Author: Milo Bryant
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MILO BRYANT: Fitness finds a way to golf course
Tom Kite had just sent a drive 300-or-so yards down the fairway, drawing oohs and aahs from his playing partners. One by one, each had his turn on the tee box as Kite, 58, stood nearby, eagerly watching. As the last drive settled in the rough, there were a few disappointed looks and disapproving head…
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Opinion: Veteran Pittman is Broncos’ best RB option
ENGLEWOOD • Signing Michael Pittman made Travis Henry expendable. Actually, it was Henry’s lack of commitment to football that made him expendable to the Denver Broncos. Henry had the talent to lead the NFL in rushing. He obviously mastered the talent of not caring enough, too. Henry’s loyalty to things not football has given Pittman,…
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Opinion: Rockies’ ace Francis is following his team
DENVER • The Colorado Rockies are going from bad to worse, spiraling down, kind of like their opening day ace, Jeff Francis.Sure there are injuries, and we’ll save those for a later column. But this season isn’t going anywhere near expected for the defending National League champions. And Francis, who tied the club record with…
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Opinion: Confused by Avs’ move? You’re not alone
DENVER • Bear with me for a moment, this gets a little confusing. The Colorado Avalanche just brought back a coach in Tony Granato who wasn’t good enough to keep the head coaching job in 2004 though he had the best winning percentage, .647 (72-33-17-11), of any Avalanche coach. At first thought, maybe that’s cool.…
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Opinion: Fatherhood changes Barmes on, off field
DENVER • So many have tried to explain what has gotten into Clint Barmes. The answer is simple, but it’s not in statistics. It’s not in some new revelation bestowed by the hitting gurus. Barmes is at peace with who he is as a baseball player and in a large part with who he is…
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MILO BRYANT: Give legs a workout with weight
We started with bodyweight leg workouts last week. We’ll finish those today.Don’t forget to go to the blog – milobryant.blogspot.com – to check out videos of each exercise. There will also be more exercises.Squat jumpsStart this exercise by standing erect with the feet slightly wider than your shoulders and toes slightly pointing out. Descend into…
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Opinion: Plenty of reason Karl should stay as coach
DENVER – Should George Karl stay or should the Denver Nuggets coach be shown the door? The question is being asked from newspaper columnists to radio and television announcers. There are those who have their minds made up: “One die-hard fan’s crusade to salvage the 2007-08 Denver Nuggets season.” Those are words from the Web…
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Opinion: Broncos will improve, but so will foes
ENGLEWOOD – Saturday’s NFL draft, at least for the Denver Broncos, wasn’t as much about whom they drafted as it was about how much better coach Mike Shanahan and company made the team. In that vein, the day wasn’t as much about their two players as it was about the players their divisional opponents drafted.…
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OPINION: Rockies’ Tulowitzki has hurdles to overcome
DENVER – Troy Tulowitzki walked into the Colorado Rockies clubhouse Monday and found out his team didn’t need him against the Philadelphia Phillies. Then along came a few Jeff Baker mishaps, and the Rockies actually did need Tulowitzki. More on Baker later. As the day started, Tulowitzki, the Rockies’ second-year wunderkind of a shortstop was given…
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Opinion: Triathlete isn’t underdog anymore
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Matt Reed stopped running about 15 yards before the finish line at Saturday’s USA Triathlon Olympic trials. The New Zealand native and new U.S. citizen turned and walked backward. He waved. He looked to the sky and threw his hands up. His fists pumped several times. Reed then turned back around and walked…