback is amazing, even though it never will serve as a bedtime tale for children. In the early hours of June 5, Talib was racing in a 2016 Rolls Royce to Medical City Hospital in his hometown of Dallas. An unknown assailant had shot Talib in his right thigh with the…
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David Ramsey: Here’s a change: Air Force’s air attack inspires fear
Air Force’s early season schedule left the Falcons with no chance to inspire mass celebration. Anyone who understands college football yawns after victories over Abilene Christian and Georgia State. Still, there was a wake-up moment from Saturday’s 48-14 win over Georgia State’s Panthers that should inspire hope in the hearts of Air Force fans. The…
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David Ramsey: Air Force should follow Army and Navy in retiring football numbers
Air Force’s football program needs to recognize greats from its past. Army has retired the numbers of four football players. Same with Navy. Air Force has retired zero. It’s time to increase that number to at least two. But I’m afraid an overstated emphasis on team will prevent the academy from retiring the No. 6…
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Ramsey: Von Miller under attack. His crime? Seeking his fair share of salary cap
The NFL salary cap is a fantastic idea … for NFL owners. The cap, and the franchise tag that goes with it, transports average, hard-working fans to the side of billionaire owners during contract negotiations. Here’s what I mean: Von Miller chases down quarterbacks, while taking severe risks with his future, yet he’s attacked by…