Tag: Paul Klee
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Paul Klee: Sean Payton and a backup QB for a Super Bowl berth? Sounds like a Payton kind of challenge
Joy… and pain. After a bittersweet Saturday afternoon at Empower Field when the Broncos moved one win from Super Bowl LX yet lost quarterback Bo Nix for the rest of the NFL playoffs, what is it they always say? Sports are the thrill of victory and the agony of a broken ankle? Or something like…
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Paul Klee: Broncos finally rip control of AFC West from the stubborn hands of Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs
As the Broncos danced a jig after a 22-19 win Sunday night at Empower Field at Mile High, the Chiefs lurched out of their locker room and onto the team bus as if Broncos Country had kicked their dog and stolen their lunch money. This was a Patrick Mahomes the state of Colorado has never…
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Paul Klee: The Broncos are the luckiest team in NFL and now have NFL’s best record
The Broncos are the luckiest team in the NFL. They also have the NFL’s best record and, for now, the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoff picture. How ’bout them analytics? Stealing victory from the jaws of defeat on Sundays and now on Thursdays, the Broncos are 8-2 with a horseshoe wedged into the…
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Paul Klee: Bo Nix ‘playing for audience of one’ while growing audience of Super Bowl believers in Broncos Country
Bo Nix feels the love from a Broncos Country that’s suddenly 6-2 and thinking Super Bowl. His love for Jesus Christ runs much deeper. What was the young Broncos quarterback thinking about during his ninth straight win at Empower Field at Mile High, the longest home win streak in the NFL and the No. 1…
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Friday Faceoff: Who reaches Super Bowl first — Sean Payton or Jim Harbaugh?
Friday Faceoff: Who reaches the Super Bowl first — Sean Payton or Jim Harbaugh? Paul Klee, sports editor Answer: Harbaugh Sean Payton holds a grudge like Khalil Mack is trying to strip it away. He is, after all, a coach who has “two middle fingers” to fire at critics if he proves them wrong. So…
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Paul Klee: Back in NFL playoffs, Broncos prove a great underdog story still exists
The Denver ‘Dogs did not give a hoot about some stinkin’ playoff drought. Underdogs in most of their 17 games and pegged with a measly win total of 5.5, the Broncos told the experts what-for with a 38-0 win over the Chiefs to clinch a playoff berth. Take that, experts! “It’s so funny,” wide receiver…
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Paul Klee: Jonathan Taylor’s brain-fart fumble lifts Broncos to brink of playoffs — and crushes Colts dreams
In the spirit of the Christmas season, instead of laughing at a man’s honest mistake, share a positive thought for Jonathan Taylor. Or serve him up a stiff glass of Mom’s egg nog. After a brain fart that may have cost the Indianapolis Colts a spot in the NFL playoffs and lifted the Broncos into…
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When Broncos QB Craig Morton left a hospital bed to beat Raiders in AFC championship | Paul Klee
The rarely told story of 1977 Broncos begins in a hospital bed. Craig Morton’s left leg looked like it had been run over by a pickup truck.
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Robot mowers and elk herds: How Castle Pines Golf Club prepared for BMW Championship | Paul Klee
CASTLE PINES — The robot mower is stuck in the rough on No. 18 at Castle Pines Golf Club. Yep, the BMW Championship is ready to go. “The robot gets less confused if you drag it to the fairway,” Scott Pavalko says. Scott’s the brilliant director of golf course and grounds at Castle Pines, or…
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Remembering the late Todd Kidd, the Denver Pioneers hockey player with 10,000 friends | Paul Klee
It was Todd’s idea. Todd Kidd had the best ideas. It was Todd’s idea to invent a new hockey skate, one that flexed so it didn’t pinch his ankle. “He was convinced he could make a better skate than Bauer or CCM,” says Kevin Ripplinger, a University of Denver hockey teammate and roommate from 1995-99.…