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If there ever was an honorary king of NFL football, this guy was it. Internet filled with stories and tributes. RIP
NFL Hall of Fame coach, broadcasting icon John Madden dies at 85
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John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster whose exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades, died Tuesday morning, the NFL said. He was 85.
The league said he died unexpectedly and did not detail a cause.
Madden gained fame in a decadelong stint as the coach of the renegade Oakland Raiders, making it to seven AFC title games and winning the Super Bowl following the 1976 season. He compiled a 103-32-7 regular-season record, and his .759 winning percentage is the best among NFL coaches with more than 100 games.
"Few individuals meant as much to the growth and popularity of professional football as Coach Madden, whose impact on the game both on and off the field was immeasurable," the Raiders said in a statement, hours before team owner Mark Davis lit the Al Davis Torch in honor of Madden, the first person to ever light the torch on Oct. 16, 2011.
"Tonight I light the torch in honor of and tribute to John Madden and Al Davis, who declared that the fire that burns the brightest in the Raiders Organization is the will to win," said Mark Davis.
It was Madden's work after retiring from coaching at age 42 that made him truly a household name. He educated a football nation with his use of the telestrator on broadcasts; entertained millions with his interjections of "Boom!'' and "Doink!'' throughout games; was an omnipresent pitchman selling restaurants, hardware stores and beer; and became the face of Madden NFL Football, one of the most successful sports video games of all time.
"Today, we lost a hero. John Madden was synonymous with the sport of football for more than 50 years," EA Sports, the brand behind the Madden franchise, said in a statement. "His knowledge of the game was second only to his love for it, and his appreciation for everyone that stepped on the gridiron. A humble champion, a willing teacher, and forever a coach. Our hearts and sympathies go out to John's family, friends, and millions of fans. He will be greatly missed, always remembered, and never forgotten."
Madden was the preeminent television sports analyst for most of his three decades calling games, winning an unprecedented 16 Emmy Awards for outstanding sports analyst/personality, and covering 11 Super Bowls for four networks from 1979 to 2009.
"People always ask, are you a coach or a broadcaster or a video game guy?'' he said when was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. "I'm a coach, always been a coach.''
It was a sentiment echoed by Hall of Fame President Jim Porter in his statement Tuesday night.
"He was first and foremost a coach," Porter said. "He was a coach on the field, a coach in the broadcast booth and a coach in life.
"The Hall of Fame will forever guard Coach Madden's legacy. The Hall of Fame flag will be flown at half-staff in his memory."
Madden started his broadcasting career at CBS after leaving coaching in great part because of his fear of flying. He and Pat Summerall became the network's top announcing duo. Madden then helped give Fox credibility as a major network when he moved there in 1994, and went on to call prime-time games at ABC and NBC before retiring following Pittsburgh's thrilling 27-23 win over Arizona in the 2009 Super Bowl.
"John Madden was an iconic figure, transitioning from a successful coach to one of the most impactful and distinctive broadcasters in history, across all genres. His love of football was only matched by the fans' admiration for him. He will forever be synonymous with the game," said James Pitaro, chairman of ESPN and sports content for the Walt Disney Company. Madden worked for ABC Sports from 2002 to 2005 as an analyst for Monday Night Football.
Burly and a little unkempt, Madden earned a place in America's heart with a likable, unpretentious style that was refreshing in a sports world of spiraling salaries and prima donna stars. He rode from game to game in his own bus because he was claustrophobic and had stopped flying. For a time, Madden gave out a "turducken'' -- a chicken stuffed inside a duck stuffed inside a turkey -- to the outstanding player in the Thanksgiving game that he called.
"Nobody loved football more than Coach. He was football,'' NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. "He was an incredible sounding board to me and so many others. There will never be another John Madden, and we will forever be indebted to him for all he did to make football and the NFL what it is today.''
Said Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones: "I am not aware of anyone who has made a more meaningful impact on the National Football League than John Madden, and I know of no one who loved the game more."
When Madden finally retired from the broadcast booth, leaving NBC's "Sunday Night Football,'' colleagues universally praised his passion for the sport, his preparation and his ability to explain an often-complicated game in down-to-earth terms.
