Who Had the Worst Week?

• The Denver Broncos. 🤷‍♂️. 0-3 so far, and if they go winless against the hapless Chicago Bears this weekend and the New York Jets next weekend, they may not win a game all season.
• Meanwhile, the Colorado Rockies have now set a franchise record for losses. They currently sit at 101 losses with three games left this season.
• The Denver Public Schools board president has called out her fellow members for their “exorbitant” travel expenses. Leading the pack is Auon’tai Anderson, whose $13,680 in expenses is 265% higher than what is allocated to him.
• Speaking of DPS, the district was called out for its glitzy annual report that “goes to great lengths to convince us that DPS is a combination of Lake Wobegon and Barbie Land.“
• Meta‘s Twitter competitor Threads has fallen off a cliff, and now ranks near the bottom of the most popular social media apps, ahead of only Tumblr.
• Some American, United and Southwest flights have been grounded after the airlines unknowingly used fake engine replacement parts. A British aerospace parts supplier forged certification documents.
• Empower Field at Mile High has the second-highest number of NFL player injuries on average, behind only Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
• An Ohio high school football coach resigned after his team used racist and antisemitic language to call out plays during a game against a team from a primarily Jewish suburb.
• An employee at the Deutsches Museum in Munich allegedly stole paintings from the museum’s collection, replaced them with crude forgeries, and then sold the originals at auction. Prosecutors say he made about $63,000 in the scam.
• Network TV ratings have been plummeting as viewers switch to streaming services like Netflix and Hulu. There is one demographic that is sticking with network TV, however: Baby Boomers. And that explains why you can expect to see more new shows like “The Golden Bachelor” and more returning old shows like “FBI,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” “FBI: International,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Chicago Med,” “Chicago Fire,” and “Chicago P.D.” Boomers love them.
• The NFL is not happy that its ads on Twitter (now “X“) appeared on accounts of white nationalists.
• A Philadelphia Phillies fan who tried to enter the stadium with his “emotional support alligator” was turned away.
• Humans had a good run, but it looks like we only have 250 million years left. That’s when scientists say the world’s continents will merge to form one supercontinent that will intensify climate extremes and make the world uninhabitable.

So, who won the week?

• Well-known local journalist Mark Harden has taken a content writer position with the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
• Stacey Sepp received the inaugural Survivor Advocate award from the Melanoma Research Foundation.
• Denver Post employees negotiated a 6% raise over the next two years from their hedge fund owners, Alden Global Capital.
• Coors is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a party in Golden this weekend.
• Native Roots is now offering a pumpkin spice cannabis vape pen.
• The Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP) calculates that there are 1,500 start-ups based downtown, about 20% more than last year.
• Sales of Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce‘s jersey spiked 400% after Taylor Swift watched last weekend’s game in his luxury suite.