• CBS4 reported that the top attorney representing Denver International Airport, Scott McCoy, resigned after being accused of “slapping one of his subordinates multiple times during a holiday party Dec. 16. The incident was apparently witnessed by DIA’s CEO Phil Washington and numerous other of DIA’s top level executives, according to sources familiar with the incident.”
• Denver only made it a couple of hours into 2022 before it experienced its first homicides of the year.
• The BBC is under fire for interviewing lawyer Alan M. Dershowitz about the guilty verdict in the case against Ghislaine Maxwell without disclosing – or seemingly even knowing – that Dershowitz represented the man at the heart of the Maxwell trial – Jeffrey Epstein.
• English soccer start Daniel Sturridge was ordered to honor a $30,000 reward he publicly offered for the safe return of his missing Pomeranian, Lucci. When a local security guard found and returned the dog, Sturridge thanked him but claimed there was no reward. A court ruled otherwise.
• Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers hasn’t exactly been a role model for responsible COVID-19 behavior, and the theatrics continued this week when he and FOX sideline reporter Erin Andrews conducted a socially distant post-game interview and subsequently shared a maskless hug as soon as the camera turned off.
• A Florida man, River Rosenquist, thought it might be fun to pet one of the tigers at the Naples, Fla., zoo. It went exactly like you thought it would.

So, who won the week?

• First responders and local journalists demonstrated excellence under the pressure of the Superior and Louisville fires.
• Public safety won when Lakewood Police officer Ashley Ferris shot and killed the assailant in the Denver-Lakewood shooting spree this week. Ferris herself was shot by the assailant, but managed to return fire, killing the man and ending his deadly rampage.
• Audi stepped in and gifted a new Q3 to a “Wheel of Fortune” contestant who was denied the prize due to a technicality that infuriated fans of the show.
• If you thought what LoDo was missing was a little more “bro” culture, you are in luck – Dierks Bentley’s new restaurant and music venue opened on New Year’s Eve.