Al Michaels, Madden's broadcast partner for seven years on ABC and NBC, said working with him "was like hitting the lottery.''
"He was so much more than just football -- a keen observer of everything around him and a man who could carry on a smart conversation about hundreds and hundreds of topics. The term 'Renaissance Man' is tossed around a little too loosely these days, but John was as close as you can come,'' Michaels said.
For anyone who heard Madden exclaim "Boom!'' while breaking down a play, his love of the game was obvious.
"For me, TV is really an extension of coaching,'' Madden, who also became a best-selling author, wrote in "Hey, Wait a Minute! (I Wrote a Book!).''
"My knowledge of football has come from coaching. And on TV, all I'm trying to do is pass on some of that knowledge to viewers.''
Madden was raised in Daly City, California. He played on both the offensive and defensive lines for Cal Poly in 1957-58 and earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the school.
Madden was chosen to the all-conference team and was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles, but a knee injury ended his hopes of a professional playing career. Instead, Madden got into coaching, first at Hancock Junior College and then as defensive coordinator at San Diego State.
Al Davis brought him to the Raiders as a linebackers coach in 1967, and Oakland went to the Super Bowl in Madden's first year in the pros. He replaced John Rauch as head coach after the 1968 season at age 32, beginning a remarkable 10-year run.
With his demonstrative demeanor on the sideline and disheveled look, Madden was the ideal coach for the collection of castoffs and misfits that made up those Raiders teams.
"Sometimes guys were disciplinarians in things that didn't make any difference. I was a disciplinarian in jumping offsides; I hated that,'' Madden once said. "Being in bad position and missing tackles, those things. I wasn't, 'Your hair has to be combed.'"
The Raiders responded.
"I always thought his strong suit was his style of coaching,'' quarterback Ken Stabler once said. "John just had a great knack for letting us be what we wanted to be, on the field and off the field. ... How do you repay him for being that way? You win for him.''
And boy, did they ever. Many years, the only problem was the playoffs.
Madden went 12-1-1 in his first season, losing the AFL title game 17-7 to Kansas City. That pattern repeated itself during his tenure; the Raiders won the division title in seven of his first eight seasons but went 1-6 in conference title games during that span.
Still, Madden's Raiders played in some of the sport's most memorable games of the 1970s, games that helped change rules in the NFL. There was the "Holy Roller'' in 1978, when Stabler purposely fumbled forward before being sacked on the final play. The ball rolled and was batted to the end zone before Dave Casper recovered it for the winning touchdown against San Diego.
The most famous of those games went against the Raiders in the 1972 playoffs at Pittsburgh. With the Raiders leading 7-6 and 22 seconds left, the Steelers had a fourth-and-10 from their 40. Terry Bradshaw's desperation pass deflected off either Oakland's Jack Tatum or Pittsburgh's Frenchy Fuqua to Franco Harris, who caught it at his shoe tops and ran in for a TD.
In those days, a pass that bounced off an offensive player directly to a teammate was illegal, and the debate continues to this day over which player it hit. The catch, of course, was dubbed the "Immaculate Reception.''
Oakland finally broke through with a loaded team in 1976 that had Stabler at quarterback; Fred Biletnikoff and Cliff Branch at receiver; tight end Dave Casper; Hall of Fame offensive linemen Gene Upshaw and Art Shell; and a defense that included Willie Brown, Ted Hendricks, Tatum, John Matuszak, Otis Sistrunk and George Atkinson.
The Raiders went 13-1, losing only a blowout at New England in Week 4. They paid the Patriots back with a 24-21 win in their first playoff game and got over the AFC title game hump with a 24-7 win over the hated Steelers, who were hampered by injuries.
Oakland won it all with a 32-14 Super Bowl romp against Minnesota.
"Players loved playing for him,'' Shell said. "He made it fun for us in camp and fun for us in the regular season. All he asked is that we be on time and play like hell when it was time to play.''
Madden battled an ulcer the following season, when the Raiders once again lost in the AFC title game. He retired from coaching at age 42 after a 9-7 season in 1978.
