Who Had the Worst Week?

• Has Jimmy Fallon been “drunk” and “erratic” while at work on the “Tonight Show?” Some staffers claim so, and Fallon has now apologized.
• “That 70s Show” actor Danny Masterson was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison after being found guilty of raping two women.
• Qantas Airlines allegedly sold thousands of tickets for flights it knew had been canceled. As bad as that is, you’d still take it over what happened on a recent Delta Airlines flight.
• A lawsuit claims that a Peloton bike “instantly” killed a New York man when it tipped over and severed his carotid artery.
• A surgical tool the size of a dinner plate was left inside a New Zealand woman’s abdomen for 18 months after her baby was delivered by cesarean section.
• Two people cut a hole in the Great Wall of China with an excavator to create a shortcut for their construction work nearby.
• Colorado State Sen. Lisa Cutter and some of her colleagues traveled to the Western Slope to learn more about wildfire threats. Their return to Denver was delayed when I-70 was closed due to … a wildfire.
• Bruce Springsteen has cancelled all of his September concerts because he being treated for symptoms of peptic ulcer disease.
• Approximately 11,000 runners at this year’s Mexico City Marathon – 37% of the field – were disqualified after cheating by cutting the course during the race.
• Denver restaurateur Frank Bonanno has sold the Milk Market at Dairy Block food hall to Sage Hospitality amid slower post-pandemic sales.
• Burning Man went full Fyre Festival.
• Coloradans saw an average car insurance premium hike of 53% last year.
• Duke University’s share of low-income students is just 12%, nearly half of that of Harvard and Yale. This comes as legacy admissions are under more scrutiny than ever following the U.S. Supreme Court‘s ruling against affirmative action in admission decisions.
• Warner Bros. Discovery expects the ongoing writers’ and actors’ strikes to have as much as a $500 million negative impact on the company’s 2023 earnings.
• Team USA lost to Germany in the FIBA basketball World Cup, ending our hopes for a gold medal.
• Former Denver Broncos defensive end Von Miller may be tough on opposing quarterbacks, but he is even tougher on deadbeat tenants. Miller is foreclosing on the person who purchased his Denver-area home when he was traded a couple of years ago.
• Canadian rapper/singer Drake may have confused kilometers with miles. He has postponed his September show in Denver after only now realizing that “the distance the road crew has to travel” means it is “logistically impossible” to hold the show on its scheduled date.

So, who won the week?

• SE2 is celebrating its 25th anniversary as a communications agency focused on driving positive change.
• Longtime Denver Post reporter Kieran Nicholson has retired.
• CBS4‘s Dago Cordova has been promoted to executive director of the station’s digital news.
• Former Fox31 reporter Alex Rose is now the PIO at the Wheat Ridge Police Department.
• The Colorado Sun celebrates its fifth anniversary on Sunday.
• Broncos fans are cheering today after the Kansas City Chiefs lost their home opener last night to the Detroit Lions.