Who Had the Worst Week?

• Denver7 anchor Bayan Wang has been suspended by the station following his arrest on domestic violence charges.
• I always thought it would be the $40 million debt load that sank the re-envisioned Casa Bonita. Instead, it may be a labor dispute with employees who are unhappy with the $30/hour salaries it is offering.
• Meow Wolf could be on the hook for $100,000 and additional legal fees for … not buying enough cheese crackers.
• The U.S. DOT is investigating why Delta passengers sweltered for hours in triple-digit temperatures while the plane waited on the tarmac in Las Vegas. The extreme heat caused some passengers to faint.
• Cincinnati Reds legend Johnny Bench has apologized for making an antisemitic comment about former Reds GM Gabe Paul during a press conference announcing Paul as a new member of the Reds Hall of Fame.
• Meta’s Threads has seen user engagement drop 70% since it launched as a high-profile alternative to Twitter.
• Country music network CMT has pulled singer Jason Aldean’s latest video from its rotation due to lyrics that critics say “are evocative of vigilantism, racism and sundown towns.” The video was shot in front of the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee, the site of a lynching in the 1920s.
• Dan Snyder is no longer the owner of the NFL‘s Washington Commanders. Fellow owners did kick him one last time on his way out – they fined him $60 million for, well, typical Dan Snyder behavior.
• Disney CEO Bob Iger is trying to calm panicked executives after he told CNBC that he would be open to selling the company’s linear TV assets such as ABC, FX, National Geographic, A&E and Lifetime.
• Kevin Mitnick, who became the face of computer hacking in the early stages of the internet and made the FBI’s “Most Wanted” list, died at age 59. He had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
• Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne resigned after an investigation concluded that he “inappropriately manipulated research” in academic papers he authored.
• More than one-quarter of young adults in the U.S. are estranged from one or both of their parents.
• Google has pitched an A.I. tool that it says is able to write news articles to executives at The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal.

So, who won the week?

• The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team begins its World Cup title defense against Vietnam tonight. The game is at 7 pm MT on Fox.
• Smokey, a feral cat who lives at Coors Field, is now up for adoption at Animal Rescue of the Rockies. Fun Fact: Smokey only has four fewer wins this season than Rockies ace pitcher Kyle Freeland.
• Jacksonville Jaguars assistant strength and conditioning coach Kevin Maxen is the first openly gay American pro sports coach.