Author: Woody Paige
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Woody Paige: Russell Wilson shows he’s ready to saddle up with Broncos
“Broncos Country: Let’s Ride.” Russell Wilson gave Colorado a new mantra and a new quarterback Wednesday afternoon. He doesn’t get a second chance to provide a first impression, and Russell nailed it. “My goal is to play 10-12 more years and win 3-4 more Super Bowls. That’s the mindset. That’s why I came here,” Wilson…
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Woody Paige: Gonzaga and Tennessee will meet in men’s NCAA Championship game
The NCAA championship game will be Zags-Vols, Rocky Top Tennessee vs. Spokane River Bottom. Be very afraid, Mark Few and Paul Klee. Klee, whose award-winning column regularly occupies the space next to my prize-losing sports essay, is an esteemed graduate of Gonzaga University, a private Jesuit school created in 1887. On the other hand and…
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Woody Paige: Sixth time’s charm as Broncos open arms for Russell Wilson
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Get fooled five times, shame on the Broncos. In the 2012 NFL draft, the Broncos could have picked Russell Wilson at Nos. 25, 31, 36, 57 or 67. The Broncos didn’t get fooled again. The quarterback became the franchise’s Wilson Pick-It Tuesday. Ten…
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Woody Paige: With Russell Wilson, Broncos reverse fortunes by reaching for QB greatness
Be still our hearts. In two hours Tuesday the Broncos levitated from The Great Depression to Great Expectations. The three greatest days in Broncos’ off-season history are May 2, 1983; March 20, 2012; and March 8, 2022, when the NFL franchise got John Elway, Peyton Manning and Russell Wilson. The Broncos are back to their…
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Woody Paige: Broncos fans should be wary of new ownership
Broncos advocates should be very suspicious, skeptical and cynical about the franchise’s new ownership. Many of the more than 50 majority and minority owners of professional teams in Denver sports history weren’t so admirable, honest, wealthy and intelligent. In fact, several were con artists in the “Music Man’’ tradition of Harold Hill. Others were real…
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Woody Paige: Game cancellations may have given Rockies a reprieve
Blessed be the Rockies, the most fortunate flunkies in Major League Baseball who won’t open the season March 31. The Hard Rox can’t lose the first previously scheduled set-in-granite six games, which would have been the worst start in franchise history. The commissioner has cancelled the first two series, so the Rockies will not play…
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Woody Paige: Broncos say they are “Going to exhaust all options,” but they should sign Mitch Trubisky
George Paton proclaimed Tuesday the Broncos have narrowed their choices for a quarterback to signing a free agent, trading for a veteran, selecting a QB in the draft, bringing back Teddy Bridgewater, Drew Lock and/or Brett Rypien. “We just want the best guy,’’ Paton said during his press conference at The NFL Combine. “We’re going…
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Woody Paige: Will John Elway add ‘Broncos owner’ to his already concrete legacy in Denver?
John Elway is the Grand Duke of Denver. Elway has achieved more in the Mile High City than Molly Brown, Douglas Fairbanks, Jack Swigert or perhaps Saco Rienk de Boer – the city’s first planner who was responsible for hundreds of parks and roadways, the Denver Botanic Gardens and Red Rocks Amphitheatre. In his 34…
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Woody Paige: Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett builds younger, more diverse coaching staff
The progressive and aggressive Hackett Hires are close to complete. Nathaniel Hackett has strived in 18 days to achieve his criteria for a Broncos’ coaching staff that has become younger, more diverse, advanced computer and analytical savvy, innovative and inventive, teaching-oriented and comprised of NFL, college and high school football coaches he has been associated…
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Woody Paige: Super Bowls are familiar to Denver Broncos fans … but Broncos’ nation needs another one
The Denver Broncos have played in one-seventh of the Super Bowls, but eight is not enough. The Broncos could have, should have, would have been in an NFL record dozen Super Bowls. When will the Broncos’ ninth appearance occur? Meanwhile, the 56th Super Bowl Sunday will be the six straight without the Broncos and the…