Tag: john elway
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Mark Kiszla: Super Bowl win would put Bo Nix in legendary company of Tom Brady
Before we issue Bo Nix a badge as the new sheriff in town, shouldn’t he have to earn his star with a victory in the NFL playoffs? Through 14 NFL seasons of playoff frustration, John Elway endured until his 37th birthday before hoisting the Lombardi Trophy on those joyous evenings in 1998 and 1999. At…
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Netflix documentary introduces a whole new John Elway to Denver
ALSO: LUCY LIU RECEIVES FESTIVAL’S HIGHEST HONOR DISPATCH FROM THE DENVER FILM FESTIVAL • DAY 11 Editor’s note: The Netflix documentary “Elway”, which was released Monday. The Denver Gazette’s Senior Arts Journalist John Moore reviewed the documentary back in early November. Here are his thoughts about the film about the “Duke of Denver.“ Well, hello, John…
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With Green Bay at Denver in big game Sunday, Packers players from Super Bowl XXXII look back at ‘bitter’ loss to Broncos | NFL Insider
In Super Bowl XXXI in January 1997, the Green Bay Packers were favored by 14 points over the New England Patriots and won 35-21. So, after the oddsmakers got it so right, many figured it would be much of the same the following January when the Packers were favored by 11 over the Broncos in…
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Mark Kiszla: Could Nix and Maye become the Manning-Brady rivalry that Broncos Country has been missing?
We’ve gone back to the future, with the AFC once again a wicked-hard turf war between the Broncos and Patriots, just as football gods Peyton Manning and Tom Brady intended. “No team can go through so many years, over and over, with losing. You’ve got to do something about it,” Denver offensive tackle Garett Bolles…
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After being a star Broncos running back, Sammy Winder now a ‘bulldozer man’ in native Mississippi
MADISON, Miss. — As the son of a sharecropper and the 10th of 11 children, Sammy Winder grew up poor in Mississippi before going on to be a star running back with the Denver Broncos. But that wasn’t exactly his ultimate goal. When Winder was a kid growing up in Madison, just north of Jackson,…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: The case for the Broncos benching Bo Nix in favor of Jarrett Stidham
Bo Nix doesn’t have it. The Broncos are lucky to be 8-2 thanks to the defense. Nix doesn’t set his feet, rushes passes and throws the ball up for grabs. Not sure if it’s mental, but I’m getting Jay Cutler vibes. – U.T., orange and feeling blue Kiz: Pull the trigger! Any NFL quarterback who…
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With Broncos in London, players from 1987 look back at preseason game when going overseas was a ‘big deal’
Not long after Mark Jackson, on Jan. 11, 1987, caught the game-tying touchdown in the AFC championship game from John Elway to conclude “The Drive,’’ he was named honorary president of an English football club. It took him seven months to find out about it. The Broncos were in London 38 years ago to prepare…
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Broncos President, CEO Joe Ellis named Mizel Institute Community Enrichment Award recipient
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Broncos President and CEO Joe Ellis was selected as the recipient of the Mizel Institute 2021 Community Enrichment Award, the team announced Monday. The philanthropic award is considered one of Colorado’s top service awards “that recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the community.”…
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Broncos President, CEO Joe Ellis named Mizel Institute Community Enrichment Award recipient
Broncos President and CEO Joe Ellis was selected as the recipient of the Mizel Institute 2021 Community Enrichment Award, the team announced Monday. The philanthropic award is considered one of Colorado’s top service awards “that recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the community.” Ellis joins John Elway (2017) and Pat Bowlen (2013) as…
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Peyton Manning doesn’t rule out future role with Broncos: ‘I haven’t said no to anything’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Peyton Manning is a Bronco for life. The soon-to-be Hall of Famer may have only spent the last four seasons of his 17-year career with the Broncos, but having lived in Denver since his retirement in 2015-2016, Manning has remained one of the organization’s biggest…