Madden was a longtime resident of Pleasanton, California, a Bay Area suburb. A 90-minute documentary on his coaching and broadcasting career, "All Madden,'' debuted on Fox on Christmas Day. The film featured extensive interviews that Madden sat for this year. His wife, Virginia, and sons Joseph and Michael were also interviewed for the documentary. John and Virginia Madden's 62nd wedding anniversary was two days before his death.
NFL Hall of Fame coach, broadcasting icon John Madden dies at 85
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John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster whose exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades, died Tuesday morning, the NFL said. He was 85.
The league said he died unexpectedly and did not detail a cause.
Madden gained fame in a decadelong stint as the coach of the renegade Oakland Raiders, making it to seven AFC title games and winning the Super Bowl following the 1976 season. He compiled a 103-32-7 regular-season record, and his .759 winning percentage is the best among NFL coaches with more than 100 games.
"Few individuals meant as much to the growth and popularity of professional football as Coach Madden, whose impact on the game both on and off the field was immeasurable," the Raiders said in a statement, hours before team owner Mark Davis lit the Al Davis Torch in honor of Madden, the first person to ever light the torch on Oct. 16, 2011.
"Tonight I light the torch in honor of and tribute to John Madden and Al Davis, who declared that the fire that burns the brightest in the Raiders Organization is the will to win," said Mark Davis.
It was Madden's work after retiring from coaching at age 42 that made him truly a household name. He educated a football nation with his use of the telestrator on broadcasts; entertained millions with his interjections of "Boom!'' and "Doink!'' throughout games; was an omnipresent pitchman selling restaurants, hardware stores and beer; and became the face of Madden NFL Football, one of the most successful sports video games of all time.
"Today, we lost a hero. John Madden was synonymous with the sport of football for more than 50 years," EA Sports, the brand behind the Madden franchise, said in a statement. "His knowledge of the game was second only to his love for it, and his appreciation for everyone that stepped on the gridiron. A humble champion, a willing teacher, and forever a coach. Our hearts and sympathies go out to John's family, friends, and millions of fans. He will be greatly missed, always remembered, and never forgotten."
Madden was the preeminent television sports analyst for most of his three decades calling games, winning an unprecedented 16 Emmy Awards for outstanding sports analyst/personality, and covering 11 Super Bowls for four networks from 1979 to 2009.
"People always ask, are you a coach or a broadcaster or a video game guy?'' he said when was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. "I'm a coach, always been a coach.''
It was a sentiment echoed by Hall of Fame President Jim Porter in his statement Tuesday night.
"He was first and foremost a coach," Porter said. "He was a coach on the field, a coach in the broadcast booth and a coach in life.
"The Hall of Fame will forever guard Coach Madden's legacy. The Hall of Fame flag will be flown at half-staff in his memory."
Madden started his broadcasting career at CBS after leaving coaching in great part because of his fear of flying. He and Pat Summerall became the network's top announcing duo. Madden then helped give Fox credibility as a major network when he moved there in 1994, and went on to call prime-time games at ABC and NBC before retiring following Pittsburgh's thrilling 27-23 win over Arizona in the 2009 Super Bowl.
"John Madden was an iconic figure, transitioning from a successful coach to one of the most impactful and distinctive broadcasters in history, across all genres. His love of football was only matched by the fans' admiration for him. He will forever be synonymous with the game," said James Pitaro, chairman of ESPN and sports content for the Walt Disney Company. Madden worked for ABC Sports from 2002 to 2005 as an analyst for Monday Night Football.
Burly and a little unkempt, Madden earned a place in America's heart with a likable, unpretentious style that was refreshing in a sports world of spiraling salaries and prima donna stars. He rode from game to game in his own bus because he was claustrophobic and had stopped flying. For a time, Madden gave out a "turducken'' -- a chicken stuffed inside a duck stuffed inside a turkey -- to the outstanding player in the Thanksgiving game that he called.
"Nobody loved football more than Coach. He was football,'' NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. "He was an incredible sounding board to me and so many others. There will never be another John Madden, and we will forever be indebted to him for all he did to make football and the NFL what it is today.''
Said Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones: "I am not aware of anyone who has made a more meaningful impact on the National Football League than John Madden, and I know of no one who loved the game more."
When Madden finally retired from the broadcast booth, leaving NBC's "Sunday Night Football,'' colleagues universally praised his passion for the sport, his preparation and his ability to explain an often-complicated game in down-to-earth terms.
