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Brock Osweiler and Derek Anderson are better than your average Super Bowl backups

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Backup quarterbacks are always one play away from being the man, and preparing for the Super Bowl is no different. If Peyton Manning or Cam Newton go down with ...

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Vernon Davis hopes to play a role in Super Bowl with Denver Broncos

New Broncos tight end back home in San Francisco

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Free to be himself, Von Miller brings life to Denver Broncos

SAN JOSE, Calif. – When the NFL turned its anvil into a carrot, giving Von Miller a way out of its drug program, Denver’s star linebacker was free to be himself this season – and was he ever...

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Tight ends Greg Olsen and Owen Daniels could be decisive in Super Bowl

SAN FRANCISCO – In a tight spot, Cam Newton and Peyton Manning just might look for their tight ends. It works. Newton’s target is Greg Olsen. Manning’s is Owen Daniels....

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Jordan Taylor is Peyton Manning’s personal receiver

Practice squad receiver helped Manning get to Super Bowl 50

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Denver Broncos’ Wade Phillips is a chip off the ol’ Bum

Phillips gets best from Denver

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Denver lands in San Jose, Carolina on way

SAN FRANCISCO – They’re here. The Denver Broncos arrived in the Bay Area on Sunday for Northern California’s first Super Bowl since 1985, followed soon after by the Ca...

DATE: Jan 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Wilson throws 3 touchdowns for Team Irvin in Pro Bowl victory

HONOLULU – With no Super Bowl trip this season for the Seattle Seahawks, their stars came to play – and dominate – at the Pro Bowl. Russell Wilson threw three first-half touchdow...

DATE: Jan 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Injured Denver Broncos going to Super Bowl

Clady, Heuerman among notables boarding plane this time around

DATE: Jan 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Peyton Manning a Panther? Carolina tried, but failed in 1998

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – If the Carolina Panthers had their way, maybe Peyton Manning would be playing for them – not against them – in the Super Bowl. When Manning was coming out for th...

DATE: Jan 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Broncos’ Ward, Stewart vow to return from injuries for Super Bowl

ENGLEWOOD – T.J. Ward’s Super Bowl guarantee doesn’t exactly possess the same sort of sizzle as Joe Namath once promising – and delivering – a win. For the Denver Broncos, though,...

DATE: Jan 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Unlike others, Super Bowl coaches avoiding second-guessing

Even those NFL coaches who are, in theory, the very best around have been making some decisions this postseason that made folks jump up from their couches and scream “Why?!” Ron ...

DATE: Jan 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.