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After opener that looked like more of the same, can Sean Payton and Broncos write different story in 2023?

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:14:51 GMT

Broncos fans are no strangers to watching the Rocky Mountain Horror Picture Show in recent years, but even the sturdiest might have wondered if they had stumbled into a Time Warp Dance on Sunday afternoon at Empower Field.What year is it, again?The parallels between Denver’s 2022 and 2023 season openers are downright scary.New coach making an anticipated debut. An actually pretty efficient Russell Wilson-led offense. Red zone failures. Double-digit penalties. A defense that wilted one too many times. A pesky opposing quarterback new to his West-division team picked to finish at the bottom of the barrel.Even the final score — 17-16 for the other guys, 363 days ago in sunny Seattle, and again on a cool, rainy Denver afternoon — fits snugly in this Broncos bizarro world.Make it seven straight for those Raiders against these Broncos.Make it three straight wins for Raiders Josh McDaniels over the team he once coached.Make it another game that easily could have served as a jumping-o...

Broncos kicker Wil Lutz faced the music after tough Denver debut. But it was ex-Broncos special-teamers in Raiders locker room who got last laugh in Week 1

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:14:51 GMT

Jacob Bobenmoyer felt for Wil Lutz. A little.Then in the joyous Raiders locker room, Bobenmoyer and special teams coach Tom McMahon, both Broncos employees at this time two years earlier, shared a smile of satisfied glee.“I mean, the grin’s a little bit bigger at the end of the day, for sure,” said Bobenmoyer, the Broncos’ long snapper from 2019 to ’22, of the celebration he shared with McMahon, the Broncos’ special teams coach from ’18 to ’21, following the Raiders’ shocking 17-16 win in coach Sean Payton’s regular-season debut.“Yeah, it’s definitely bigger at the end of the game just because … it is what it is on the business side of things.”Even the business side of the NFL has a flair for irony every now and again. McMahon, now the Raiders’ special teams coach, was a frequent target of criticism during his Dove Valley days.Yet with McMahon and Bobenmoyer, a former UNC linebacker, wearing si...

Kiszla: Blame Broncos’ embarrassing loss to Raiders on hare-brained onside kick of coach Sean Payton

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:14:51 GMT

Well, ain’t that a kick in the head?Fresh out of new ideas, Sean Payton lost his coaching debut with the Broncos to the hated Raiders with such a tired strategy that even a knucklehead like Nathaniel Hackett wouldn’t have thought of it.With an onside kick to begin an eventual 17-16 loss to Las Vegas, Payton plagiarized himself, stealing a page from the brightest chapter of his NFL career, when New Orleans beat Peyton Manning and Indianapolis 13 years ago in the Super Bowl with bold trickeration.This time, it didn’t work.“We came to win a game,” Payton said.And you lost it, coach. This “L” is squarely on you, Mr. Payton.Champions find a way to win. Chumps invent ways to lose. One game into the Payton regime, the Broncos look like the same sorry, boring losers that have missed the playoffs seven years in a row.“We’ve got to break this cycle,” Denver outside linebacker Jonathan Cooper said. “When it comes down to the nitty gritty, somehow we don’t finish.”While others will unders...

Man arrested in Boulder, accused of burglary spree amid game day celebrations

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:14:51 GMT

Police in Boulder arrested a man who allegedly went on a burglary spree in the University Hill neighborhood amid game day celebrations.A Kansas man, 50-year-old Patrick Sean Gillespie, was arrested Saturday on several charges, including five counts of burglary and theft.Gillespie was taken into custody following a report that the suspect attempted to break into an occupied home on 10th Street around 9 a.m.Read the full story at Denver7.com.

77th annual Mexican Independence Parade held in East Los Angeles

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:14:51 GMT

Thousands celebrated at the 77th annual Mexican Independence Day Parade and Festival Sunday in East Los Angeles, the longest running and largest Mexican heritage parade in the country.  The mile and a half parade started at 10 a.m. at the corner of Cesar Chavez and Mednik avenues, traveled north on Cesar Chavez before turning east on Gage Avenue. Parade participants then turned south on 1st Street, returning to the Grand Festival on 1st and Mednik.  Live music and dancing, along with many other displays, were held throughout the parade’s route.  Parade participants at the 77th annual Mexican Independence Day Parade and Festival in East L.A. on Sept. 10, 2023. (KTLA)Parade participants at the 77th annual Mexican Independence Day Parade and Festival in East L.A. on Sept. 10, 2023. (KTLA)Parade participants at the 77th annual Mexican Independence Day Parade and Festival in East L.A. on Sept. 10, 2023. (KTLA)Parade participants at the 77th annual Mexican Independence Day Parad...