Al Michaels, Madden's broadcast partner for seven years on ABC and NBC, said working with him "was like hitting the lottery.''
"He was so much more than just football -- a keen observer of everything around him and a man who could carry on a smart conversation about hundreds and hundreds of topics. The term 'Renaissance Man' is tossed around a little too loosely these days, but John was as close as you can come,'' Michaels said.
For anyone who heard Madden exclaim "Boom!'' while breaking down a play, his love of the game was obvious.
"For me, TV is really an extension of coaching,'' Madden, who also became a best-selling author, wrote in "Hey, Wait a Minute! (I Wrote a Book!).''
"My knowledge of football has come from coaching. And on TV, all I'm trying to do is pass on some of that knowledge to viewers.''
Madden was raised in Daly City, California. He played on both the offensive and defensive lines for Cal Poly in 1957-58 and earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the school.
Madden was chosen to the all-conference team and was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles, but a knee injury ended his hopes of a professional playing career. Instead, Madden got into coaching, first at Hancock Junior College and then as defensive coordinator at San Diego State.
Al Davis brought him to the Raiders as a linebackers coach in 1967, and Oakland went to the Super Bowl in Madden's first year in the pros. He replaced John Rauch as head coach after the 1968 season at age 32, beginning a remarkable 10-year run.
With his demonstrative demeanor on the sideline and disheveled look, Madden was the ideal coach for the collection of castoffs and misfits that made up those Raiders teams.
"Sometimes guys were disciplinarians in things that didn't make any difference. I was a disciplinarian in jumping offsides; I hated that,'' Madden once said. "Being in bad position and missing tackles, those things. I wasn't, 'Your hair has to be combed.'"
The Raiders responded.
"I always thought his strong suit was his style of coaching,'' quarterback Ken Stabler once said. "John just had a great knack for letting us be what we wanted to be, on the field and off the field. ... How do you repay him for being that way? You win for him.''
And boy, did they ever. Many years, the only problem was the playoffs.
Madden went 12-1-1 in his first season, losing the AFL title game 17-7 to Kansas City. That pattern repeated itself during his tenure; the Raiders won the division title in seven of his first eight seasons but went 1-6 in conference title games during that span.
Still, Madden's Raiders played in some of the sport's most memorable games of the 1970s, games that helped change rules in the NFL. There was the "Holy Roller'' in 1978, when Stabler purposely fumbled forward before being sacked on the final play. The ball rolled and was batted to the end zone before Dave Casper recovered it for the winning touchdown against San Diego.
The most famous of those games went against the Raiders in the 1972 playoffs at Pittsburgh. With the Raiders leading 7-6 and 22 seconds left, the Steelers had a fourth-and-10 from their 40. Terry Bradshaw's desperation pass deflected off either Oakland's Jack Tatum or Pittsburgh's Frenchy Fuqua to Franco Harris, who caught it at his shoe tops and ran in for a TD.
In those days, a pass that bounced off an offensive player directly to a teammate was illegal, and the debate continues to this day over which player it hit. The catch, of course, was dubbed the "Immaculate Reception.''
Oakland finally broke through with a loaded team in 1976 that had Stabler at quarterback; Fred Biletnikoff and Cliff Branch at receiver; tight end Dave Casper; Hall of Fame offensive linemen Gene Upshaw and Art Shell; and a defense that included Willie Brown, Ted Hendricks, Tatum, John Matuszak, Otis Sistrunk and George Atkinson.
The Raiders went 13-1, losing only a blowout at New England in Week 4. They paid the Patriots back with a 24-21 win in their first playoff game and got over the AFC title game hump with a 24-7 win over the hated Steelers, who were hampered by injuries.
Oakland won it all with a 32-14 Super Bowl romp against Minnesota.
"Players loved playing for him,'' Shell said. "He made it fun for us in camp and fun for us in the regular season. All he asked is that we be on time and play like hell when it was time to play.''
Madden battled an ulcer the following season, when the Raiders once again lost in the AFC title game. He retired from coaching at age 42 after a 9-7 season in 1978.
