Tag: dick monfort
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Mark Kiszla: Monfort brothers confronted a break-up before selling 40% stake to Broncos owners
The Colorado Rockies crumbled while Dick and Charlie Monfort wrestled over the future of the franchise. A dysfunctional baseball team that made losing 100 games a bad habit was a reflection of a long-hidden but unresolved family dispute between the two brothers who owned the Rockies. For the past two years, Charlie Monfort has persistently…
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Mark Kiszla: At age 71, Rockies owner Dick Monfort insists chances of team winning World Series in his lifetime are ‘Excellent!’
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – With his 72nd birthday and 30th season of Rockies ownership rapidly approaching, will Dick Monfort live long enough to see Colorado win the World Series? “Oh, god,” said Monfort, as his peaceful Friday morning was interrupted by a chance encounter with me on a sidewalk outside the Rockies’ spring training headquarters. “Good…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: My debt of gratitude to the late Doug Moe, King of the Dips
Doug Moe was great. If I tuned in late to a Nuggets game back in the 1980s, I could always tell immediately how it was going for Denver by the amount of disarray to Moe’s jacket, tie and collar. He was a great coach and an even greater personality. – Michael, a real no-hoper Kiz:…
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What is your New Year’s resolution for Denver sports in 2026? | Friday Faceoff
Friday Faceoff: What is your New Year’s resolution for Denver sports in 2026? Evan Rawal, Avalanche beat reporter Answer: Capitalize on elite players in their prime It’s rare for one city to have this many elite players performing in the prime of their careers. What’s taking place in Denver right now is truly remarkable, but…
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Who is Denver’s greatest sports villain? | Friday Faceoff
Friday Faceoff: Who is currently Denver’s greatest sports villain? Kyle Fredrickson, Broncos beat reporter Answer: Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes The Chiefs drafted Patrick Mahomes with the No. 10 overall pick of the 2017 NFL draft. The Broncos endured seven consecutive losing seasons starting in 2017. Coincidence? No way. Denver’s reign as AFC West superpower…
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Mark Kiszla: Dick Monfort hired Paul DePodesta as baseball nanny for his sons
As much as the wretched Rockies would like us to believe Paul DePodesta is a ninja tasked with taking down the L.A. Dodgers’ evil empire, the truth is far less ambitious and not nearly so glamorous. He’s a glorified nanny. DePodesta was hired away from a pro football laughingstock to babysit the sons of Rockies…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: The case for the Broncos benching Bo Nix in favor of Jarrett Stidham
Bo Nix doesn’t have it. The Broncos are lucky to be 8-2 thanks to the defense. Nix doesn’t set his feet, rushes passes and throws the ball up for grabs. Not sure if it’s mental, but I’m getting Jay Cutler vibes. – U.T., orange and feeling blue Kiz: Pull the trigger! Any NFL quarterback who…
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Kickin’ it with Kiz: The last thing Rockies need in next GM is another pencil pusher
My No. 1 priority for the Rockies’ next general manager is that he has no previous association with the Rockies. – Chruffman, Boulder Kiz: If the Rockies actually have a way of doing business, 323 losses in a three-year stretch suggest their way of building a winning team might be all wrong. That harsh truth…
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Woody Paige: It’s time for Monforts to start anew and revamp Rox front office
In less than a century the Monfort family digressed from livestock to laughingstock. Once the proud possessors of a premier national stockyards company, the Monfort migrants from Illinois are owners of the world’s worst team in a ballyard. The Richard “Call Me” Dick Monfort’s Roxbottoms just concluded compiling 500 losses over five consecutive seasons. Monfort…
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Woody Paige: Words can’t express how bad the Rockies have become … or could they?
The RoxBottom Blake Street Bums will be done for, destroyed, devastated and the disgraceful dead Friday. Thank heavens, Galarraga and the 162nd last game. In five seasons, the foolish, frightful, ferocious, foul franchise will finish with more than 500 failures. “We are No. 30 and have a party deck’’ should be team slogan. The Mortified…