Author: BY PAUL KLEE The Gazette
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Paul Klee: Pine Creek football star makes smart choice on National Signing Day
Brock Domann is a busy guy. If the Pine Creek senior and former football star isn’t leading the Eagles to the Class 4A state championship, he’s working on a 3.7 GPA. If he’s not studying film for his college career, he’s attending a Bible study with 125-or-so other local kids. “That Bible study is my…
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Paul Klee: Jump! Air Force skydivers a gold standard
DENVER – It was Parents Weekend at the Air Force Academy when Adam Fly jumped out of a perfectly good airplane and his parachute malfunctioned. A senior at Air Force, Fly had been free-falling to Earth at the speed of a Jon Gray fastball – plus 20 mph – and one of his brake toggles…
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Paul Klee: Get to know Denver Broncos QB Trevor Siemian, America
CINCINNATI — Contrary to expectations, Trevor Siemian did not sip from a glass of milk to celebrate Denver’s 29-17 triumph against the Bengals here Sunday. Although, as Siemian might put it, milk would’ve been “neat.” His worn-in Birkenstocks — the pair of sandals he wears with knee-high socks — stayed at his condo near Denver…
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Paul Klee: Von Miller saddles up as the NFL’s best player
DENVER — The best player in the NFL is wearing a cowboy hat with a raccoon’s appendage tied to the buckle. He’s seemingly and always on the brink of dancing, either a country jig, salsa spin or, if we’re lucky, a Michael Jackson number. He’s from Texas, as Wade Phillips would say. “Am I on…
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Paul Klee: Broncos put faith in Trevor Siemian
DENVER – They don’t believe in Trevor Siemian. They don’t think he’s a quarterback who can win big, much less a Super Bowl. They saw the two interceptions – one terrible, one terribly unlucky – and hollered, “Told ya so!” They are waiting for the wheels to come tumbling off, for the other shoe to…
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Paul Klee: Advice for Andrew Luck against Broncos
DENVER — Surprise! There is none. As brash-and-smash safety T.J. Ward bellowed in the winning locker room late Thursday night after infuriating and intimidating NFL MVP Cam Newton yet again: “We are who they thought we were!” They are the Super Bowl champs 2.0. Just like last year, the Broncos’ defense is meaner than a…
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Klee: For right price, Nuggets should trade Kenneth Faried
DENVER — The curious case of Kenneth Faried has no easy resolution. Is he the friendly fellow who, on a cold, winter night outside a LoHi restaurant, stopped to sign autographs for anyone willing to ask? Or is he the entitled one who once stubbornly refused when Nuggets coach Michael Malone told him to sub…
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Klee: As Troy Tulowitzki returns to Coors Field, Trevor Story still the story
DENVER — They forgot the horse on his way out. Did Troy Tulowitzki exit the Rockies on good terms? Nayyy. On Monday, for the first time as the opposing shortstop, Tulo returns to Coors Field. Clap-clap, clap-clap-clap. Who knew his successor would be the story? “There will be a little different element to it,” Rockies…
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Klee: John Elway recalls a White House trip gone bad
DENVER — The Broncos are bound for the White House on Monday, and John Elway has a rule. Don’t eat there. It was Week 11 of the 1989 season. The Broncos had a Monday night game at the Washington Redskins, and who doesn’t visit the White House for breakfast? In the interest of accuracy, I…
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Klee: On Memorial Day, Coors Field presents a worthy show
DENVER – The Rockies organization does so many things well. It really does. Take Monday, for example. On Memorial Day, they put on an All-American show worthy of the selfless men and women who protected the greatest country around. The Electronic Attack Squadron 129 buzzed Coors Field with a flyover that gave goose bumps to…