Tag: woody paige
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Woody Paige: Broncos ‘D’ on path to be among best ever
The distinctive dynamic Denver defenses Orange Crush and No-Fly Zone could be joined by Broncos Sack Attack. The idiosyncratic unit would be Roy Orbison’s favorite Orange-and-BlewByYou defense. After nine sacks by eight different defenders in London against the Jets the pro tem Great Britain Broncos continued a spiral that could produce the league record for…
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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: Broncos need to take advantage of opportunity in Philly
It seems like only 39 years ago that the Broncos won their only game in Philadelphia. They must repeat the feat. The Broncos whacked the Eagles, sacked quarterbacks Ron Jaworski and Randall Cunninham four times, packed running back Keith Byars for 21 yards, hacked coordinator Wade Phillips’ defense for 195 yards rushing by Sammy “Mississippi…
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Woody Paige: Broncos must shed their lackluster effort
A Broncos’ beatdown to the Cincinnati Cheaps Monday night would be unforgettable and unforgivable. A loss to the Philadelphia champs won’t get the deed done. And with a defeat to either or both of the New York/New Jersey chumps, Denver can fuhgeddaboudit. A week ago, a Simpleton Simon in a sports show said…
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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…
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Woody Paige: Remembering Broncos great Demaryius Thomas
The D.T. O.T. T.D. will live on forever for the Broncos. On Jan. 8, 2012, Demaryius Thomas ran gloriously through the night to one of the most immortal touchdowns in the entire history of the Broncos. The wonderful wide receiver was not a mere mortal. But, as Demaryius crossed the goal line to the tumultuous…
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Woody Paige: Colorado athletes aplenty to cheer for in ‘hot mess’ Olympics
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Twenty-six communities in Colorado are sending 52 athletes to the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo. Including JaVale McGee. I saw his mom, Pamela McGee, play for the USA’s women’s basketball team at the 1984 Summer Games. They could become the first mother-son to win gold…
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Woody Paige: Colorado athletes aplenty to cheer for in ‘hot mess’ Olympics
Twenty-six communities in Colorado are sending 52 athletes to the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo. Including JaVale McGee. I saw his mom, Pamela McGee, play for the USA’s women’s basketball team at the 1984 Summer Games. They could become the first mother-son to win gold medals in Olympic hoops. The Nuggets’ McGee was just added…
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The Field of Dreams is in Colorado this week | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It’s Shotime, Colorado. Growing up in Japan, Shohei Ohtani, aka Shotime, reportedly read comic books about Goro Shigeno, a fictional Japanese boy who hit and pitched baseballs and grew up to play for a pro baseball team in a mythical place called Anaheim in a…
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The Field of Dreams is in Colorado this week | Vince Bzdek
It’s Shotime, Colorado. Growing up in Japan, Shohei Ohtani, aka Shotime, reportedly read comic books about Goro Shigeno, a fictional Japanese boy who hit and pitched baseballs and grew up to play for a pro baseball team in a mythical place called Anaheim in a mythical country called America. And now Ohtani has made that…