The optics are awful. The reaction is anger. And the reason is only defensible if the Rockies show they want to microwave their rebuild by adding a few free agents.

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Even a bright man can be a bad fit. And for eight of the first 10 quarters, Webb wasn’t it.

“(Aaron Donald) has been undoubtedly the No. 1 player in the NFL. His bull rush is as strong as ever,” Broncos right guard Quinn Meinerz said. “I am part of a unit of five. We count on each other. But...

This is not a rivalry. It is family. Old Sean besting young Sean will make the next holiday a lot better for the Walton-Penners than the Christmas Day eggnog flogging.

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When the Rockies left the field Thursday, they trudged off bearing more than a loss, but a stain. Starting pitching, in so many ways, ruined everything.

Leadership starts at the top. The coach sets the culture. And in his fourth year, Sanders walked off the soggy turf at Northwestern tallying up who fought and who quit. Again.

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The gauntlet makes inching closer to the panic button impossible to avoid for CU. A four-game losing skid would place a bowl game — the minimum accomplishment to justify Deion Sanders’ salary — in jeo...

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There is just something about that period that allows the Broncos to separate truth from embarrassment. Nix delivers final lines like Hannibal Lecter, closing arguments like Jack McCoy

We can all agree that the Broncos were bad on Monday. What made it so unusual is that Bo Nix made things worse.

As the Rockies mercifully transitioned to an unannounced youth movement in the early 2000s — Todd and the Toddlers — he was the blueprint. The default setting.

What gives? The Broncos pride themselves on physical and mental grit. And under the brightest lights on Monday night, they had shown none of it.

Why, I asked Singleton, do you believe this group can rebound? “It’s like Riley (Moss) says all the time,” Singleton said, “We are tough to kill.”

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For the Nuggets to contend this season, they need their starters to return to form. Gordon and Braun must prove their injuries are in past.

Payton is never going to change who he is. Nor should he. He is intelligent, caustic, charming and short-tempered. These qualities have put him in position to dream of Canton. But he has to give the n...

Nix embraces the big stage. He boasts a 6-1 record in prime-time games. That is tied for the best win percentage (.857) by any quarterback with five-plus starts.

Jokic has said he wants to play his entire career in Denver. Everything he has done, everything about who he is, suggests that Nuggets should believe him.

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Elway’s thoughts on Nix and the Broncos, as such, should provide interesting listening. There should be some barbs as well. Elway and the Mannings have a history of one-liners, and it would be a disap...

“I was born to be a Bronco because everything this organization stands for I stand for.” — running back J.K. Dobbins.

“Peyton always has the perfectionist mentality. And the mandate is to go bigger and better,” Omaha Productions head writer DJ Gallo said of the Manningcast schedule reveal.

National experts want this game to be where Mahomes returns to his lofty perch and carries the Chiefs to victory. From my lens, this game will show he is not capable of such singular stardom without m...

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Did the Buffs benefit from Boo Carter getting an early start on the blocked kick as time expired? Probably. But CU need not apologize for any road triumph. Ever.

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“When I hit Bo, it was just guys in the trenches playing hard. I am happy it wasn’t bigger than it was. But from the moment we got back in the locker room, guys were laughing and talking. That is type...

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This is the season for the conversation around Nix to change from potential to production. There is no reason the Broncos cannot score 26 points per week.

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Sullivan is more Ned Flanders than Ned Yost. A decade as a mascot for Mapquest could have made him bitter. Instead, it made him better, hungrier, and oddly, happier.

Several helmets and bats have lost their lives to his temper. “Do I feel badly for the (equipment)? No,” Carrigg said. “They are free.” His personality is more sandpaper than satin. This is why I like...

Despite a solid Triple-A season, the Rockies are not planning to call him up in September.

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But, the reality is that keeping Badie made more sense. The fourth running back is a niche role. And Badie has responsibility as the up man on the punt team.

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“I am a guy who is willing to dominate a game and take over if need be,” Broncos edge rusher Que Robinson. Come Sept. 14, Broncos Country will hold him to it.