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DENVER (AP) — Authorities say a fan has died after falling 60 feet at the Denver Broncos’ stadium after a game on Monday night. Stadium Management Co., which operates Sports Authority Field at Mile High, said the fan fell over a railing. The medical examiner’s office said Tuesday the man was transported to a hospital […]

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DENVER (AP) — Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall, a college teammate of Colin Kaepernick, took to a knee during the playing of the national anthem before Denver’s season opener against Carolina. Kaepernick refused to stand for the anthem during San Francisco’s preseason games , explaining it was to protest racial oppression and police brutality in the […]

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Demaryius Thomas used the Denver Broncos’ celebratory White House visit in June to deliver a handwritten note to President Barack Obama thanking him for commuting Thomas’ mother’s drug sentence last year and then asked him to do the same for his grandmother. The Broncos wide receiver is ready to pen another […]

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Because his Denver Broncos were being honored at the White House Monday for winning Super Bowl 50, wide receiver Demaryius Thomas was able to personally thank President Obama for getting his mom out of prison.   Thomas’s mother, Katina Smith, was pardoned in July by Obama as a nonviolent drug offender. She had served 15 […]

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The sports world took another major blow after news spread that notable MMA fighter Kimbo Slice passed away. Slice, whose real name was Kevin Ferguson, was taken to a hospital in Coral Springs, Florida where he died on Monday. Ferguson made his MMA debut back in 2007 after gaining notoriety as a street fighter. Bellator, […]

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos say star cornerback Aqib Talib is recovering after being shot in the leg at a Dallas nightclub. Team spokesman Patrick Smyth said the team has been in touch with the cornerback and that he’s doing OK. Smyth said the team was gathering more information. Last week, Talib said […]

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DENVER (AP) — Von Miller declared just 12 hours after winning the Super Bowl MVP award that his contract talks this offseason were “going to be a peaceful thing” that he wouldn’t fret over. Nothing has changed his mind. The star linebacker said during an appearance at his charity event Wednesday night at Sports Authority […]

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Super Bowl champions reconvened Monday minus some notable star power. Von Miller is in California doing the jive with Lindsay Arnold on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” and fellow outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware is in Alabama, where Gov. Robert Bentley will proclaim a day in his honor Tuesday. Also absent […]

Von Miller may be known as one of the best players in the NFL and the man who shut down Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton during Super Bowl 50, but things could’ve been way different if his father caught wind of him playing youth football back in the day. Recounting his childhood, Miller revealed to […]

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning is mentioned in the lawsuit a group of women filed against the University of Tennessee last week in which they said the school violated Title IX regulations in the way it has handled reports of sexual assaults by student-athletes. The lawsuit was filed by six unidentified […]

Poor Cam Newton. It was a really, really long night for him. The Carolina Panthers 26-year-old quarterback basically got his ass handed to him on Sunday evening by the Denver Broncos who won Super Bowl 50 by the score of 24-10. The NFL’s 2015 MVP was sacked six times, turned the ball over three times […]

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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — What happens when you put Peyton Manning, Cam Newton, Miss Universe, an orange-and-blue leprechaun and 200 TV cameras into the same room? Answer: Super Bowl Opening Night. The NFL took a good idea gone surreal — what used to be known as “Media Day” — gave it a new name, added […]