Author: Woody Paige
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Woody Paige: Rockies’ Trevor Story goes out with bang after home finale
Trevor Story’s last blast was going, going, gone. So, sadly, is he. This Rox tale has been told too frequently. Trevor authored a storybook ending in Denver with a colossal 475-foot home run Tuesday, then four singles, a walk and three runs scored in Wednesday’s rainy marathon as the Rockies concluded their home season with…
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Woody Paige: Could a winning start for the season mean one more Super Bowl for John?
John Elway is the last man standing who has been there, done that an eighth time. Of the 13 seasons that Broncos Universe has begun the season with a 3-0 record, Elway has been a player or an executive with the franchise in eight — 1986, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2013, 2015, 2016 and now 2021.…
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Woody Paige: ER nurse, state Rep. Mullica trying ‘fix stupid’ in Altitude, Comcast stalemate
Enos Stanley Kroenke owns six major-league sports franchises — the Nuggets, the Avalanche, the Rapids, the Mammoth, Arsenal FC and the Rams —– and four sports facilities — Ball Arena in downtown Denver, Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., and Emirates Stadium in Holloway, England. He owns Altitude Sports & Entertainment…
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Woody Paige: Pat Bowlen’s legacy doesn’t deserve longtime, clownish Kaiser claim
The complex, convoluted Kaiser clown car court case continues. Twenty-two years after former Broncos owner Edgar Kaiser Jr. initially sued then Broncos owner Pat Bowlen, the right-of-first-refusal legal matters still aren’t resolved. Kaiser died in 2012, Bowlen in 2019. However, attorneys representing the Bowlen trustees in Colorado and a company Kaiser created in British Columbia…
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Woody Paige: Broncos coach Vic Fangio turns into riverboat gambler on fourth downs
This fresh Fangio philosophy is faultless. He and the Broncos are undefeated for the first season in three after a 23-13 victory over the Jaguars on Sunday. The Broncos’ coach used to be more conservative on the football field than Calvin Coolidge was in the White House. Now, Vic Fangio has transformed into a Mississippi…
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Woody Paige: Buffs are in shambles, can another Drew help cause?
The Buffaloes became gofers for the Gophers. CU coach Karl Dorrell characterized the Folsom Field Fiasco “a complete breakdown’’ and promised to “reevaluate everything.’’ Drew Who? Drew Carter led the University of Colorado in rushing Saturday. He had 9 yards. Until the fourth quarter in CU’s debacle of a defeat to Minnesota, Carter was the…
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Woody Paige: Urban Meyer has work to do if he wants to revive the Jaguars, starting with a game against the Broncos
Urban Meyer III’s middle name is not Renewal. But the Jaguars’ new head coach has been responsible, to be Frank (Urban’s actual middle name), for the renaissance of programs at Bowling Green, Utah, Florida and Ohio State. Now Meyer is trying to clean up and redevelop the slum area a mile from downtown Jacksonville. So…
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Woody Paige: Vic Fangio’s Broncos QB pick Teddy Bridgewater has a great debut
Vic Fangio could have said: “I told you so.’’ So it was. Instead, the Broncos’ coach said: “I saw a guy in total control.’’ Teddy Bridgewater gave the most impressive, important, impactful, imposing performance for a Broncos’ new quarterback in a road game opener since perhaps Frank Tripucka in the franchise’s inaugural regular season in…
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Woody Paige: 20 years later, Broncos and the world remember 9/11
Remember a time in September. The world came crashing down Sept. 11, 2001. *** The Broncos opened New Mile High Stadium, as coach Mike Shanahan referred to the spaceship-style structure, Monday night, Sept. 10, 2001, against the New York Giants. The last game of the first week would be the last NFL game…
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Woody Paige: Apologies to John Fogerty, but no one will stop Chiefs’ reign
And I wonder, still I wonder, who’ll stop the reign? The Chiefs have finished first in the AFC West five consecutive seasons with 60 regular-season victories. Can the Broncos bounce back finally after their five seasons of mediocrity? Will the Raiders secure only their second winning season since losing the Super Bowl 18 years ago?…