Friday, August 21, 2015

The Denver Post sports columnist Benjamin Hochman bids farewell to the Mile High

SPORTS DAILY

by

Craig F. Walker, the Denver Post

Hochman: Goodbye, Denver; you'll be missed

Here's what I'll miss: I'll miss the fourth quarter of an airtight Nuggets game in an airtight Pepsi Center, when a fearless Nuggets player fires a go-ahead 3-pointer, and the place erupts and you feel like your insides are fizzing. ➤ READ MORE

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