Quarterback Peyton Manning walks across the field after the Broncos win over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 Sunday. (AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post)
I want to thank the Denver Broncos for playing as a team all season leading to their Super Bowl victory, for never giving up, and for showing true grit. I want to commend Peyton Manning for doing his part and Von Miller for overcoming his drug problem and ACL tear, and playing as a team player or playing for others to win, by using his great talent. And I want to commend all the Broncos by saying thank you.
Dan Reuter, Broomfield
This letter was published in the Feb. 9 edition.Being from New York and a long time New York Giants fan, I would like to say this after the Broncos Super Bowl win. New York has been home to many amazing sports-related human interest stories. Yet in the annals of sports, one would be hard-pressed to find a human interest story more compelling than that of Peyton Manning. He truly is the 21st century version of the Cinderella Man. Congrats to the Denver Broncos and their fans — well done.
Bernard Stancati, Highlands Ranch
This letter was published in the Feb. 9 edition.About a million Hoosiers are almost as happy as you are because of the Broncos. We still love Peyton Manning and consequently we love the Broncos. Congratulations!
John D. Proffitt, Carmel, Ind.
I can t believe Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton walked off in the middle of his postgame interview. I had respect for him, he s a great quarterback, but that made me lose respect for him. What a sore loser!
Sue Mercer, Denver
This letter was published in the Feb. 9 edition.Re: Super Bowl s 60 minutes of damage, Feb. 7 George F. Will column.
The Denver Broncos won the Super Bowl — fantastic!
The marketing team of the NFL has done an incredible job of selling football to the point of it becoming the most watched sport in America. But as George F. Will of The Washington Post points out, there is a dark side of this game. It s called CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) or long-term brain injury. Many players have it and don t know it. It is the result of constant head trauma. Make no mistake, football is a brutal, violent sport.
Now the spin masters are carrying the sport to a new level. New NFL ads are projecting that football is family. Excuse me? Promoting a violent, brutal sport is family? Are you kidding? Football is not family and it needs to be put into perspective. Just look at the injury statistics.
Burt DeGraw, Castle Rock
This letter was published in the Feb. 9 edition.Re: Battle of the Super Bowl cities: Denver is just too great, Feb. 7 Perspective feature.
Charlotte Observer editorial page editor Taylor Batten s observations on Denver were brilliantly funny. Shame on us for allowing him to rightly point out that we are near the top among states for the use of alcohol, cocaine and other illicit drugs, and last in kids vaccinations and funding for state universities. I m not so sure about his accuracy in saying Colorado is first for sexually active women, however. If that s true, don t publicize it. It might lead to still more growth and increase the pressure on what Batten calls the daily parking lot known as Interstate 25 for I-70.
Susan Thornton, Littleton
This letter was published in the Feb. 9 edition.
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