Author: Woody Paige
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Woody Paige: There’s a good reason the Nuggets continue to draw a blank in the offseason
Who will the Nuggets’ president of basketball operations and their general manager pick in the first and second rounds of the NBA draft Wednesday and Thursday nights? Alas, the Nuggets do not have a president of basketball operations and haven’t hired a new general manager, and the franchise doesn’t own a first- or second-round draft…
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Woody Paige: Colorado Rockies owner Monfort could learn a lot from Atlanta Braves’ Malone
If Richard L. Monfort genuinely thinks he is so smart, a disputable dubious description, why doesn’t he drive from LoDo southeast 49 miles toward the town of Elizabeth and visit local homeowner John C. Malone, who actually is so smart? Dick must come down out of his illusory ivory tower to seek baseball ownership advice…
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Woody Paige: Don’t look now! But the Broncos will win the AFC West
Only 200 more shopping and tariff days until Dec. 25th — Christmas Day and Determinator Day when the Broncos play the Chiefs in Kansas City. Winner wins the division. The Broncos will summon every player for mandatory minicamp this week, and the Chiefs will hold their own the following week. KC and the Sunshine Brand…
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Woody Paige: Owner Monfort gets comfy while Rockies continue woesome ways
Richard L. Monfort must sit alone on the deck of his grandiose $5 million penthouse atop McGregor Square Residences at 1901 Wazee, staring grimacingly at adjacent Coors Field and wondering what went wickedly wrong. The Colorado Rockies’ owner/chairman of the board/chief executive officer/one-time snow shoveler/meat-packing company president and baseball bon vivant believed that this season’s…
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Woody Paige: Saying goodbye to ‘Around the Horn’ after 23 years — and remembering how it all began
Profound, The Horn. Eight of us met at New York City’s famous Carnegie Deli in the summer of 2002 to share Rueben sandwiches and concepts of, and ideas for, a novel neophyte network program on ESPN. The smart, sharp, snarky Max Kellerman, who would become the young host, finally acknowledged me and said: “I hear…
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Woody Paige: It’s a bird, it’s a plane … it’s ADELMAN
To the list of superheroes Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Aquaman and even Ant-Man add one more name. Disguised as a mild-mannered, soft-spoken, good-natured, team-centric interim placeholder the meek geek really can leap tall centers for a single rebound, is faster than a speeding shooting guard and is more powerful than Kings, Grizzlies, Rockets, Clippers and the…
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Woody Paige: Broncos barter their way to success
The Broncos deserve a grade “A’’ for creativity, shrewdness, guile and horse-trading, including the drafting of a converted quarterback, a converted rugby player, a converted basketball player, but not converted pickleball or piccolo players. And they got their No. 1 player, who concentrated on cornerback. George Paton and Sean Payton pulled off innovative deals involving…
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Woody Paige: Nuggets grab advantage, roll to Game 1 victory
In a spine-tingling, breath-taking, heart-pounding phenomenon playoff performance, the Nuggets ultimately were pure gold Saturday. Nugs got the win at The Ball over the Clippers in overtime in Game 1, 112-110. It was a spectacular series start. Could the Cardiac Comebackers defeat Los Angeles NBA teams for the fourth consecutive time since the Bubble burst…
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Woody Paige: Wow … Nuggets among playoff hopefuls in the wild West
Welcome to the wild, wild, weird, wacky, wicked, wondrous, wide-open West in the NBA where 10 teams are vying for seven playoff or play-in positions Sunday. Wow! The Nuggets are pursuing nirvana Sunday in Houston. They could conclude the regular season at 4, 5, 6 or 7. If they win over the second-seeded Rockets the…
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Woody Paige: What are Rox to do? Go full in on prospects and full out with the dead weight
Rox Bottom must go Full Monty. The Rockies’ season is all but over just after beginning. The players showed up at Coors Field Saturday afternoon with baseball’s second worst record and not realizing that during the club’s history only three MLB teams who started the season with 1-6 marks recovered to reach the postseason. Wait…