• The presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and M.I.T. appeared before Congress to discuss their responses to antisemitism, and it could not have gone much worse. So bad, in fact, that I predict Penn President Elizabeth Magill will be forced to resign as early as this weekend.
• It may be incredibly difficult to get into Yale, but staying there is a breeze, apparently. Researchers found that 80 percent of grades given at Yale are A’s or A minuses, and the mean GPA is 3.7 out of 4.0.
• Meta can’t let Twitter, I mean X, have all the headlines. The New Mexico Attorney General has sued Facebook and Instagram for allegedly employing algorithms that steer predators to kids.
• Music streamer Spotify is laying off 17 percent of its workforce – about 1,500 employees – in its latest round of job cuts.
• Actor Kelsey Grammer is giving Paramount+ PR representatives headaches as he keeps sharing his support for former President Donald Trump during his promotional media tour for the reboot of his TV show “Frasier.” Paramount+ is likely aware that there aren’t many people at the intersection of the Venn diagram of “Frasier viewers” and “Donald Trump supporters.”
• Speaking of actors, Elijah Wood, Priscilla Presley, Mike Tyson, John C. McGinley and Kate Flannery were among actors (and one actor/boxer) who were tricked by Russian propagandists into making Cameo videos that were deceptively edited to attack Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
• The Saudi Pro (Soccer) League may have spent billions of dollars signing global superstars such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Neymar, but not everyone is impressed. A recent match between two of the worst teams in the league attracted just 264 fans in a stadium that seats more than 22,000.
• Washington Post journalists went on a one-day strike this week to protest stalled union negotiations.
• The Lynchburg City (Va.) School Board rejected a $5,000 grant from Dick’s Sporting Goods to pay for middle school volleyball equipment because the board doesn’t like that the company stopped selling assault weapons in 2018 after the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla.
• Colorado has seen a nearly 60% rise in tuberculosis cases, which experts attribute to people not accessing healthcare.
• A bighorn sheep became stuck on the roof and deck of a Boulder County home for more than 24 hours. A Colorado Parks & Wildlife spokeswoman said, “Rams just act strange” during mating season.
• Dr Pepper had to award two $100,000 scholarships when its representatives failed to accurately count how many footballs contestants threw into an oversized Dr Pepper can at halftime of the Big 12 championship game.
• Speaking of football, a former Jacksonville Jaguars front office employee has been arrested for allegedly embezzling more than $22 million. If you think that is bad, Russell Wilson is in the process of stealing nearly $300 million from the Denver Broncos.
• An Ohio woman was sentenced to six months working at a fast food restaurant after she threw a chicken burrito bowl at the face of a Chipotle employee. She apparently was angry that her order was wrong.

So, who won the week?

• Longtime CBS4 reporter Rick Sallinger announced his retirement.
• Linhart PR promoted intern Sarah Marconi to account associate. She will continue to work with clients such as Black Hills Energy, Cemex, Chocolove, Eagle Rock Ranch and Graebel Companies, Inc.
• Colorado has turned into a basketball state. The Denver Nuggets are the reigning NBA champions, while the University of Colorado women are ranked #8 in the nation and the Colorado State men are ranked #13.
• Former Colorado Rapids and U.S. Men’s National Team goalie Tim Howard has been elected to the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame.
• The Viceroy Snowmass was named the best ski hotel in the nation by USA Today.
• Break out the acid-washed jeans … Journey, Def Leppard and Cheap Trick will play a concert at Coors Field next summer.
• Taylor Swift‘s Eras concert tour is the first tour to gross more than $1 billion.
• “Rizz” – short for “charisma” – beat out “Swiftie,” “beige flag” and “situationship” for Word of the Year. The Color of the Year? Peach fuzz. As a native Georgian, I approve.