Author: Woody Paige
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Woody Paige: Through trials and tumult, Nikola Jokic keeps Nuggets afloat entering Game 7
In Serbian mythology long ago Svarog was the god of fire, sun and blacksmithing. In Colorado reality forever Nikola Jokic is the celestial god of fire, brimstone and basketball. Jokic is a living, breathing legend who never will be equaled in the NBA. Nobody else ever will pass this way (sight unseen nightly), shoot this…
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Woody Paige: Broncos should shell out for foes’ free agents
The Broncos should Target with their Walmart money NFL free agents from Sean Payton’s and George Paton’s favorite former friends — the Saints and the Vikings — and the franchise’s most abhorrent antagonists — the Chiefs and the Raiders. Negotiations with agents can begin in just 15 days, and the Broncos could announce signings of players March 12. Two…
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Woody Paige: Could Philly’s Embiid be dodging showdown with obviously superior Jokic?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Injury indeed will impede Embiid from playing in Denver for the fifth consecutive time and the seventh in nine seasons, but the Philadelphia 76ers will proceed Tuesday night although it is agreed that they won’t succeed and should just concede. Guaranteed. Joel Embiid has…
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Woody Paige: Is trip to Super Bowl possible? Maybe, if all goes well on Broncos Vindication Tour
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NIX in LIX? The quarterback feat at Super Bowl 59 is conceivable if the Broncos can go on a December-January-February Vindication Tour. The Orange most likely must defeat the Chargers, the Chiefs, the Steelers, the Ravens and perhaps the Chiefs again to get back to…
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Woody Paige: Broncs QB Nix ‘in a really good spot’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Yo, Bo. What’s up, Bro? If Bo Nix continues his impressive performance pace of the past seven games he will become only the fifth of 57 Broncos starting quarterbacks in franchise history to pass for more than 4,000 yards in a regular season. The others…
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Woody Paige: Kirk Cousins returns to Mile High, with not-so-fond memories of his first visit
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Captain Kirk boldly goes Sunday to where he would rather forget he has gone before. To Kirk Cousins, playing @Mile High is “an adverse situation’,’ he said this week. You like that? In his 13-season career Cousins has played one regular-season game in Denver for…
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Woody Paige: Wealth of talent to hit Castle Pines this week
In the tradition of the scrupulous restoration of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes, the renaissance of the Two Jacks’ Castle Pines course is a modern magnificence of golf sculpting. The 50 professionals competing in the FedEx Cup BMW Championship, 100,000-plus spectators, volunteers and media and millions of television viewers will be introduced formally this week…
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Woody Paige: Avalanche, Nuggets struggle at home, must be Road Warriors to reach conference finals
Home is not where the Nuggets’ and the Avalanche’s hearts are. The 1-2 punch has been a brutal blow for both Denver teams in the second round. Not only are the Nugs and the Avs trailing 2 wins to 1 in playoff series, but they’ve lost all three games at the Ball & Puck Arena.…
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Woody Paige: Nix? Hiers? … Broncos continue to shop for young QBs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Broncos seem to be saying ixnay and amscray to the quarterback most football doyens believe the team should draft. Michael Hiers has visited more NFL control centers than Michael Penix Jr., Michael Pratt, Michael Fassbender and, yes, even Bo Nix. Who hires Hiers? Who…
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Woody Paige: The confusing, convoluted case of Bo Nix and the Broncos
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Broncos seem to be saying ixnay and amscray to the quarterback most football doyens believe the team should draft. Michael Hiers has visited more NFL control centers than Michael Penix Jr., Michael Pratt, Michael…