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Decker says Peyton was on board with taking a knee

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The Broncos have been criticized for choosing to take a knee with 31 seconds left in regulation on Saturday and the score against the Ravens tied at 35. And since success has a thousand fathers and failure is an orphan, Broncos receiver Eric Decker was …

ESPN.com

Adam Gase, the new Denver Broncos’ offensive coordinator, learned a valuable lesson in 2012 as Peyton Manning’s quarterbacks coach. Gase knows he needs to be as well versed as possible when dealing with Manning in his new job. “I think (we) probably…

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

Pau Gasol will return to the Los Angeles Lakers' lineup for the team's nationally televised Thursday game against the defending NBA champion Miami Heat after missing five games with a concussion brought on by an inadvertent elbow from Denver Nuggets cen…

Stuart Miller, nytimes.com

The list of coaches who made it - win or lose -- to the Super Bowl with more than one team remains shorter than the similar list in the other sports.

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

New Broncos offensive coordinator Adam Gase is 34 years old, and is calling plays for the first time. The fact he’s calling them for a 36-year-old quarterback in Peyton Manning who has effectively been calling his own since Gase was in college doesn’t…

Peter King, CNNSI.com

This story appears in the Jan. 21, 2013 issue of Sports Illustrated. Buy the digital version of the magazine here.

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

The NFL Films cameras caught an amusing incident between Ravens defensive end Terrell Suggs and Broncos defensive tackle Justin Bannan during Saturday’s game, in which Suggs challenged Bannan to a fight — but convinced the ref not to throw a flag by s…

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

The Denver Broncos promoted quarterbacks coach Adam Gase to replace Mike McCoy as offensive coordinator.

ESPN.com

There were some big names connected to the open Denver offensive coordinator job. In the end, Denver opted to stay in-house and promote 34-year-old quarterbacks coach Adam Gase, who continues to work with quarterback Peyton Manning, obviously the center…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Neither Ken Whisenhunt nor Tom Moore is going to be the next offensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos. Mike Klis of the Denver Post reports that the team will promote quarterbacks coach Adam Gase to offensive coordinator. Gase replaces Mike McCoy, wh…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Last week, MDS and yours truly agreed on every pick.  After Saturday’s games, it looked like we’d be Thelma-and-Louiseing our way to an 0-4 weekend. But after getting it wrong by relying on the Broncos and Packers, we were perfect on Sunday with the …

Mark KiszlaThe Denver Post, denverpost.com

Nobody in the history of the NFL has ever been a better quarterback at age 36 than Peyton Manning.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Russell Westbrook scored 32 points, Kevin Martin had 20 and the Oklahoma City Thunder snapped Denver's six-game winning streak by beating the Nuggets 117-97 on Wednesday night.

grantland.com

When I gave last night's Thunder-Nuggets game one of my coveted DVR slots, I knew I was probably recording a schedule loss. Denver was on the second n...