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AFC Pro Bowl Snubs: The Offense

Doug Farrar, yahoo.com

Quarterbacks Made it: Peyton Manning, Denver Broncos/Tom Brady, New England Patriots/Matt Schaub, Houston Texans Should have made it: Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers No argument against Manning and Brady here -- they're among the best in statist…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Second-year forward Jordan Hamilton of the Denver Nuggets was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Wednesday because of a vulgar exchange with a fan during the team's 112-100 Christmas Day loss to the Los Angeles Clippers at the Staples Center.

Jeff LegwoldThe Denver Post, denverpost.com

Ty Warren, Jason Hunter and Jeremy Beal continue to go through their work with the Broncos medical and training staffs. But when might they return?

Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning continues to pad his resume for Most Valuable Player and Comeback Player of the Year awards by being named the starter for his 12th trip to the Pro Bowl. After missing the entire 2011 season following multiple n…

Stuart Zaas, denverbroncos.com

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

For three players on this year’s Pro Bowl rosters, making it to Hawaii is a family tradition. Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, Packers linebacker Clay Matthews and Patriots special teams coverage ace Matthew Slater have all been selected to the Pro B…

CNNSI.com

NEW YORK (AP) -- Sensational comebacks have Peyton Manning and Adrian Peterson headed for the Pro Bowl.

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Earlier on Wednesday, we shared Broncos linebacker Von Miller’s hopes of playing on the same defense with Marcell Dareus and Aldon Smith in a group Miller compared to the Miami Heat’s trio of LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade. Miller’s not th…

Tyler Everett, denverbroncos.com

Below are the injury reports for the Broncos and Chiefs after Wednesday’s practices.

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning and cornerback Champ Bailey each have been selected to the AFC Pro Bowl team, according to league sources.

ESPN.com

Standout Denver guard Chris Kuper and returner Trindon Holliday did not practice for the Broncos on Wednesday as the team prepares to play Kansas City this weekend with the possibility of a first-round bye at stake. Kuper has missed the past three games…

CNNSI.com

BEREA, Ohio (AP) BEREA, Ohio (AP) - The Cleveland Browns are down to their third-string quarterback.

Stuart Zaas, denverbroncos.com

With Baltimore’s Week 15 win against the New York Giants, the Ravens clinched the AFC North Division title, which means the Broncos’ 2013 opponents have been finalized. Denver’s 2013 schedule includes games against the other three teams in the AFC W…

ESPN.com

The Denver Broncos owe a tip of the hat to Chuck Pagano. The Indianapolis Colts are going to make the Houston Texans earn the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs. Pagano, who will coach Sunday for the first time since being diagnosed with leukemia in Septemb…

Stuart Zaas, denverbroncos.com

With a win on Sunday against the Chiefs, Broncos Head Coach John Fox would become the seventh active coach to reach 100 career wins. A win would also give the Broncos the best record of Fox’s coaching career – 13-3. “It’s not one guy,” Fox said …

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Broncos linebacker Von Miller would need one of the biggest individual sack days on record Sunday to wind up setting a new single-season record for sacks in a season, but he knows who he wants to break the record if he can’t do it. Miller told Lindsey J…

Jeff LegwoldThe Denver Post, denverpost.com

The NFL playoffs are all about loose ends.The errors that teams overcame in November seem to always leave a mark when the new year arrives.

Jeff Legwold The Denver Post, denverpost.com

With each passing game, with each touchdown tossed onto the growing pile, folks keep asking Peyton Manning about chemistry, about how things have been mixed and matched in the Broncos' offense and how it compares to Manning's seasons with the Colts.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Jamal Crawford led a dominant performance by the Los Angeles reserves with 22 points, and the Clippers defeated the Denver Nuggets 112-100 on Tuesday night, extending their franchise-record winning streak to 14 games.

Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com

Chris Paul does what he does best as he sets up Blake Griffin for the perfect alley-oop pass in tonight’s matchup between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Denver Nuggets.

Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com

Clippers’ Eric Bledsoe hits Nuggets’ JaVale McGee with a pump fake, drawing the foul and making the basket as he falls to the floor.

Timothy Burke, deadspin.com

Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin (32) is fouled by Denver Nuggets' Danilo Gallinari (8) of Italy during the first half of their NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond) More »