A rude awakening for Nuggets’ new brass
Introductory press conferences in sports are a lot like weddings. Both are festive occasions, full of promises and hope, that tell you diddly about how the marriage will turn out. The Nuggets have had...
View ArticleA rough start for Brian Shaw
I first met Brian Shaw 24 years ago, in October 1989, at a banquet in Rome honoring the Nuggets, that year’s NBA entry in the McDonald’s Open, a four-team bracket during the preseason that passed for...
View ArticleBreakfast with George Karl
Had breakfast with George Karl a week ago, just before he and the family left for Italy to see Coby play and enjoy a family holiday. The girls of DJ’s Berkeley Cafe — this is what they called...
View ArticleCoffee with Josh Kroenke
Josh Kroenke is a busy guy. At 33, he’s the top executive of both the Nuggets and Avalanche and, of course, the son of their owner, E. Stanley Kroenke. He’s also coming off a year in which he put his...
View ArticleDoes anybody here have a clue?
Maybe it’s a symptom of our gentle nature out here in the fly-over time zone that mainstream media seem to be giving our local pro basketball franchise a pass for its second major blunder since last...
View ArticleThe man who saved pro basketball in Denver
Quite a thrill to see my old friend Carl Scheer tonight at the Pepsi Center. This is the guy who saved pro basketball in Denver by putting together a syndicate to keep the team afloat in the 1970s....
View ArticleThe Melodrama is back
NEW YORK — Took time out from the riveting media sessions leading up to the Super Bowl — Broncos coach John Fox: “I’m happy about the Chinese new year, and I’m happy that the animal is a horse” — to...
View ArticleDescending into the bizarre
Part of the charm of the Denver Nuggets throughout their history has been their fondness for departing the mundane world and exploring the strange and bizarre. Even the truly cuckoo at times. Whether...
View ArticleLunch with George Karl
Had lunch Monday with George at Domo, the Japanese restaurant on Osage Street between downtown and the Colfax viaduct. George used to take his staff there when he was coaching the Nuggets because it’s...
View ArticleCarl Scheer, 1936-2019
For nearly 20 years, the Denver Nuggets have been owned by one of the wealthiest families on the planet. E. Stanley Kroenke, better known for owning Arsenal of the English Premier League and the Los...
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