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Private memorial set for former Vikings head coach Bud Grant

The family of the late Bud Grant has announced that they will be holding a private memorial service for the former Minnesota #Vikings coach

The family of the late Bud Grant has announced that they will be holding a private memorial service for the former Minnesota Vikings coach, who passed away on March 11th at the age of 95. The family has also revealed that there will be a public celebration of Grant’s life at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, although a date for the event has not yet been set.

Grant is widely regarded as one of the greatest coaches in NFL history, having led the Vikings to four Super Bowl appearances and 11 division championships during his tenure from 1967-1983. He is also a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, inducted in 1994.

In lieu of flowers, the Grant family has requested that memorials be made to either the Minnesota Vikings Foundation or the DAV (Disabled American Veterans) Foundation. Both organizations align with Grant’s passion for supporting veterans and their families.

Broncos’ owners are flying Ronnie Hillman’s teammates to late RB’s celebration of life

Broncos owners paid for Ronnie Hillman’s teammates’ travel to the late running back’s celebration of life. Peyton Manning helped coordinate.

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Denver Broncos owners paid for a group of Ronnie Hillman’s teammates to travel to the late running back’s celebration of life in California this week.

Former quarterback Peyton Manning helped coordinate the arrangement, getting a group of players together with the team to fly by private jet from Denver to California, according to KUSA-TV’s Mike Klis.

In addition to Manning, former wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders, defensive lineman Derek Wolfe, tight end Joel Dreessen, kicker Brandon McManus and offensive linemen Ryan Harris and Orlando Franklin also traveled to California with Broncos player development vice president Ray Jackson.

“All of us as Broncos, it means something to us to be Denver Broncos and the fact that the ownership group in one year can understand that and go far beyond out of their way to coordinate to allow us to attend Ronnie’s funeral, there’s no words for our gratitude towards the Walton-Penner family,” Harris told Klis.

Hillman died of a rare kidney cancer in December at age 31. He led the team with 863 rushing yards and seven touchdowns during their Super Bowl-winning season in 2015. He played four seasons in Denver.

Hillman’s service will be held at Faithful Central Bible Church in Inglewood, California on Thursday morning.

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Bill O’Brien: Texans will be off June 9 for George Floyd’s funeral

Houston Texans coach Bill O’Brien says the team will not meet on June 9 to encourage players and coaches to attend George Floyd’s funeral in Houston.

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Bill O’Brien has more authority in 2020 as the coach and general manager than he ever has in his previous six seasons with the Houston Texans.

The 50-year-old is using his authority for community outreach and healing as he has given the players and coaches June 9 off to attend George Floyd’s funeral in Houston.

“We will not meet on that day, so, we will encourage the guys that are here in Houston to go to the funeral if we’re able to go to that,” O’Brien said.

According to O’Brien, he told Texans players in 2014 that he had their back, and reiterated his support for them in 2017 during the fervor of national anthem protests.

“If they need time to themselves, they can have time to themselves,” said O’Brien. “If they need resources from us to try to begin to heal, we’ve got to help them, we have a lot of resources here to do that, they will get it.”

O’Brien also emphasized that he wants players to communicate about the issues facing society, and to take advantage of the resources the club has available.

If they just need someone to listen — maybe they don’t want to talk to me about it, but we have plenty of people here that they can talk to about it,” said O’Brien.