At the time he was hired as the Broncos head coach in 2009, McDaniels became the youngest in the NFL. After a 60 start in his first season, things went downhill for McDaniels, who watched his team lose 17 of its next 22 games. This season he made a series of personnel blunders, notably trading away Peyton Hillis, who has become a power running back in Cleveland, and he also was fined $50,000 by the NFL for failing to report a subordinate who violated league rules by videotaping a San Francisco 49ers practice in London on Oct.Big of 'em The AP says: "Xcel Energy has reduced its proposed Minnesota electric rate increase. The Minneapolisbased utility said Monday that it lowered its proposed rate increase to 8.2 percent. Xcel proposed a rate hike of 10.7 percent in November.

Also, Delta Air Lines, one of the team's bigger sponsors, decided not to renew its contract this March. Given this backdrop, it is easy to understand why owner Arthur Blank sold a small piece of the