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Author Archives: Leslie Monteiro

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No Fairy Tale Broncos Ending For Champ

  By Leslie Monteiro | March 6, 2014 - 4:59 pm | Broncos, NFL
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(Photo: Ron Chenoy, USA TODAY Sports)

(Photo: Ron Chenoy, USA TODAY Sports)

Not many professional athletes can have the ending John Elway had in retiring by winning a championship. Champ Bailey almost had that if the Broncos won the Super Bowl last month. Instead, he will be getting his release from the Broncos. The decision was made yesterday by the organization. Read More →

Can Gonzalez And Tulowitzki Ever Be Healthy?

  By Leslie Monteiro | March 5, 2014 - 5:15 pm | MLB, Rockies
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(Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports)

(Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports)

To show the Rockies were committed to winning, they gave long-term contracts to Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez for leading them to the playoffs. The Rockies shortstop earned his long-term deal for playing a role in Rocktober I in 2007, and the Rockies outfielder earned his deal for playing a role in Rocktober II in 2009. Read More →

Hard To Get Excited About Rockies

  By Leslie Monteiro | March 2, 2014 - 9:32 pm | MLB, Rockies
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(USA Today Sports)

The Rockies started spring training few weeks ago, and there is more indifference than anticipation from the public. That’s what happens when a team continues to have losing seasons year in and year out. This year won’t be any different. Read More →

Jury Is Out On Shaw

  By Leslie Monteiro | March 1, 2014 - 10:54 am | NBA, Nuggets
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(Ron Chenoy, USA Today Sports

Brian Shaw has to be surprised at how bad his first year as Nuggets coach is going. He didn’t figure his team would be destroyed with injuries, and he did not think he would be accumulating many losses at a growing rate. He took the Nuggets head coaching job with the idea he could make them a successful playoff team. Read More →

Better Days Have Come And Gone For Giguere

  By Leslie Monteiro | February 27, 2014 - 5:32 pm | Avalanche, NHL
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Giguere's struggles

Forget about Avalanche coach Patrick Roy using Jean-Sebastian Giguere as a safety net come playoff time in case Semyon Varlamov implodes. There’s no way he can trust his backup goaltender after the season he has had. Read More →

Buffs Are Tournament Worthy

  By Leslie Monteiro | February 26, 2014 - 5:09 pm | College, Sports
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tadboyleThe magic number victories for a college basketball team to enter March Madness are 20. The Colorado Buffaloes have that number as they are 20-8 overall this season, and they are 9-6 in Pac-12 conference play. One would think that would get them in. Read More →

Miller’s Departure Brings Relief

  By Leslie Monteiro | February 20, 2014 - 5:14 pm | NBA, Nuggets
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[USA Today Sports]

There were no sentiments, melancholy or happiness with Andre Miller being traded this afternoon. The best part of all this is that it’s over and done with. Everyone can go on their merry ways. The Nuggets trading Miller brought indifference from the public and relief for the principals involved in the trade. Read More →

Losing Is The Best Option For The Nuggets

  By Leslie Monteiro | February 15, 2014 - 2:53 pm | NBA, Nuggets
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Boston Celtics  v Denver NuggetsOne of my favorite Bill Parcells’ sayings is you are what your record says you are, and that saying fits the Nuggets well. At 24-27, they are not a good team. Their play reflects that. Read More →

No Reason For Gay Athletes to Not Fit In

  By Leslie Monteiro | February 12, 2014 - 5:36 pm | College, NFL
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(USA Today Sports)

The news about Missouri All-America defensive end Michael Sam coming out as maybe the first NFL gay athlete ever did not get a reaction from the fans. For the media and football players, it was another story. Read More →

Forget Bad Behavior Ending at Sporting Events

  By Leslie Monteiro | February 10, 2014 - 7:47 pm | College, Sports
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marcus smart 2It shouldn’t be news Oklahoma State guard Marcus Smart attacked a Texas Tech super fan on Saturday night with seconds remaining in the game. This has been going on for years with fans getting involved in fights with athletes. Go to YouTube and search for clips of fans going at it with players. Read More →

Give it Time, These Broncos Are Viewed Fondly

  By Leslie Monteiro | February 9, 2014 - 6:35 pm | Broncos, NFL
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[USA Today Sports]

Today is the first of many non-football Sundays until the summer, and today makes last Sunday one week ago that the Broncos were outclassed by the Seahawks on Super Bowl Sunday. The horrors of last week remain fresh. There are many angry Broncos fans that felt they deserved better than this. Read More →

Knicks’ Failures Is What Nuggets Need

  By Leslie Monteiro | February 8, 2014 - 2:53 pm | NBA, Nuggets
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It seems like Nuggets fans are spending more time worrying about what the Knicks do than what their own team is doing. This has nothing to do with rooting for Carmelo Anthony to fail. This has everything to do with this year’s NBA Draft.
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Too Much Has Been Made of Manning’s Quote

  By Leslie Monteiro | February 7, 2014 - 7:33 pm | Broncos, NFL
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(USA Today Sports)

Broncomaniacs are up and arms about Peyton Manning not being embarrassed about his performance in the Super Bowl. They wanted him to feel their pain after being all excited just to watch a bad performance in the end. Read More →

Determined Elway Seeks to Make Things Right

  By Leslie Monteiro | February 6, 2014 - 5:05 pm | Broncos, NFL
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fox and elwayJohn Elway hasn’t gotten over the three Super Bowl losses he played, and keep in mind he won two Super Bowls. So it couldn’t have been surprising to see him express his disgust about what happened on Sunday when his Broncos were outclassed and outworked by the Seahawks in the Super Bowl. Read More →

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