Award-winning sports columnist Woody Paige writes two columns a week for The Gazette, and appears regularly on the ESPN sports talk show, 'Around the Horn.'
Read the latest from him here.
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Woody Paige writes: The Midsummer Midseason Night’s Dream will play out in Denver again. No Beanie Babies this time. Turn off the humidor for the Home Run Derby.
The G-Man is on the clock.
The weird Wild West Show in LoDo on a postcard-perfect Thursday afternoon metamorphosed into the Rockies’ Grand Reopening.
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In time the Rockies may tumble ... but our love is here to stay.’’
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Scottsdale, Ariz.: On the night of Oct. 2, 2018, Wrigley Field in Chicago was cool literally and figuratively — 60 degrees with low overhanging clouds and a 7-mile-an-hour wind, and the Rockies and the Cubs were tied at 1 in an epic marathon extra-inning wild card, winner-go-on playoff game.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Nolan Arenado’s presence is felt, but his absence is significant at Rockies Camp Talking Stick.
Columnist Woody Paige writes: Mass murders in Colorado and everywhere else are too horrific, too sad, too depressing, too often, too too much.
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Woody Paige writes: The Broncos’ predominantly orange-and-blueprint for a starting quarterback likely won’t be clarified until the NFL draft in late April, or perhaps not even before the opening of the regular season in early September
If George Paton had held his first in-person press briefing Thursday afternoon at Mile High stadium instead of Dove Valley, and the stands were filled with 75,000 Broncos barrel believers, the response in unison would have been the oft-shouted:
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Columnist Woody Paige notes that quarterback options have dwindled severely while the rest of the league is largely set.
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Trey Lance should be drafted at the seventh pick in the NFL draft, by George!
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Columnist Woody Paige writes that the Broncos probably won't be aggressive in pursuit of free agents and the bigger story will come from whether they retain Von Miller.
Von Miller is free without charges in a court case, but will the eight-time Pro Bowler become free without contract from the Broncos?
If George Paton were asked to give an important address about the Denver NFL team, he would say: “13655 East Broncos Parkway.’’
The University of Denver Pioneers have ascended to NCAA tournaments 199 times in 15 men’s and women’s sports.
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Deshaun Watson. Got your attention. Russell Wilson, Josh Allen, Dak Prescott, Lamar Jackson. Gotcha again.
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Woody Paige writes: My first reaction Tuesday: Kobe and Tiger. Oh, no, not again. Thirteen months and about an hour in distance apart in greater Los Angeles, Tiger Woods and Kobe Bryant were involved in horrific crashes.
Columnist Woody Paige writes: The Curse of Avalanche Outdoor Games continues. Perhaps the Avs should reconsider participating in February events that are not held in an arena. Thinking outside the box doesn’t seem to be working.
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Woody Paige writes: If the Colorado Rockies do lose 100 games, owner Dick Monfort must change his answer about firing Jeff Bridich and himself as the top two executives.
Despite the lack of the Rockies talking about Talking Stick and spring training, the club allegedly will open camp Thursday.
While his name has been displayed prominently in the headlights for 40 days and nights, Drew Lock stays inconspicuously in the background, writes Woody Paige. The Broncos’ quarterback — for now — is lying low.
Four days and almost 45 years in Peyton Manning’s lifetime have altered the course of his and football history. The culmination was the official pronouncement Saturday night that Manning, whose priorities always have been “Faith, Family, Friends and Football’’ had been selected to the Pro Football Hall of “Fame.’’
The Rockies’ home opener is scheduled for April Fools' Day — apropos for Dick Monfort and Jeff Bridich!
Oh, at the Gateway to the West in Mizzou, the sun is shining bright, Budweiser Clydesdales clip-clop beside the Mississippi where all is right.
Where have you gone, Nolan Arenado? Our Cowtown turns its woeful eyes to you. In the Fleece of the Millennium the Rockheads gave the Great and Powerful Arenado and $50 million to the Cardinals for The Bums of Summer, columnist Woody Paige writes.
