Ottewill: Nuggets’ George Karl is a mad scientist
George Karl is like a mad scientist. A little of this. A taste of that. A dash of the other. It all makes for the perfect concoction. Eventually. The Mad Scientist, however, has not found the right...
View ArticleOttewill: Lawson needs to step up for the Nuggets
The great irony was that Steve Nash was nowhere to be found. The point guard who had traditionally given the Nuggets fits throughout the Denver-Phoenix rivalry was long gone – off somewhere in Los...
View ArticleOttewill: Knowshon Moreno’s last chance
Like a cat, Knowshon Moreno must have nine lives. His career has been a series of ups and downs, bumps and bruises, and, most of all, second chances. This has to be his last chance, doesn’t it? Along...
View ArticleOttewill: Time to stop the mudslinging in Boulder
In sports, as I was always taught by my father, the loser shuts up. When the game is over, no matter how fierce or fair the competition, you shake hands and move on. The winner wins gracefully and...
View ArticleMagazine: Behind the Wheel with Derek Wolfe
Plenty of folks wanted the Broncos to draft someone else with the 36th pick of the 2012 NFL Draft. They might have wanted a flashier player. Some may have preferred someone with a more recognizable...
View ArticleMagazine: Get to know Nuggets trainer Steve Hess
It’s 7:45 on a chilly Saturday morning in October and there are only two cars parked in the “Players Only” lot on the north end of Pepsi Center. One of the cars is a sleek, black Audi RS4 convertible....
View ArticleOttewill: McGee is the Nuggets’ difference maker
When it comes to wins and losses, The Big M is everything. It ebbs and flows. It comes and goes. In many games, it’s the determining factor in whether a “W” or an “L” is recorded when the final horn...
View ArticleOttewill: MacIntyre might be the best No. 2
What exactly do you do, Mr. Number Two? - Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery That’s what a room full of reporters in Boulder wanted to know yesterday. They were gathered to meet Mike...
View ArticleMagazine: Get to know Michelle Beisner
NFL Network sideline reporter Michelle Beisner sat down with Mile High Sports Magazine editor-in-chief Doug Ottewill to answer a slew of questions in the December issue of MHSM. I went to school for...
View ArticleThe experience: A workout with Andre Iguodala
Editor’s Note: A huge thanks to Steve Hess for taking the time, and to Andre Iguodala for being a great sport. A little more than a month ago, I was given (or gave myself) a new kind of writing...
View ArticleOttewill: These Broncos are just like 1996
Something about these Broncos reminds me of 1996. Now, that’s not necessarily an original idea; it’s been stated from time to time during the Broncos’ current win-streak. Last night, my friend Gil...
View ArticleMagazine: Denver sports fan holiday gift guide
The list you’re about to read would have sounded ludicrous just one year ago. But just 12 months later, you’d better get your list to Santa ASAP. In Denver, these items should be found on every sports...
View ArticleEveryone else is facing an uphill battle
Well, I sure am glad we waited until Jan. 7 for that. Call it salt in the wound. A fitting ending. The icing on the cake. Call it whatever you’d like, but if you’re watching college football from...
View ArticleOttewill: Art Modell finally gets his revenge on Denver
Last night, after finally getting a moment of relief from the public grieving over the Broncos’ playoff loss, I sat down on the couch and began clicking through the TV channels. Being in the sports...
View ArticleOttewill: Billups will always be a Colorado treasure
If you’re from around these parts, you’ve probably got your own Chauncey Billups story. You remember when Chauncey did this. You were there when Chauncey did that. You recall the exact moment when you...
View ArticleOttewill: NFL analysts aren’t going out on a limb
The snickers were quiet at first, the kind of laughter that fills the back of a junior high classroom when only the cool kids are in on the joke. And then the noise grew until it was the loudest thing...
View ArticleOttewill: Nuggets are consistently inconsistent
Just beyond the mathematical midpoint of the NBA season, and right before the mythical midpoint, the Denver Nuggets, as was once said by an irate Denny Green, “are who we thought they were.” They are...
View ArticleOttewill: Date night in Colorado has a new twist
(The following is loosely based on a true story). Him: “Honey?” Her: “Yes, dear?” Him: “I’ve got an idea.” Her: “What’s that?” Him: “About Valentine’s Day. I was thinking…” Her: “You’re so romantic....
View ArticleOttewill: Nuggets lucky that Garnett snubbed them
With the NBA’s trade deadline looming large, there is a certain irony in the fact that the Boston Celtics will be headed to Denver tonight. The moving and shaking by NBA teams this season will conclude...
View ArticleOttewill: The Nuggets get over an important hurdle
This just in: The Nuggets are better than the Lakers. That’s not just an overreaction to last night’s convincing victory at Pepsi Center. After all, most any Nuggets team of the past decade could have...
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