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Pass game: Fangio to coach despite kidney stone

CANTON, Ohio -- Vic Fangio's gameday debut as Denver Broncos coach did not go quite as smoothly Thursday as he had hoped it would.

Fangio spent most of the day at a Cleveland-area hospital due to a kidney stone, sources told ESPN, but the team announced he'll coach against the Atlanta Falcons in the Hall of Fame Game.

Team sources told ESPN that Fangio had not passed the stone as of late afternoon, but had improved enough, and felt good enough, to coach against the Falcons. The Broncos hired the 60-year-old as the team's head coach in January -- his first head coaching job after 33 seasons as an NFL assistant, and Thursday's Hall of Fame Game is his first game.