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Mark Kiszla: Her name is Hope. She’s quiet, but scores loud goals for the Buffs

Updated 2 months ago

BOULDER – CU soccer sensation Hope Leyba speaks softly and carries a big kick. On a Colorado summer evening when the clouds hovering near the...

Mark Kiszla: How big a football geek is Sean Payton? Chiefs fixing to find out.

Updated 2 months ago

With Broncos coach Sean Payton, the hay is never in the barn, because he’s maniacally ripping apart every haystack for a needle. Nobody in the...

Mark Kiszla: How John Elway knows way Bo Nix can win his first NFL ring

Updated 2 months ago

With quarterback Bo Nix and the boys in Super Bowl-or-bust mode, this team is setting up Broncomanics to lose their ever-lovin’ minds. We’re talking about...

Mark Kiszla: How Bo Nix can bulldoze smoldering remains of Chiefs Kingdom

Updated 2 months ago

The first week of the NFL season is a liar, but want to know the honest truth? Here is the Broncos’ big chance to go...

Mark Kiszla: For CSU coach Jim Mora and his 91-year-old father, winning never gets old

Updated 2 months ago

Kickin’ It with Kiz: Kroenke rep discussed buying Rockies before Penners got deal done

Updated 2 months ago

Briggeman | Searching for a player to root for this college football season? I recommend Air Force’s Korey Johnson

Updated 2 months ago

Mark Kiszla: Bad JuJu turns into miracle man when Buffs needed quarterback most

Updated 2 months ago

Mark Kiszla: If Bo Nix is on nobody’s top 10 list of NFL quarterbacks, who cares?

Updated 2 months ago

Woody Paige: Cale Makar’s deal will make Avs contenders for long time

Updated 2 months ago

Kickin’ It with Kiz: Only question is when Shedeur Sanders takes over as starting quarterback in Cleveland

Updated 2 months ago

After Helton and Walker, which Denver athlete should be next up for a statue? | Friday Faceoff

Updated 2 months ago

Mark Kiszla: Rockies kick loyal season-ticket holders where it hurts with absurd 14% price hike

Updated 2 months ago

Mark Kiszla: Buffs sell soul, forfeit control of Coach Prime’s tired, fading act

Updated 2 months ago

Woody Paige: Murdock, Katsis should be Broncos for sure

Updated 2 months ago

In the countdown to cutdown, Red is Relevant, and 2K is a keeper. One was picked last in the NFL draft. The other languished during...

Mark Kiszla: Is DeMar DeRozan too little, too late to save Nuggets from sad fate?

Updated 2 months ago

The grade for the Nuggets’ knuckleheaded attempts to regain championship form has improved from an F to a double D. His name is DeMar DeRozan....

Kickin’ It with Kiz: Why Broncos’ road to Super Bowl could be wicked and twisted

Updated 2 months ago

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Everybody in Denver is already crowning the Broncs as Super Bowl champions. Dude, please. I don’t care what scribes, radio honks or...

Mark Kiszla: How Bo Nix and Davis Webb can laugh all the way to a Super Bowl

Updated 2 months ago

In pursuit of a championship, Broncos coach Sean Payton has plucked an idea from the brain of the Mastermind. What does every great artist say?...

Mark Kiszla: Does Colorado have sorriest state of college football in the whole USA?

Updated 2 months ago

Mark Kiszla: Has ESPN become too little sports and too much nonsense?

Updated 3 months ago

Kickin’ It with Kiz: It’s unfair to portray Greg Penner and Stan Kroenke as gold-diggers

Updated 3 months ago

Woody Paige: It’s time for Broncos ownership to implement stadium Plan B

Updated 3 months ago

Mark Kiszla: A star is born as Davis Webb leads Broncos offense in preseason rout

Updated 3 months ago

Mark Kiszla: Has prickly Sean Payton mellowed just enough to win Super Bowl with the Broncos?

Updated 3 months ago

Mark Kiszla: Nuggets daring Peyton Watson to believe best place for his NBA career is anywhere but here

Updated 3 months ago

Kickin’ It with Kiz: Hall of Fame should open its doors to these three Broncos

Updated 3 months ago

Briggeman | Picture this, big things in store for Air Force fullback Owen Allen

Updated 3 months ago

Mark Kiszla: Will Camp Prime turn Buffs’ mercenary misfits into a band of brothers?

Updated 3 months ago

Mark Kiszla: Denver would be dumb to drag its feet on new Broncos stadium

Updated 3 months ago

ENGLEWOOD — After getting the broken-down Broncos back up and running toward the Super Bowl, the husband-and-wife ownership team of Greg and Carrie Penner is...

Woody Paige: Payton not jazzed with columnist, even in the new digs

Updated 3 months ago

The 2026 Broncos have everything an NFL team could want – even including a Taj Mahallway, an Olympic-like swimming pool, a returning healthy star quarterback...