Sam Adams Sam Adams joined the Rocky Mountain News in 1996, first as the Denver Broncos beat reporter before taking his current role as sports notes columnist. The Colorado Association of Black Journalists voted Adams the Print Journalist of the Year award in 2003.

DOVE VALLEY -- My favorite moment seven days into Broncos' training camp has been a one-sided collision between a tight end and linebacker after an incomplete pass.

That might not sound like much, but it wasn't your A-typical tight end-linebacker collision. It was 6-foot-4, 240 pound linebacker Cameron Vaughn bouncing off 6-foot-6, 278-pound tight end Chad Mustard.

Mustard was a former basketball and football player at the University of North Dakota. Size aside, to make the Broncos' final roster, he'll need to improve his pass-catching skills.

"I'm not your A-typical tight end," Mustard said.

"It seems like the league is going in the direction of 6-5, 240 with the 4.4 speed. I'm kind of in the other direction. I'm trying to be a power tight end, trying to kick some butt in the running game and just be steady Eddie in the passing game . . . (The defense) likes it in one-on-ones because obviously that's a place where I need to get better.

"They don't like it so much when we're run-blocking."

NOTEWORTHY

"Got Your Number": 7 home runs hit by San Francisco Giants left fielder Barry Bonds since May 28 -- when he hit career homer No. 715 at SBC Park against Colorado Rockies' pitcher Byung-Hyun Kim.

"We ran the ball at will . . . they didn't stop me that game." -- former Atlanta Falcons running back Jamal Anderson, talking about the Broncos' defense in Super Bowl XXXIII on "Two Live Stews", which airs at 6 p.m. weekdays on 950 The Fan.