Author: Woody Paige
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Woody Paige: Broncos history says these rookies could join Rod Smith, Gene Mingo as undrafted stars
Seventeen is a South Korean boy band, the atomic number for chlorine, Todd Helton’s retired jersey number, the number worn by seven former Broncos quarterbacks, a collection of the best undrafted free agents in franchise history and the number of rookies on the Broncos’ 90-man roster in training camp. And 18 is the astonishing number…
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Woody Paige: Well-traveled Broncos training camp finally found a home in 2003
All’s quiet on the Dove Valley front. On a Colorado postcard-perfect 80-degree Saturday afternoon the Broncos’ training grounds belonged to prairie dogs and church mice. Not a discouraging word was heard because even assistant coaches and ball boys are away and astray on this day. But bring on the noise Wednesday. Rookies report. Veterans arrive…
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Woody Paige: Colorado Rockies’ continued insistence to draft pitchers still not working
According to a hot-shot headline writer for The Gazette the Rockies picked a “plethora of pitchers’’ in this week’s MLB draft. But did the team primarily purchase “pigs in a poke?’’ Since 2011, when Dick Monfort became the mighty managing general partner, chairman and club CEO, and with Bill Schmidt, the VP of scouting for…
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Woody Paige: Let the Russell Wilson recovery tour begin for Broncos QB
The dictum in Denver last season morphed to “Broncos Country, let’s deride… Russell Wilson.” Will Wilson again be the fourth-ranked quarterback in the AFC West, the obsequious quarterback in 13 Broncos’ 2023 regular-season games and a bottom-feeder NFL QB? Or does he ride back to greatness, starting over this month? The former two-time Super Bowl…
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Woody Paige: Fans will flood Denver for Yanks stars and a pop star, not for Rox stars
Zowie! Taylor Swift and the Yankees will entice a combined record of more than a quarter of a million frantic fanatics to their rare appearances in Denver next weekend. Swift will perform at Mile High stadium Friday and Saturday, and the Yanks are coming to Coors Field for a three-game series with the Rockies. Swift…
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Woody Paige: What’s been learned about the Denver Nuggets since they won the NBA title
Never trust what pirate ship sailors on shore leave or NBA players after a championship parade say when they have been imbibing. Bruce Brown, who asserted he wanted to stay with the Nuggets and “money is not everything,’’ signed a two-season deal with the Pacers for $45 million, and Jeff Green, who claimed he desired…
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Woody Paige: Eleven (wins) will be heaven for Sean Payton’s Denver Broncos
Only 183 shopping days remain until New England comes to town and good times are rolling again. T’will be the night before Christmas and the eve of the new year when the Broncos are back in a holidaze. ‘Tis the season. For only the fifth time in franchise history the Broncos will play on December…
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Woody Paige: Rockies become comedy routine without the humor
Who’s on first for the Rox? Whatshisname is on second. Where is the shortstop? Why is that piccolo player a pitcher? When’s the catcher? No, Wynns is the catcher, and Colorado never Wins with Wynns. What’s more, the Rockies have become an Abbott & Costello comedy routine. The Nuggets have The Joker. The Rox have…
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Woody Paige: Nuggets should look at sharpshooter Vukcevic
The Nuggets should smartly select The Vooker. Maybe ESPN won’t break for a State Farm commercial when he is picked. Tristan Vukcevic is a 20-year-old, 7-foot, 223-pound Serbian-Italian-Swedish-Greek forward who shoots lights out from 25 feet and likes to retweet Nikola Jokic press conference quotes. And his jersey number is 1. The Vooker could be…
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Woody Paige: Long wait over for NBA franchise with humble beginnings
The journey for the Nuggets is just beginning. The adventure is close to ending for me. A 24-year-old novice sportswriter, who had been a reporter covering civil rights issues in the South, saw his first Denver Rockets game with 3,155 bystanders at the Auditorium Arena in downtown Denver on Nov. 22, 1970. The Memphis Pros…