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Paul Klee: UCCS legend, Spurs guard Derrick White hosts camp with a message
PARKER • Now here’s a hashtag truly worth 1,000 retweets. #DTBG. It’s what his dad once told him when Derrick White was a 9-year-old second baseman in Parker’s Little League. Derrick up to bat, winning run on third, two outs: Dare to be great. “That’s where it started,” Richard White says. It’s what Derrick told…
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Paul Klee: Steve ‘Greek’ Antonopulos to present Broncos owner Pat Bowlen at Pro Football Hall of Fame
ENGLEWOOD • Steve “Greek” Antonopulos knows the deepest, darkest secrets of the Broncos, the real goings-on at Dove Valley. He’s not talking — even about the famous competitive streak of close friend Pat Bowlen. “I really could tell you some stories about that, but I probably ought not to,” Antonopulos said with a laugh. Oh,…
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Paul Klee: Steve ‘Greek’ Antonopulos to present Broncos owner Pat Bowlen at Pro Football Hall of Fame
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ENGLEWOOD • Steve “Greek” Antonopulos knows the deepest, darkest secrets of the Broncos, the real goings-on at Dove Valley. He’s not talking — even about the famous competitive streak of close friend Pat Bowlen. “I really could tell you some stories about that, but I…
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Paul Klee: 83-year-old high school coach of Broncos coach Vic Fangio: “I love him like my own son”
ENGLEWOOD • Just as Vic Fangio opened the door at Broncos HQ to 130 high school coaches from all over Colorado, a man on the other side of the country was thinking about him. His own high school coach. Jack Henzes is 83. Coach Henzes won an extraordinary 444 games at Dunmore High, and only…
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Paul Klee: 83-year-old high school coach of Broncos coach Vic Fangio: “I love him like my own son”
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ENGLEWOOD • Just as Vic Fangio opened the door at Broncos HQ to 130 high school coaches from all over Colorado, a man on the other side of the country was thinking about him. His own high school coach. Jack Henzes is 83. Coach Henzes…
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Paul Klee: Across the street from NBA playoffs, Derrick White’s career turned — in RMAC title game for UCCS
DENVER • The night before the 2015 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference title game, UCCS had a problem: star guard Derrick White was in the hotel swimming pool, testing a sore ankle. Thought we’d have to limit his minutes, UCCS coach Jeff Culver says now. D-White was hurting. “But it’s Derrick we’re talking about,” he adds.…
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Paul Klee: Across the street from NBA playoffs, Derrick White’s career turned — in RMAC title game for UCCS
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER • The night before the 2015 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference title game, UCCS had a problem: star guard Derrick White was in the hotel swimming pool, testing a sore ankle. Thought we’d have to limit his minutes, UCCS coach Jeff Culver says now. D-White…
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Paul Klee: Nuggets rookie compared to Kevin Durant by teammate
DENVER • He’s the tall, skinny dude, over there on the bench. Sharp dresser, quite pretty, probably rocking a designer T-shirt under a blazer, inevitably close to Isaiah Thomas. You know, Michael Porter Jr. Remember him? “If he gets his back right and he gets healthy, he’s going to be a really special player,” Thomas…
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Paul Klee: Nuggets rookie compared to Kevin Durant by teammate
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER • He’s the tall, skinny dude, over there on the bench. Sharp dresser, quite pretty, probably rocking a designer T-shirt under a blazer, inevitably close to Isaiah Thomas. You know, Michael Porter Jr. Remember him? “If he gets his back right and he gets…
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Paul Klee: Air Force can forecast a bright future against No. 17 Nevada
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There’s a mouse in the house! “Wait a minute. That’s one of our recruits!” Air Force men’s basketball coach Dave Pilipovich joked on Monday as a rascally rodent raced under his chair during a press conference. There’s the 17th-ranked Nevada Wolf Pack here on Tuesday!…