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The Broncos will honor nearly 100 breast cancer survivors at halftime of Sunday’s game. (Associated Press file)
As part of October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Broncos will honor nearly 100 breast cancer survivors during halftime of Sunday’s game against the Cardinals at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, the team announced Thursday.
The cancer survivors, as selected from Susan G. Komen for the Cure Denver Metropolitan, nominations through the Broncos’ official website and from the team’s pool of season-ticket holders, will also take part in a pregame pink champagne brunch and will receive a commemorative pin and pink Broncos shirt.
Sunday’s game will also include other features for breast cancer awareness and the :
- Game balls with pink ribbon logos used for every down, and pink kicking tees
- Pink equipment for players, including cleats, wristbands, gloves, sideline hats, helmet decals, captains’ patches, chin cups, shoelaces, skull caps, sideline towels, eye-shield decals and quarterback towels
- Pink coins used for the coin toss
- Pink sideline hats for coaches and sideline personnel and pink ribbon pins for coaches and team executives
- Special hats, pink wristbands, whistles and pins for game officials
- On-field pink ribbon stencils and A Crucial Catch wall banners
- Pink goal-post padding in end zones
- Breast cancer awareness pompoms, shirts and wristbands for cheerleaders
