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NFL Offseason Roadmap: Denver Broncos

NFL Offseason Roadmap is a series focused on the needs of NFL teams as they begin the offseason.How far do the Denver Broncos have to go to return to the playoffs? Their team was ravaged by injuries en route to a 7-9 record this season. A healthy team could have easily won another couple of games and found itself battling...

Jim Bates Agrees to Step Down as Broncos Defensive Coordinator

That didn't last long. Jim Bates, hired a year ago to shore up the Broncos defense, is now out of a job. The Denver Post's Bill Williamson writes that Bates and head coach Mike Shanahan reached a settlement on the remaining two years on Bates' contract. (Pithy version: Shanny canned Bates.) "I'm very thankful for the...

Broncos' Jim Bates Could Be the Next Coordinator to Get Canned

It looks the Broncos could pull a "Cam Cameron" on on first-year defensive coordinator Jim Bates. Bates had success at previous stops in Miami and Green Bay before coming to Denver 51 weeks ago, but this year has been a disaster. As the Rocky Mountain News' Dave Krieger notes, here's what head coach Mike Shanahan said when...

Broncos Make More Changes Along Their Defensive Line

In an effort to improve the play of one of the NFL's worst defenses, the Denver Broncos made yet another roster move along their defensive line this week. They released veteran Sam Adams, starter of 11 games at defensive tackle this year, in the latest shuffling of a unit that's been in flux since the summer. Adams will be...

Broncos Defense Their Worst in Last 40 Years

Travis Henry may have won a reprieve from the league but, as much as he might help the running game, he isn't going to solve the team's biggest problem. That would be the defense, a unit that is on pace to be the worst in the last four decades of Bronco football. They rank 31st in the league in scoring defense and 27th in...

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05/29/12 Smithies announce second HOF class Source: The Daily Record - Wooster OH The Smithville All-Sports Hall of Fame has announced its second class, to be inducted during a banquet ceremony on Aug. 19, at Smithville High's Wilbur Berkey Fieldhouse.
05/19/12 Facebook IPO a ho-hummer despite great expectations Source: The Day - New London CT Local financial advisers were anything but bullish on Facebook stock Friday, the first day the social networking website traded publicly.
04/16/12 Speakers document costs of proposed federal budget cuts Source: Lincoln Journal Star - Lincoln NE As Congress reconvened Monday to discuss America's richest citizens, human service organizations in Lincoln called together real people with real stories of how a little bit of government assistance during hard times can transform real lives.