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Broncos Stun Panthers To Win Super Bowl

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8 years ago

February 8, 2016

Santa Clara, CA – This night couldn’t have been scripted any better. A team that dominated during the regular season comes in with all the buzz and stats to complete their season with a win. But an old timer and explosive defense shattered the dreams of a young team with a phenomenal regular season record.

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The Denver Broncos marched into Levi’s stadium for Super Bowl fifty and defeated the Carolina Panthers 24-10. The fourth quarter belonged to Peyton Manning and his team. They scored their final touchdown late in the quarter while securing their win with a two-point conversion.

“This game was like this season has been. It tested our toughness, our resilience and our unselfishness,” said Manning. “It’s only fitting it turned out that way. A great bunch of teammates, a great bunch of guys to play with. I feel very, very grateful.”

There’s been talk all season that Manning may retire after this season especially after the amount of injuries he endured throughout the season. Broncos management, his teammates and fans all except the two-time Super Bowl champ to retire and have already begun thanking him for what he’s done for the organization and the team this season.

“Peyton has been tremendous, he came in four years ago and we’ve won 4 AFC Championships and got us to the Super Bowls,” General Manager John Elway said. “What he’s meant to us and this league has been tremendous. He’s been a role model to so many including this organization, we’re going to enjoy this tonight and see what happens later.”

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Super Bowl Fifty was everything we expected. Intense, exciting and kept us on the edge of our seats. Denver wasted no time moving the ball on opening drive. But the Panthers made stops when they needed forcing the Broncos to strike first with a field goal giving them a 3-0 lead. The problem, Carolina needed to do more.

Cam Newton who is the goat of the team wasn’t as perfect as we had hoped for. The MVP had the ball stripped from his hands by Super Bowl MVP Von Miller forcing a fumble, Mailk Jackson recovered the ball for the touchdown extending the Broncos lead to 10-0 in the first quarter.

“They outplayed us,” said a somber Newton.

Denver’s defense had one goal and that was to smother Newton all day. The Broncos top-rated defense that sent Tom Brady and the New England Patriots fishing after the AFC Championship successfully took Newton out of his game. The league MVP was at a loss of words after the game and replied to most questions with one-word answers. He couldn’t end it right after having the best season in franchise history.

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Miller stripped Newton twice in the game forcing turnovers, once for a touchdown, the second time setting up a clinching touchdown late in the game. It’s not often you see a defensive player being awarded the game MVP but Miller’s season was beyond impressive.

“It just shows what type of defense that we’ve been playing,” Miller said. “It’s honestly not about me. If I could cut this award, I would give it to DeMarcus [Ware] and [Derek] Wolfe and all the other guys. The MVP is great but, I’ll take the ring. I put my neck on the line for those guys.”

Carolina rallied back in the second scoring their only touchdown of the game. Newton pushed his offense up the field and a face mask by Aquib Talib put the Panthers on the goal line. Next play Jonathan Stewart dived over the goal line and players for the touchdown making it a 10-7 game. But that was all we saw from the Panthers offense that was so dominant throughout the regular season.

“They did a good job in that first series. They kind of jumped on us,” said Linebacker Luke Kuechly. “They did a good job. We weren’t able to get around the ball enough in the pass game.”

“Denver did a really good job of executing their game,” Linebacker Thomas Davis said. “That’s really what it boils to. We had opportunities, we had chances and we let them slip away.”

The Panthers added a field goal but continued to struggle in the second half. Things got worse when Graham Gano’s 44-yard field goal went wide right in the third. But Brandon McManus followed with his third field goal for 30-yards giving Denver a 16-7 lead. Newton then tried to go deep to Ted Ginn Jr. but got picked off by T.J. Ward.

The fourth quarter belonged to the champs when Manning led his team to scoring their final touchdown. Miller stripped Newton for the second time to force a fumble. T.J. Ward recovered at the Carolina 4. That setup C.J. Anderson 2-yard touchdown. The Broncos followed with a 2-point conversion to setup the celebration.

“This game was much like this season has been, testing our toughness, our resiliency, our unselfishness,” said Manning. “It’s only fitting that it turned out that way.”

When asked about retirement, the 39-year old responded calmly by saying, “I don’t know the answer to that. It’s been an emotional week, emotional night, and the night is just beginning, I look forward to celebrating with my friends and family and I think I’ll take some time after that.”

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WOMEN IMPACTING THE CHURCH AND COMMUNITY

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Sister Juanita Matthews

55 Years with Oakland Public School District

The Teacher, Mother, Community Outreach Champion, And Child of God

Juanita Matthews, better known as “Sister Teacher,” is a walking Bible scholar. She moved to California from the great state of Arkansas in 1971. Sister Teacher has a passion for teaching. She has been a member of Bible Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church since 1971. She followed her passion for teaching, and in 1977 became the lead teacher for Adult Class #6. Her motto still today is “Once My Student, Always My Student”.

