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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: 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: 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!…
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Paul Klee: Air Force can forecast a bright future against No. 17 Nevada
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! Coach P is buying a ticket for the first 1,000…
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Paul Klee: Super Bowl defenses bode well for Denver Broncos’ vision with Vic Fangio
DENVER • Well, would you look at that. The Super Bowl was won by a 60-something coach who’s taught defense for longer than the new wave of offensive masterminds has been alive. It’s been a month since the Broncos hired Vic Fangio. How old is he again, and which side of the ball does he…
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Paul Klee: 2019 Colorado Rockies filled with what ifs. One player could be the big answer.
DENVER • The puppy dog’s still a good boy. Thanks for asking, David Dahl said. It’s next week when “Rookie,” his Golden Retriever who’s Instafamous for being unfairly cute, turns 1. “Going to throw a birthday party,” Dahl said during a recent chat at Coors Field. “Should be a good time.” Married life? Also good.…
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Paul Klee: Ex-UCCS, CU star Derrick White puts on a show in memorable homecoming
DENVER • Over there? In Section 106? That’s the college coach who saw something in Derrick White when no one else did. He’s Jeff Culver of UCCS, with his wife and kids, soaking in one of the great hoops stories Colorado’s ever seen. “For us, he had Alex Welsh. Really good player,” Culver says. “But…
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Paul Klee: Too little, too late? Broncos coach Vance Joseph finally(!) puts his foot down
ENGLEWOOD • What took so long? Seriously, though. Where has this Vance Joseph been? “No,” the embattled coach clapped back Monday at UCHealth Training Center when asked if the Broncos are, as players believe, better than their 3-5 record at the midpoint of the season. “You are who you are. In the first (half) of…
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Paul Klee: All aboard! How the Denver Nuggets hype train can stay on tracks
DENVER • Hope it doesn’t. Hope the carefree, eighth-grade humor that Nikola Jokic dispenses in endearing Serbian-English never goes away. Sports are fun, and the ton-of-fun 7-footer who headlines the latest Nuggets revival is a kick in the pants. Hope it never changes. Asked for his take on older brother Nemanja Jokic winning a recent…
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Paul Klee: Case of the Mondays. How the Broncos can party like the Rockies.
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER • For once, after a great while, the adoring eyes of Colorado are not on the Broncos. They are on “big-game pitcher” German Marquez, as Trevor Story put it in a confident clubhouse on Sunday. They are on Charlie Blackmon’s cycle, Nolan Arenado’s glove…