Who Had the Worst Week?

• The Colorado Rockies finished the 2022 season 68-94, a record that leaves them in last place in the division. In the 30 years the Rockies have existed, they have zero division titles and only nine winning seasons.
• The Denver Broncos … WTF? They are starting to make the Rockies look like a competent organization.
• An independent investigation into the women’s professional soccer league NWSL found “abuse and misconduct – verbal and emotional abuse and sexual – had become systemic, spanning multiple teams, coaches, and victims.”
• Thomas Wolfe famously told us we can’t go home again, and Montbello residents are experiencing that first-hand. The community was ecstatic when DPS announced it would re-open the venerable Montbello High School, but it has been non-stop squabbles over the details ever since.
• Kim Kardashian will pay $1.3 million in fines after federal regulators accused her of unlawfully promoting a cryptocurrency company on social media without disclosing that she was paid.
• The City of Aurora has scrapped its formal search for a new chief of police after community activists accused the process of not being inclusive.
• Authorities said 125 people were trampled to death and another 320 were injured after police fired tear gas into the stands in an attempt to stop fans from coming onto the field following an Indonesian soccer match. Nearly three dozen children were among the dead.
• The Try Guys tossed Ned Fulmer when they learned he was not as squeaky clean as they thought.
• A Boulder man was arrested for allegedly stealing a fire truck. Firefighters were on-scene assisting with a medical call when they noticed someone driving their fire truck away. Someone should start a GoFundMe to buy a couple dozen XXL The Club steering wheel locks for the BFD.
• The producers of “Duck Dynasty” are shooting a reality TV show about legal marijuana in Denver. That’s not going to help Denver’s image.
• Weeks after a cheating scandal stunned the world of professional chess (you’ll have to read about that one yourself – this is a family blog), a high-stakes fishing tournament was rocked by allegations of cheating after lead weights were found in winning catches.

So, who won the week?

• New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge hit 62 home runs this season, setting the MLB non-steroid record.
• A Crested Butte couple created a freeze dried coffee so they would have a better caffeine experience when hiking. Now, NASA plans to send the coffee brand to space at the request of one of its astronauts.
• The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team will play England tomorrow in a sold out game at Wembley Stadium in London. The 80,000 fans will be the second largest crowd for the U.S. women, behind only the 90,000 who saw them win the 1999 Women’s World Cup final at the Rose Bowl.
• Denver has launched a marketing campaign declaring itself “Hockey Capital USA.” The city has four 2022 championship teams – the Colorado Avalanche, the University of Denver (DU) Pioneers, Denver East Hockey and the Pee-Wee Jr. Avs. Take that, Detroit.