Madden was a longtime resident of Pleasanton, California, a Bay Area suburb. A 90-minute documentary on his coaching and broadcasting career, "All Madden,'' debuted on Fox on Christmas Day. The film featured extensive interviews that Madden sat for this year. His wife, Virginia, and sons Joseph and Michael were also interviewed for the documentary. John and Virginia Madden's 62nd wedding anniversary was two days before his death.
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Quite a character!! RIP
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There are more tributes to this man today than any world leader in my memory, except perhaps Churchill who passed when I was 15. The American sports world is in mourning. 
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Ice will be heated for outdoor NHL Winter Classic
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Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The weather is expected to be so cold for Saturday's National Hockey League's outdoor Winter Classic that the ice will have to be heated.
The Minnesota Wild and the St. Louis Blues are to compete at 7 p.m. EST at Target Field in Minneapolis, where the day's high temperature is expected to reach -2 degrees F, with a wind-chill factor of about -20 degrees.
And it most likely will be even colder when the first puck is dropped.
So mechanics are preparing to make the ice warmer, even though that sounds like an oxymoron.
The NHL explains why: "When the air temperature is above the optimum ice temperature, the glycol and aluminum pans transfer heat away from the ice. But when the air temperature is below the optimum ice temperature, it transfers heat to the ice,"
And the solution: "The NHL has used a custom-made inline heater before to warm the glycol in the pipes on the way to the floor, but here it will use two inline heaters for the first time, one at the refrigeration truck and another in the outfield. The crew can calibrate the temperature to a half-degree."
Fans are being considered, too. The NHL ordered 40,000 hand-warmers. NHL executive vice president of events Dean Matsuzaki said the League is figuring out distribution plans, but if fans need some, they can request them from guest services. Blankets will be allowed.
Weather isn't the only problem irking the NHL. The league has had to postpone nine games, on top of another nine earlier this week. Most of those were related to attendance restrictions in Canada.
The NHL said it hopes to make up those games if and when the attendance restrictions are eased.
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Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The weather is expected to be so cold for Saturday's National Hockey League's outdoor Winter Classic that the ice will have to be heated.
The Minnesota Wild and the St. Louis Blues are to compete at 7 p.m. EST at Target Field in Minneapolis, where the day's high temperature is expected to reach -2 degrees F, with a wind-chill factor of about -20 degrees.
And it most likely will be even colder when the first puck is dropped.
So mechanics are preparing to make the ice warmer, even though that sounds like an oxymoron.
The NHL explains why: "When the air temperature is above the optimum ice temperature, the glycol and aluminum pans transfer heat away from the ice. But when the air temperature is below the optimum ice temperature, it transfers heat to the ice,"
And the solution: "The NHL has used a custom-made inline heater before to warm the glycol in the pipes on the way to the floor, but here it will use two inline heaters for the first time, one at the refrigeration truck and another in the outfield. The crew can calibrate the temperature to a half-degree."
Fans are being considered, too. The NHL ordered 40,000 hand-warmers. NHL executive vice president of events Dean Matsuzaki said the League is figuring out distribution plans, but if fans need some, they can request them from guest services. Blankets will be allowed.
Weather isn't the only problem irking the NHL. The league has had to postpone nine games, on top of another nine earlier this week. Most of those were related to attendance restrictions in Canada.
The NHL said it hopes to make up those games if and when the attendance restrictions are eased.
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Former Broncos, Falcons head coach Dan Reeves dies at 77
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Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Dan Reeves, a former Dallas Cowboys running back who coached the Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons to a total of four Super Bowls, has died, his family said Saturday. He was 77.
Family members told NFL.com Reeves died peacefully early Saturday at his home in Atlanta due to complications from a long illness.
"His legacy will continue through his many friends, players and fans as well as the rest of the NFL community," they said.
Reeves was the Broncos' head coach for 12 seasons, guiding them to Super Bowl appearances in 1986, 1987 and 1989. During his coaching stint in Denver, the Broncos won 60% of their games (110-73-1) and five division titles -- the most of any coach in franchise history.
Reeves also served as head coach of the New York Giants (1993-96) and Falcons (1997-2003).
He participated in nine Super Bowls, winning one as a Cowboys player (1971) and another as an assistant for Dallas head coach Tom Landry (1977). That total ranks as third-most in NFL history, behind only Bill Belichick and Tom Brady.
