Sports columnist
Troy Renck
Troy returned home to The Denver Post in March of 2024. A former Broncos and Rockies beat reporter from 2002-2016, Renck rejoined the paper as a sports columnist, aiming to bring humor and edge in his opinions and analysis.
He spent the previous seven-plus years as the Broncos insider and sportscaster for Denver7. He does take a liking to analogies and metaphors.
At the Post, Renck served as the Rockies' beat writer and added National Major League Baseball reporter to his duties in 2005. He joined The Post¶¶Ňőap Broncos beat in 2014 and took over as the lead reporter during the team’s Super Bowl season in 2015.
In 2016, Troy was awarded the 2016 Top Breaking News award in the 175,000 and over circulation category of the Associated Press Sports Editors contest. The award was issued for coverage of Peyton Manning's retirement. He was named Colorado Sportscaster of the Year in 2019 for his work at Denver7.
Troy is a past president of the local chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America and graduated from the University of Colorado journalism school with honors in 1993. He was elected to the Pueblo Centennial High School Hall of Fame in 2021.
Renck returned to Colorado in 1996 to The Daily Times-Call in Longmont, where he began covering the Rockies and Broncos, beginning his path to The Post and back.
Troy grew up playing football, basketball and baseball, and his hobbies include listening to alternative music, walking the family’s pet bulldog Bentley and eating Chewy Sprees. He is married to Leahann and the couple have two sons, Dagin and Brady.
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Renck: Sean Payton won’t say it, but Broncos are finally, mercifully rebuilding
They can put Sean Payton on HGTV with a sledgehammer in one hand, a hard hat on his head and a wrecking ball swinging in the driveway and he still...

Renck: Guess who’s back? Back again?
People often say, “I recognize you from radio.” This seems like an indictment of my appearance and words. In truth, I am flattered that people appreciate what I do.

Renck: Russell Wilson went from “Let’s Ride” to “Last Ride” with Broncos, revealing dangers of desperation
From "Let¶¶Ňőap ride" to "last ride" in two years.
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Renck & File: Jarrett Stidham may start Sunday, but if Bo Nix doesn’t top Broncos’ QB depth chart in Week 1, we’ve got problems
Jarrett Stidham is like your grandparents talking on speaker phone in a crowded airplane. Charming, but annoying.

Renck: Facing American team full of All-Stars in Paris, Nikola Jokic reminds world just how great he truly is
Team USA beat Serbia for the second time in Paris. Escaped is a more apt description.

Renck: Broncos left guard Ben Powers wants to re-establish physical brand of football in Denver: “Getting dirty, man, there’s nothing like it”
Denver Broncos left guard Ben Powers plays football like he’s in an old Western, throwing down sawdust in a bare-knuckle brawl. He understands and embraces the responsibility placed on the...

Renck vs. Keeler: Which Broncos veteran has the most to prove this preseason? Mike McGlinchey? Courtland Sutton? Tim Patrick?
Welcome to Broncos Preseason Week 1, when hope springs eternal — and when we find out which of the veterans who moved on this offseason this franchise misses the most.

Renck: To win, Broncos must be tough, smart — and boring
Coach Sean Payton is running a "brutal camp" to create calloused players

Renck & File: Former Broncos GM John Elway regrets not drafting Josh Allen in 2018. Why didn’t he?
John Elway admits that he regrets not drafting Josh Allen in 2018.

Renck: Tight end Lucas Krull’s journey to Broncos is easier to appreciate than explain
From top left-handed high school pitcher to Arkansas to JUCO to Florida to Pitt, it's been an unbelievable ride.

Renck: Malcolm Roach is run-stuffer who brings energy, laughter to Broncos defensive line: “Every team needs someone like him”
'Every team needs someone like Malcolm,' said defensive lineman D.J. Jones.

Renck vs. Keeler: He went to Jarrett once. Would Sean Payton do it again in Broncos quarterback competition?
Would Broncos coach Sean Payton turn to Jarrett Stidham again? Sure. But he shouldn't.

Renck: Broncos don’t have a quarterback competition. It is a decision. Which way does Sean Payton want to go?
This is not a competition. It is a decision. Which way does coach Sean Payton want to go? Bo Nix makes the most sense.