Beyond her remarkable love for the Lord, Sister Teacher has showcased her love for teaching by working for the Oakland Unified School District for 55 years, all but four of those years spent at Emerson Elementary and Child Development School. She truly cares about her students, making sure they have the tools/supplies needed to learn either at OUSD or Bible Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church.

She’s also had a “Clothes Closet Ministry” for 51 years, making sure her students have sufficient clothing for school. The Clothes Closet Ministry extends past her students, she has been clothing the community for over 50 years as well. She loves the Lord and is a servant on a mission. She is a loving mother to two beautiful children, Sandra and Andre. This is the impact this woman of God has on her church and the community.

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Vivian Coit, 98

Vivian Coit, a proud Dallas, Texas native made her way to the great state of California in 1943. She was a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great grandmother.

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Vivian Coit

Celebrating A Life Well Lived

Sept. 15, 1925 ~ March 30, 2024

Vivian Coit, a proud Dallas, Texas native made her way to the great state of California in 1943. She was a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great grandmother.

In her 98 years, she had various jobs – San Francisco Naval Shipyard, elevator operator, housekeeping, a salesclerk, and supervisor for the United States Postal Service. After 27 years of service with the United States Postal Service, she retired with numerous commendations. She was a lifetime member of the National Council of Negro Women. and a devoted member of the Washington/Lincoln Alumni Association of Dallas, Texas.

On April 20 at 10:00 a.m., a life well-lived will be celebrated at Beebe Memorial Cathedral CME Church, 3900 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA under the leadership of Rev. Antoine Shyne.

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Opinion: Surviving the Earthquake, an Eclipse and “Emil Amok.”

Last Friday, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook New York City, reported as the “biggest earthquake with an epicenter in the NYC area since 1884” when a 5.2 quake hit. A bit bigger. The last quake similar to Friday’s was a 4.9 in 1783.Alexander Hamilton felt it — 241 years ago. That’s why New Yorkers were freaking out on Friday. They were in the room where it happens.

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In New York City, the eclipse was about 90 percent visible. Good enough for me. Though a full solar eclipse is a celestial rarity, blockages of any sort aren’t generally celebrated. My one-man play is about growing up with the eclipsed history of American Filipinos and how I struggle to unblock all that.

By Emil Guillermo

I’m a Northern Californian in New York City for the next few weeks, doing my one-man show, “Emil Amok, Lost NPR Host, Wiley Filipino, Vegan Transdad.”

I must like performing in the wake of Mother Nature.

Alexander Hamilton felt it — 241 years ago.

That’s why New Yorkers were freaking out on Friday. They were in the room where it happens.

And it just doesn’t happen that often.

Beyonce singing country music happens more frequently.

When I felt New York shake last week, it reminded me of a time in a San Francisco TV newsroom when editors fretted about a lack of news an hour before showtime.

Then the office carpeting moved for a good ten seconds, and the news gods gave us our lead story.

On Friday when it happened in NYC, I noticed the lines in the carpeting in my room wiggling. But I thought it was from a raucous hotel worker vacuuming nearby.

I didn’t even think earthquake. In New York?

I just went about my business as if nothing had happened. After living near fault lines all my life, I was taking things for granted.

Considering the age of structures in New York, I should have been even more concerned about falling objects inside (shelves, stuff on walls) and outside buildings (signs, scaffolding), fire hazards from possible gas leaks, and then I should have looked for others on my floor and in the hotel lobby to confirm or aid or tell stories.

Of course, as a Californian who has lived through and covered quakes in the 4 to 6 magnitude range, I tried to calm down any traumatized New Yorker I encountered by taking full responsibility for bringing in the quake from the Bay Area.

I reassured them things would be all right, and then let them know that 4.8s are nothing.

And then I invited them to my consoling post-Earthquake performance of “Emil Amok, Lost NPR Host…”

It was the night of the eclipse.

ECLIPSING THE ECLIPSE

For example, did you know the first Filipinos actually arrived to what is now California in 1587? That’s 33 years before the Pilgrims arrived in America on the other coast, but few know the Filipino history which has been totally eclipsed.

I was in Battery Park sitting on a bench and there was a sense of community as people all came to look up. A young woman sitting next to me had a filter for a cell phone camera. We began talking and she let me use it. That filter enabled me to take a picture of the main event with my iPhone.

For helping me see, I invited her and her boyfriend to come see my show.

Coincidentally, she was from Plymouth, Massachusetts, near the rock that says the year the Pilgrims landed in 1620.

In my show she learned the truth. The Pilgrims were second.

History unblocked. But it took a solar eclipse.

Next one in 2044? We have a lot more unblocking to do.

If you’re in New York come see my show, Sat. April 13th, 5:20 pm Eastern; Fri. April 19, 8:10 pm Eastern; and Sun. April 21st 5:20 pm Eastern.

You can also livestream the show. Get tickets at www.amok.com/tickets

About the Author

Emil Guillermo is a journalist and commentator. He does a mini-talk show on YouTube.com/@emilamok1. He wishes all his readers a Happy Easter!