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.'
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Woody Paige
For the first time in American history and the annals of the Broncos, the Rockies, the Nuggets, the Avalanche and the Rapids, all five of Denver’s major-league professional sports franchises could be playing in August and perhaps even on the same day.
If the Colorado Rockies want to learn how to flourish under the new wacky EI rule, they should talk to folks in Colorado Springs and Grand Junction who are familiar with the concept. They’ve been there, done that.
Columnist Woody Paige notes two former Super Bowl quarterbacks are available would improve the Broncos’ depth and QB quality quotient, but they aren’t being considered.
Baby Huey has transformed into Slavic mythical god Stribog.
There’s decrying in baseball.
On the night before Vic Fangio was scheduled to do an interview on Zoom with the Colorado sports media Tuesday, the Broncos coach took out a legal pad in his home office and meticulously wrote what he wanted to say about the current national crisis.
The 2020s are the 1960s with a COVID-19. Everybody blames everybody else. Thus, I wonder again 52 years later: Why not come together? Why not civility? Why not the United States of America?
Within the vast realm of possibility, the Nuggets could open the playoffs against the Rockets in a “home” game at Disney World, and the Avalanche might be the host of the Canucks in the playoffs on their “home’’ ice in Las Vegas at T-Mobile Arena.
Ifs, ands and buts, but no butts, will dictate whether the ol’ ballgame will open by the Fourth of July.
The Broncos’ Boss is beguiled by tall quarterbacks and tight ends.
May 2, 1983: John Elway was acquired in a trade. May 2, 1999: John Elway retired. Saturday was the anniversary of both monumental events in the Denver Broncos’ history.
On Saturday, after the NFL’s weird, wacky, wonderful draft concluded, John Elway characterized the Broncos’ orange-picking of 10 new young players as “tremendous’’ and will add “explosiveness’’ to the team.
The Duke and The Dipstick disagree over The Draft customarily.
The Broncos’ closest ally in the NFL draft should be the Cardinals.
Stetson Bardfield, who had the strength at 4 to decide on an operation to remove the lower sections of his legs intends to walk proudly up the stairs to the medal stand at the Paralympics, columnist Woody Paige writes.
With the NFL draft officially on in 18 days, Trader John could be manipulating to get two premier players early from the national champion Bayou Bengals.
Can Elway, in his 10th season (assuming there will be one in September or later) as Broncos Boss, produce a final comeback? Elway, who was born in 1960, will turn 60 on June 28. The Duke is determined to drive the Broncos to return to glory (or, at least respectability), then ride off into the sunset.
Six-time Olympic swimming medalist Amy Van Dyken-Rouen was so thankful that the 2020 Games had been postponed for a year because of the coronavirus global crisis.
Extinguish the flame for a year.
With Tom Brady announcing Tuesday that he absolutely is leaving the Patriots for another NFL (unknown) team, Coloradans may have reacted “Good riddance’’ because the Broncos will play in New England in the 2020 season.
What will the wide world of sports seem like on April 15, or in two months, or even four or 12? Where will the Nuggets, the Avalanche, the Rockies, the Broncos and the Rapids be then?
Although Colorado's governor declared a state of emergency, the coronavirus has not impacted the state of sports here — yet.
Columnist Woody Paige notes that the Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets could set reach some lofty heights together this season and in the playoffs.
Tuesday the Broncos agreed to acquired former Pro Bowl cornerback A.J. Bouye from the Jaguars, meaning that the Broncos’ own former Pro Bowl cornerback, Chris Harris, won’t be back, columnist Woody Paige writes.
Scottsdale, Ariz. • At Talking Stick on Saturday afternoon, in the first Rockies-Dodgers exhibition of the spring, the elephant on the diamond batted fourth and played third.
