Author: DAVID RAMSEY The Gazette
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Ramsey: Staggering Broncos must run their way to revival
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER – The Broncos’ best hope to rescue a suddenly faltering season was sitting in a silent locker room. After many games, a crowd of reporters gather around C.J. Anderson’s locker and TV lights shine…
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Ramsey: Colorado trembles as Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey returns home
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey is this season’s breakout college football star, a legit Heisman Trophy contender and, best of all, a stupendously entertaining player who leaves tacklers grasping for air on his joy rides to the…
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Ramsey: Springs ultra-athlete enjoys Blessing of extreme exercise
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Michelle Blessing was in seventh grade at North Junior High when she joined with her friends on a quest for strenuous self-improvement. The girls believed they suffered from “jiggly legs” and decided group running would…
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Ramsey: Karson Roberts should remain Air Force’s starting quarterback
FORT COLLINS – The game was over. The Falcons were getting hammered, and quarterback Karson Roberts had little reason to rampage out of the backfield to deliver an enthusiastic and violent block on Colorado State cornerback Tyree Simmons. Roberts didn’t care about the situation. He had a job to do, and he did it. He…
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Ramsey: Miguel Gonzalez helps Colorado Springs Switchbacks roar to surprising debut season
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Miguel Gonzalez, an ambitious and dangerous striker, doesn’t want to remain in Colorado Springs. He doesn’t want to continue playing soccer for the Switchbacks. He wants more. And that’s fine with Switchbacks coach Steve Trittschuh.…
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When drafted by Denver Broncos, Randy Gradishar didn’t know dad was born in Pueblo
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On NFL draft day 1974, the Denver Broncos selected Ohio State linebacker Randy Gradishar as the 14th pick of the first round. “It was an exciting, fun thing for me,” Gradishar says. “I was talking…
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Ramsey: Orange Crush 2.0? Not so fast, say leaders of 1977 Broncos
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Oh, those angry marauders of yesteryear. They dressed in bright orange as they rampaged across America. They pulverized helpless quarterbacks and frightened children. Well, they frightened children everywhere except the Front Range. Yes, we’re talking…
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Ramsey: Karson Roberts is ready to run Air Force’s offense
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Karson Roberts will expertly run Air Force’s offense, with a heavy emphasis on the word run. He ranks among the brightest students at the academy, and he’s been studying Troy Calhoun’s deceptively complicated offense since…
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Ramsey: Is Peyton Manning still Manning? We still don’t know
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER – Emmanuel Sanders, talking through sniffles, was irritated when asked about Peyton Manning’s performance. Sanders is a believer in all things Peyton, and Peyton gave him and everyone else little reason to believe during…