SF Giants’ power surge continues against Rockies to collect first sweep since July

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:14:51 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Gabe Kapler said he began to see signs of life from the Giants’ comatose offense even before their get-right weekend set against the Rockies.Sure, Colorado, with the worst pitching staff in the majors by ERA and the third-worst record, presented a golden opportunity to score some runs and bank some wins. But the biggest reason for optimism, Kapler said, was that his lineup was nearly back to full strength.Back from a two-and-a-half-month stint on the injured list, Mitch Haniger provided some solid evidence over the weekend.Haniger launched his second homer of the series, one of three the Giants got as their sudden power surge continued Sunday in a 6-3 win to complete a sweep of the National League West’s last-place team. Beating up on the Rockies at this point is routine, their 16th win in their past 17 tries, but a sweep? It was the Giants’ first in a series of at least three games since their first one out of the All-Star break, July 14-17 at Pitt...

Outplayed and undisciplined Seahawks seek quick answers after their 30-13 opening loss to Rams

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:14:51 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Geno Smith saw no reason to try to downplay the performance the Seattle Seahawks had just put forth.Seattle’s season began with an unexpected flop that left fans booing, players losing control of their emotions and the Seahawks feeling flat outplayed by their division foe.“I didn’t expect to come out and lose at all, let alone in this fashion,” Smith said. “But hats off to the Rams. They wanted it more. They played harder.”Seattle’s 30-13 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday was an immediate wake-up call that last year’s unexpected success and the feel-good story surrounding that team is long in the past.Seattle started this season believing it had made the necessary moves to be more of a contender in the NFC West and perhaps close in on San Francisco at the top of the division.Instead, the Seahawks were thoroughly outplayed by a Rams roster that has undergone major surgery that gutted most of the core from the team that two seasons ago won the Super Bowl, leaving o...

Jenni Hermoso recibe homenaje en México horas después de que Rubiales renunciara a su cargo

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:14:51 GMT

PACHUCA, México — Horas después de que el presidente de la federación española renunció a su cargo, la jugadora española Jenni Hermoso fue homenajeada el domingo por su club Pachuca en México, en su reaparición en la Liga MX femenina.Luis Rubiales renunció a su cargo luego de dar un beso sin consentimiento a Hermoso, quien apenas el jueves regresó a suelo mexicano para reincorporarse a los entrenamientos de las Tuzas. El domingo derrotaron 2-1 a Pumas.Hermoso entró al campo a los 86 minutos en relevo de Beatriz Millsaps. Podría volver a la titularidad el próximo viernes, cuando Pachuca visite a Monterrey por la undécima fecha. Jenni Hermoso denuncia formalmente a Luis Rubiales ante la fiscalía La selección femenina de EEUU apoya a Jenni Hermoso y exige acabar con el acoso laboral Antes del encuentro, jugadoras de ambos equipos hicieron un pasillo a Hermoso, quien recibió un reconocimiento en medio del campo por parte de los dirig...

Bob Bradley returns to coach Stabaek in Norway’s soccer league

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:14:51 GMT

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Veteran coach Bob Bradley is returning to Stabaek at least until the end of the year in the Norwegian league. The former head coach of the U.S. men’s national team spent two seasons with the club in Norway in 2014 and 2015. Stabaek announced the deal on Sunday, saying Bradley had signed an agreement until the end of the year with the intention to extend.The club’s chairman, Espen Moe, said Bradley was a clear leader with a capacity to motivate a group of players.Bradley, who has worked with clubs in England’s Premier League, in France and regularly in Major League Soccer, most recently with Toronto FC, said he was looking forward to starting work Monday.The club is next-to-last in the 16-team league with four wins, four draws and 11 losses from 19 games.“We had two very good years here last time and I followed the club and kept in touch with many people since I left,” Bradley said in a statement. “I know that there is a lot that needs to be done in a ...

Aurora family denied $30,000 claim after pothole totals car

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:14:51 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) -- Potholes can be a pain for drivers in the Denver metro area. If your vehicle is damaged, cities can be held liable, but they don't always shell out for repairs.FOX31 spoke with a driver who said her vehicle suffered severe damage after hitting a pothole on Colfax Avenue between Tower Road and Airport Boulevard. Knowing these Denver street name patterns may save you from getting lost Cassandra Klosiewski said back in April, her husband was driving home from work."He hit the pothole, right over here, and it blew out both of his tires on the driver's side," Klosiewski said.They only had their Land Rover for a little over a year, they later learned more than their tires were damaged.Their rack-and-pinion steering, among other parts, was also damaged."Unfortunately, at this point," Klosiewski said. "It's going to be over $32,000 to fix this car."She said the family planned to pay for the damage themselves until they got that number."Got the insurance company inv...