Who Had the Worst Week?

• Denver Broncos QB Russell Wilson’s charity only spends 24.3% of its funds on charitable activities, while it spends twice that on salaries and benefits, according to USA Today. Wilson responded, saying the report reflects only two COVID-19-affected years that are not representative of what his foundation has accomplished.
• The Hyatt Regency Denver called security on a group of guests from the notoriously rowdy National Association of School Psychologists. The tip-off that something was amiss: the group requested a large plate upon which cookies could be placed at an informal reception. Any guesses as to what race the guests were. Yep.
• NFL Network analyst and former Dallas Cowboy Michael Irvin was quickly pulled from the network’s coverage of the Super Bowl after allegations surfaced that he behaved inappropriately with a woman at his hotel.
• Colorado State University officials have apologized to a Ukrainian-born Utah State basketball player after CSU students taunted him with chants of “Russia” as he shot free throws.
• Hoping for a state tax refund? You may be waiting a little while. Colorado is not yet accepting tax returns because the state’s processing system is not ready. The issue: new tax laws that voters passed in November haven’t been accounted for in the system. Meanwhile, the IRS is still deciding whether last year’s Colorado TABOR refunds should be taxable.
• Aramark has apologized for an “inexcusably insensitive” lunch to kick-off Black History Month at a New York middle school – chicken and waffles, served with watermelon.
• Four people on a United Airlines flight were hospitalized after a laptop computer battery caught fire mid-flight.
• Singer Chris Brown has apologized after a series of Instagram posts asking “who da f**k” Robert Glasper is after Glasper beat him out for a Grammy award.
• The City of Centennial has sued to shut down a swinger’s club that it says is operating on the wrong side of I-25.
• As if things weren’t bad enough for Southwest Airlines this winter, now United Airlines – United Airlines! –will air a Super Bowl commercial that is a thinly veiled shot at Southwest’s woes.
• Adidas warned investors of lower than-expected-revenues and said that dropping Kanye West could cost the company more than $1 billion in sales.

So, who won the week?

• LeBron James passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer.
• More than 1,000 golden retrievers (and their owners, probably) met up in Golden at the city’s annual “Goldens in Golden” event.
• Former Denver Broncos star DeMarcus Ware was voted into the Football Hall of Fame.
• Omnicom PR Group posted a 13.7% revenue increase in 2022. The firms within the Omnicom PR Group (OPRG) include FleishmanHillard, Ketchum and Porter Novelli.
• Colorado Rockies player Cole Tucker is engaged to “High School Musical” actress Vanessa Hudgens.