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Miked Up: Denver Nuggets over the Denver Broncos, Every Time

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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Sep 8, 2016; Denver, CO, USA; Denver Broncos quarterback Trevor Siemian (13) celebrates following the game against the Carolina Panthers at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. The Broncos defeated the Panthers 21-20. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

What’s better: Denver Nugget basketball or Denver Bronco Football? Well, you can probably guess our answer.

I was born in Denver the year that John Elway was drafted and traded to the Denver Broncos. My earliest memories are watching “The Come Back Kid” unlid unbelievable performance after unbelievable performance, turning the Denver Broncos fanbase into one of the most avid and respected fan bases in all of sports.

If you look through my closet or have spent any time with me, you know I bleed orange and blue.

But what surprises people more than anything, is why I am more of a fan of the championship-less Denver Nuggets.

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The connection you are able to make watching players on a basketball court somehow supersedes the connection a fan is able to make watching a player on a football field.

It could be a mixture of those answers but there is something about the magic and the connection you make with those players you watch on the hardwood court versus the faceless, helmeted, bulky figures moving up and down the gridiron.

Going into Week 3 of the NFL still has the honeymoon feeling that comes following a long summer of MLB, tennis, and golf highlights. Everyone still has hope in their fantasy team, thoughts that their favorite organization still has the chance to make the playoffs, but in a brief 32 days..that feeling will surely drift, leaving the sports fan looking to fill that hole in their soul.

Look no further come mid-October super fans…the Denver Nuggets are coming.

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