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’s 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.