"Reeves coached the Broncos with integrity, character and toughness along with sincere appreciation for his players and coaches," the team said in a statement.
"His time with the Broncos was part of a remarkable 39-year career in professional football in which he appeared in the Super Bowl an astonishing nine times as a player or coach."
In college, Reeves was a quarterback for South Carolina but went undrafted by the NFL. He earned a spot with Cowboys in 1965 as a special-teams player and the next year emerged as a dependable running back, leading the NFL with 16 total touchdowns.
Following a serious knee injury, Reeves retired and was tabbed by Landry as an assistant coach. He got his first shot to lead an NFL team in 1981 when Broncos owner Edgar Kaiser made him the youngest head coach in the league at age 37.
Reeves quickly turned around the underachieving Broncos franchise and cemented its status as one of the best teams of the decade following the drafting of quarterback John Elway in 1983. Together, the pair brought the team unprecedented success, although a Super Bowl victory remained elusive.
After Reeves and the Broncos parted ways, he returned to the Super Bowl as head coach of the Falcons in 1998. He lost to Denver, coached by one of his former assistants, Mike Shanahan.
Reeves is survived by his wife Pam; his children Dana, Lee and Laura; and by grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Dan Reeves, a former Dallas Cowboys running back who coached the Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons to a total of four Super Bowls, has died, his family said Saturday. He was 77.
Family members told NFL.com Reeves died peacefully early Saturday at his home in Atlanta due to complications from a long illness.
"His legacy will continue through his many friends, players and fans as well as the rest of the NFL community," they said.
Reeves was the Broncos' head coach for 12 seasons, guiding them to Super Bowl appearances in 1986, 1987 and 1989. During his coaching stint in Denver, the Broncos won 60% of their games (110-73-1) and five division titles -- the most of any coach in franchise history.
Reeves also served as head coach of the New York Giants (1993-96) and Falcons (1997-2003).
He participated in nine Super Bowls, winning one as a Cowboys player (1971) and another as an assistant for Dallas head coach Tom Landry (1977). That total ranks as third-most in NFL history, behind only Bill Belichick and Tom Brady.
"Reeves coached the Broncos with integrity, character and toughness along with sincere appreciation for his players and coaches," the team said in a statement.
"His time with the Broncos was part of a remarkable 39-year career in professional football in which he appeared in the Super Bowl an astonishing nine times as a player or coach."
In college, Reeves was a quarterback for South Carolina but went undrafted by the NFL. He earned a spot with Cowboys in 1965 as a special-teams player and the next year emerged as a dependable running back, leading the NFL with 16 total touchdowns.
Following a serious knee injury, Reeves retired and was tabbed by Landry as an assistant coach. He got his first shot to lead an NFL team in 1981 when Broncos owner Edgar Kaiser made him the youngest head coach in the league at age 37.
Reeves quickly turned around the underachieving Broncos franchise and cemented its status as one of the best teams of the decade following the drafting of quarterback John Elway in 1983. Together, the pair brought the team unprecedented success, although a Super Bowl victory remained elusive.
After Reeves and the Broncos parted ways, he returned to the Super Bowl as head coach of the Falcons in 1998. He lost to Denver, coached by one of his former assistants, Mike Shanahan.
Reeves is survived by his wife Pam; his children Dana, Lee and Laura; and by grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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NBA: Stephen Curry breaks own three-pointer record in Golden State Warriors win
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Stephen Curry broke his own NBA record for consecutive three-pointers as he led the Golden State Warriors to a 123-116 win over the Utah Jazz.
Curry scored a three-pointer for the 158th successive game, breaking his previous record of 157 which had stood since November 2016.
He made 28 points as his side overcame an eight-point deficit to win, having earlier thrown away a 16-point lead.
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Stephen Curry broke his own NBA record for consecutive three-pointers as he led the Golden State Warriors to a 123-116 win over the Utah Jazz.
Curry scored a three-pointer for the 158th successive game, breaking his previous record of 157 which had stood since November 2016.
He made 28 points as his side overcame an eight-point deficit to win, having earlier thrown away a 16-point lead.
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