Author: DAVID RAMSEY The Gazette
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Ramsey: Nuggets hope to end NBA draft misery, and misery in general
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hope. It’s a word that surrounds the Denver Nuggets. Tomorrow will be better for the franchise, shout the team’s stubbornly (and obnoxiously) optimistic fans, mainly because today is so depressing. The 2015-16 Nuggets lost 49…
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Ramsey: Yes, Muhammad Ali inspired and infuriated. That’s what great Americans do
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the final days of the 1950s, in a vastly different America, a teenager declined to ride the school bus that cruised each weekday to Louisville Central High School. Instead, he ran behind the bus,…
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Ramsey: Muhammad Ali, American original, departs and we’ll always remember the matchless boxing and talking
I never saw Muhammad Ali box. I did see Ali talk. He ranks among the greatest boxers of all time, right up there with Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Rocky Marciano and Willy Pep. He might have been a better talker. I’m thinking, minutes after hearing of his death, of the sunny day he made…
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Ramsey: Mitch Johnson says he took high road to resign as Fountain-Fort Carson football coach, but it won’t be easy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For 29 summers, Mitch Johnson spent the sunshine months preparing for Fountain-Fort Carson football’s season. He did not play golf. He did not go on long bike rides. He was too busy chasing victory. The chase at F-FC is over. Johnson, 59, retired last week…
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Ramsey: A good crowd provides atmosphere for Doherty boys’ win at Rampart
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A fun brand of malice was in the air Tuesday night at Rampart High School. Doherty’s basketball team had arrived and the stands were packed. The opposing student sections were loud and rowdy and imaginative,…
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Ramsey: Will Osweiler, unjustly demoted, choose to stay with Broncos?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Let’s talk about football injustice. Brock Osweiler led the Broncos to victories in two playoff-like games. He wrestled with the Patriots and the Bengals and walked away triumphant. His performance in the second-half comeback against…
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Ramsey: Lewis-Palmer flirts with perfection, stampedes past struggling Sand Creek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Lewis-Palmer coach Bill Benton preaches constantly to his players about the pursuit of “perfect effort.” “I know,” he said with a smile. “That’s just coach speak.” I’m not so sure, coach. On Wednesday night at…
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Ramsey blog: 4 ways that Manning’s recent playoff performances are unsettling for Broncos
A look at Peyton Manning’s playoff performances since he led the Indianapolis Colts to the 2006 Super Bowl title: 1. His record in playoffs: 4-7 with five one-and-dones. In other words, Manning was quarterback five times when the Colts and Broncos failed to win a single game in the playoffs. 2. His homefield record in…
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Ramsey: Broncos should start youthful Osweiler over ancient Manning
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER – We dwell in the early days of 2016, not the early days of 2006. This truth is the prime reason why healthy, youthful Brock Osweiler should start as Broncos quarterback over creaky, ancient…