Author: Woody Paige
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Woody Paige: MVP Marvel Mega-Match: Jokic vs. Embiid
MVP Marvel Mega-Match: The Sequel. No Surrender in Denver. The Joker vs. The Process. Joel and Jokic spar at The Jar in the duel of the dynamical duo. But, then, does 76ers’ 70-point interstellar superstar Joel Embiid show up for the showcase showdown Saturday afternoon (with a 3:30 blastoff) against Nikola Jokic, who recently was…
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Woody Paige: Rockies’ Todd Helton earned passage to hallowed Hall of Fame
A used, unsigned 1996 Todd Helton rookie baseball card could be purchased Tuesday morning on eBay for $1.49 “or best offer.” The value significantly increased Tuesday evening. Todd was voted into Baseball’s Hall of Fame. The 50-year-old Colorado Rockies and Colorado Springs Sky Sox first baseman for 18 seasons joins the game’s genuine galactic greatest…
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Woody Paige: It’s time for the Broncos to know Bo
Bo knows football. Bo throws footballs. The Broncos must board the Bo bandwagon. No matter who Payton, Paton & Penner decide will be the 2024 season’s starting quarterback – Jarrett Stidham, Russell Wilson, Ben DiNucci or a risky veteran from parts unknown – is it possible that Denver picks Nix for next? Not only could…
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Woody Paige: Go forth, Bills, Texans, Lions and 49ers! These divisional picks have Broncos connections
Four I’m foremost for: 49ers, Lions, Texans and Bills. I don’t gamble, except on Indian food takeout. I have not bet on a sports event in 54 years, since putting $25 on the nine first-round games in the NCAA tournament and losing all. I’m reading a book entitled “The Wager,’’ which is not about risking…
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Woody Paige: Tough 10-game stretch could make or break Nuggets
The Nuggets enter the daunting labyrinth Tuesday night. In the tradition of “Seven Days In May’’ and “Three Days Of the Condor’’ now comes “Eight Perilous Games Of January’’. From Jan. 16 to 31 the Nuggets play at Philadelphia, Boston, Washington D.C., Indianapolis and New York City, in Denver against Philadelphia (again) and Milwaukee and,…
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Woody Paige: Bottom line is, it could be worse for the Broncos
It could be worse. The Broncos could be playing in Kansas City (wind chill temperature of minus-17 Saturday night), Buffalo (blizzard Sunday and Monday) or Denver (1 degree Saturday afternoon) in the NFL’s wild-card playoffs. Instead, the Broncos are playing on the beach in Cabo and Cancun. It could be worse. The Broncos’ coldest game…
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Woody Paige: Could Wilson be ‘relevant’ enough to stay with Broncos?
The NFL’s “Mr. Irrelevant’’ who became irreverent with the Broncos is “Mr. Relevant’’ in the CFL with the Argonauts. Chad Kelly would have a better chance than Russell Wilson of being back with the Broncos this year. The Broncos selected Kelly 253rd (last in the draft) in 2017. Five years later they traded five draft…
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Woody Paige: Can the Broncos leadership up their game?
Of the Broncos’ triumvirate of Payton, Paton & Penner, who took the podium in that order Tuesday at the season-parting presser, the franchise’s controlling owner was the most impassioned, impatient, impressive and implicit. Greg Penner spoke directly to the fans as a fan, submitting that the Broncos “understand the championship standard we have here both…
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Woody Paige: Broncos’ success will depend on a ‘better bunch’ of players
The Broncos couldn’t run and couldn’t hide, and certainly didn’t ride. Like the majority of gamblers, the Broncos haven’t won yet in Lost Vegas. And their season ended just as badly as it began. On the Broncos’ opening play Sept. 10, 2023, new coach Sean Payton tried trickery by calling for an onside kickoff against…
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Woody Paige: What happens in Vegas will definitely stay there
From the Hills of Montezuma to the streets of Trinidad nobody seems to care about the Broncos-Raiders game Sunday. According to Fox Sports. It’s explicable that Hawaii and Alaska, and 46 of the contiguous states would not be turned on and tuned in. But what about more than half of Nevada and a couple of…