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Rockies hire ex-slugger Bichette as hitting coach

CNNSI.com

DENVER (AP) -- New Colorado manager Walt Weiss has talked fellow former Rockies player Dante Bichette into joining him in Denver as the team's hitting instructor.

Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com

The Denver Broncos opened a roster spot Tuesday for the possible return of recently reinstated linebacker D.J. Williams. The Broncos waived rookie safety Duke Ihenacho on Tuesday leaving an opening on the 53-man roster. Williams was reinstated by the le…

jim_saccomano, denverbroncos.com

This week’s Monday Morning Manning shows that Peyton Manning is just the second quarterback in the history of the National Football League to have six straight games with a passer rating of 100 or better while having at least 30 attempts in each of thos…

ESPN.com

In an Insider piece, our playoff predictor projects that the AFC West is all but over. How confident is it that the Broncos will win the division? How about 99.2 percent sure? Former Kansas City coach Marty Schottenheimer told USA Today that he does kee…

CNNSI.com

Breaking down league's major awards races after Week 10

Peter King, CNNSI.com

In the wake of the Week 10 news:

Jim Trotter, CNNSI.com

The pulse of the NFL season changes weekly. Every Tuesday, SI.com will break down the front-runners for the major NFL awards.

Jeff LegwoldThe Denver Post, denverpost.com

With the Buccaneers' win over the Chargers on Sunday, there are now two teams that currently have winning records remaining on the Broncos' schedule.

Jeff Legwold The Denver Post , denverpost.com

Call it the Holliday rule.The Broncos love when Trindon Holliday scores touchdowns. They'd just like him to hold on to the ball a little longer as he does it.

Tom Kensler The Denver Post, denverpost.com

The Chargers lost 34-24 on Sunday at Tampa Bay and stand 4-5, two games behind Denver in AFC West.

Jeff Legwold The Denver Post, denverpost.com

When John Elway returned to pro football, this time to be a front-office executive, he said his first goal was to "get the locker room the way we wanted it." He wanted to return football hunger to the equation.

Mike Klis The Denver Post, denverpost.com

Broncos linebacker D.J. Williams was reinstated to the team Monday. He is expected to be formally activated on the 53-man roster in the next day or two and practice with the team Wednesday.

Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com

After serving two suspensions totaling nine games for off-field incidents, Denver Broncos linebacker D.J. Williams is not being guaranteed anything. Williams missed the first six games of the season for violating the league’s policy prohibiting performa…