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Mark Kiszla: Broncos need tough cowboy at NFL trade deadline to put hurtin’ on Patrick Mahomes and Chiefs
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Every loud tick of the clock toward the NFL trade deadline shouts the same order to the Broncos: Beat the Chiefs! The time is now for the Broncos to knock Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City off the AFC West throne. And there’s your hint on how Denver can do it. Put a hurtin’…
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Football boots Colorado sports bets to a record in October
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A full schedule of NFL and college football games, along with baseball playoffs and the beginning of professional basketball and hockey seasons, pushed Colorado sports bets to a record $491.5 million in October. Colorado sports betting surges to record total Last month’s total was up more than 20% from September’s total, the previous record, and…
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Marshall, Thomas not on field for anthem at Broncos pre-season opener
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Linebacker Brandon Marshall and wide receiver Demaryius Thomas weren’t with their teammates on the sideline for the national anthem prior to the Denver Broncos’ game against the Minnesota Vikings on Saturday night. Marshall and Thomas emerged from the tunnel behind the Broncos’ bench after the anthem was over. In Arizona, Los Angeles Chargers starting left…
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Initiative 97: Oil and gas combatants argue over rules
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The two sides around Colorado’s oil and gas fracas took different tacks this week as an Aug. 6 deadline looms to get on the November ballot. The industry noted that only about half the money to support Initiative 97 appears have been raised in Colorado. (Never mind that most of the industry is based outside Colorado.)…
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Denver Broncos’ stadium gets a temporary name
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The home of the Denver Broncos will be known as Broncos Stadium at Mile High while the team continues to look for a new naming-rights sponsor. The team announced the temporary name change Wednesday following a vote by the district that oversees the taxpayer-built stadium. When it opened in 2001, replacing the old Mile High…
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Eclipse traffic could create year’s biggest traffic jam on Colorado highways, CDOT warns
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Picture six Broncos games getting out at the same time on the same stretch of road. That’s what traffic generated by Monday’s total eclipse of the sun – a once-in-a-century event in these parts – could amount to, the Colorado Department of Transportation is warning state motorists. And for those stuck in traffic between Friday…
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CoPIRG lauds Bustang for picking up the pace across Colorado
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CoPirg is celebrating the Bustang’s second year, as the horse-named Greyhound is picking up the pace as it connects Denver to Fort Collins, Colorado Springs and some of the mountain towns. The left-leaning research nonprofit based in Denver released ridership numbers this week that show the Bustang’s use jumped 52 percent to 155,864 trips. CoPIRG…
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Colorado GOP chair predicts effort to scrap primary will fail
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Colorado Republicans will decide in September whether to cancel next year’s primary election rather than allow unaffiliated voters to participate, party officials said this week, although the state GOP chairman says he’s confident the proposal will go down in flames. State voters approved Proposition 108 last year, allowing unaffiliated voters – a smidgeon over one-third…
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Denver’s Michael Hancock profiled as one of America’s 11 most interesting mayors
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Just because Michael Hancock used to dress up like a horse in a helmet, does that make him interesting? Politico Magazine thinks so, citing the Denver mayor’s time as Huddles, the Broncos mascot. The Mile High City’s biggest cheerleader today was profiled as a “cool-headed change agent” among America’s 11 most interesting mayors in a Sunday…
