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DENVER -- The 2016 NFL season starts the same way the last one ended, with Von Miller staring down Cam Newton.Denvers star linebacker got the best of Newton in Super Bowl 50, stripping both the football (twice) and the Lombardi Trophy from the Carolina quarterbacks grasp in the Broncos 24-10 win over the Panthers.The sequel wont feature Peyton Manning, who retired a month later. When longtime backup Brock Osweiler signed with Houston two days after Mannings tearful goodbye, GM John Elway embarked on a months-long search for a successor.He didnt find him in the draft, free agency or via trade, but right there on his roster in Trevor Siemian, a seventh-round draft pick in 2015 from Northwestern wholl be making his first NFL start Thursday night.Siemian has never thrown a pass as a pro. At least he wont have to face star cornerback Josh Norman, who signed with the Redskins after the Panthers rescinded their franchise tag in the offseason.Instead, Siemian will square off against two rookie cornerbacks in James Bradberry and Daryl Worley, the biggest changes on the NFC champions roster that returns 18 starters.Im not going to look at them like theyre rookies, Broncos receiver Emmanuel Sanders said. Im going to treat them like theyre Darrelle Revis and Richard Sherman.While the Panthers were restocking, the Broncos were busy rebuilding. They return just five offensive starters from the Super Bowl.The massive makeover didnt take away from their championship celebration. When they visited the White House, receiver Demaryius Thomas got to personally thank President Barack Obama for commuting his mothers drug sentence, and successfully pleaded for the release of his grandmother this summer, as well.Nobody basked in the limelight quite like Miller, who skipped the offseason program before signing a record-breaking contract. He embarked on a six-month jet-setting junket of television and dance studios.Millers torment of Newton in the Super Bowl was just the start. He made him the butt of his jokes on SNL and trolled him on Instagram, photo-shopping himself knocking another ball out of Newtons hands when the QB posted a picture of himself playing with the U.S. water polo team.Miller said this week it was all in good fun and called Newton the best player in the league.Newton insisted he took no offense and called Miller one of the great players in this NFL.There are plenty of other story lines drawing attention as the teams meet 215 days after Super Bowl 50:RESTOCKED PANTHERS : Two factors that could help slow down the Broncos pass rush are the return to health of WR Kelvin Benjamin, who missed last season with a torn ACL, and RB Jonathan Stewart, who was held to 29 yards rushing after hurting a foot early in the Super Bowl. Coach Ron Rivera said he wants to limit his 6-foot-5, 245-pound receivers snaps to 30-35 per game, down from about twice that as a rookie in 2014.REBUILT BRONCOS : Siemian isnt the only new face. The Broncos now feature a fullback along with three new linemen and two new tight ends. Elway also replaced two specialists, including punter/holder Britton Colquitt, in favor of rookies. But the Broncos return nine starters on their dazzling defense, 10 if you count CB Bradley Roby; theyre in the nickel package most of the time.REMMERS NIGHTMARE : Sure, RT Mike Remmers got beaten twice on the edge by Miller last February, resulting in a pair of strip-sacks against Newton that led to 15 points. But Rivera has staunchly defended Remmers, saying the criticism is absurd and declaring, I have absolute confidence in Mike Remmers. GM Dave Gettleman is quick to point out the Panthers are 22-4 since Remmers took over as their starting right tackle.DEMARYIUS DO-OVER : Thomas had 105 catches for 1,304 yards last year. But he only had six TDs to go with 18 drops and a forgettable Super Bowl performance. His dogged determination to have a bounce-back year was on full display this summer. 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Chris Froome says questions remain over Team Sky and Sir Bradley Wiggins seeking permission to use anti-inflammatory drug triamcinolone.Wiggins in 2012 became the first British Tour de France winner and Froome has since inherited the Team Sky leadership and won the yellow jersey three times, in 2013, 2015 and 2016.Wiggins received three therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) for triamcinolone -- a substance which has a history of abuse in cycling and is otherwise banned -- on the eve of the 2011 and 2012 Tours and 2013 Giro dItalia.Wiggins and Team Sky principal Sir Dave Brailsford have strenuously denied any wrongdoing, insisting each time the TUEs were medically necessary to deal with a pollen allergy that aggravated Wiggins long-standing asthma condition.The TUEs also had the approval of the UCI, cyclings world governing body, and there is no suggestion that Wiggins or the team have broken any rules.Froome, however, was unaware of his former teammates TUEs, with Wiggins leaving the team in April 2015.I was surprised, it was the first that I had heard of them, he told cyclingnews.com. I had seen Bradley Wiggins using his inhalers so I knew he had asthma, but I wasnt aware of his allergies.Without knowing the exact details of his medical condition, its impossible to say if he was operating in a grey area.Froome has previously secured two TUEs for short courses of prednisolone, a steroid used to treat acute chest complaints, in 2013 and 2014.The latter was controversial at the time as it was granted retrospectively to enable the 31-year-old Froome to take part in a key Tour de France warm-up race in Switzerland, despite being ill a week before.His TUE application was cleared by the UCI and WADA and he went on to win the Tour de Romandie.Cyclingnews.com said it asked Froome the difference between the TUE cases, with the 31-year-old replying by email, outlining the history of the case.This is the standard treatment for post-infection inflammation in asthmatics that cannot be controlled by standard inhalers, Froome added. I dont bbelieve that there are any alternative treatments, and performance enhancement is negligible.ddddddddddddWith regards to Wiggins TUEs, questions remain over his symptoms, the choice of treatment and the related performance benefits from that treatment.While Froome admitted there were questions to answer, former Team Sky rider Mark Cavendish insisted it was unfair to subject Wiggins to speculation about his TUE use without a more detailed explanation of his health condition.He told the Daily Telegraph: This is not sticking up for Brad and its not getting at Brad -- just take away who is involved for the moment -- there are rules. And you either break the rules or you dont break the rules. And unless you know Brads medical situation, the rest is just speculation.Maybe Brad needed a TUE legitimately; maybe he could have used something else. But unless you know, it is just speculation. And Im not going to speculate.UCI president Brian Cookson, who was British Cycling president until his election to the world governing body in September 2013 and also sat on the Team Sky board, says Team Sky and Wiggins operated within the rules.The issue of the substances issued to Wiggins appears to have been within the rules, Cookson told reporters at the UCI Road World Championships, which concluded in Doha on Sunday. But I think there is an argument to be had about whether TUEs for that kind of substance are valid.Since the TUEs leak, UK Anti-Doping has launched an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing in cycling.Froome, who has been on a family holiday in recent weeks, added: Its a great shame for the sport that were once again debating the validity of a Tour de France victory, and it has been a very challenging time for those involved.Like many other members of the team, I look forward to the conclusion of the investigation that is currently taking place and getting back to focusing on the season ahead. ' ' '