Who Had the Worst Week?

• A Delta pilot has sued after his foot was “swallowed” by a moving walkway at DIA. The complaint alleges that the pilot suffered “inflamed joints, a strained left Achilles tendon and bone contusions.” The chef’s kiss: the complaint also claims that the pilot’s shoe and sock were “severely damaged” in the incident.
• Denver Public Schools is facing a racial bias investigation by the U.S. Department of Education.
• Slip-and-fall attorney Frank Azar is fighting other lawyers over his “Strong Arm” nickname yet again.
• Retailer Target has pulled an activity kit for kids from its shelves that misidentified American author and historian Carter G. Woodson, sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois and educator Booker T. Washington. Happy Black History Month!
• Snoop Dogg is suing Walmart, alleging that the retailer is conspiring to keep his Snoop Cereal hidden from customers to hinder its success.
• A sign that your esteemed career as an actor is wrapping up: being cast as the Andy Griffith character in a reboot of “Matlock.”
• Hong Kongians, or maybe Hong Kongers, I’m not sure, are furious with soccer superstar Lionel Messi. He did not appear in an exhibition match in Hong Kong due to injury, but then played several days later in Japan. Frustrated fans caused the sarcastic hashtag #MedicalMiracle to begin trending.
• PETA has demanded that carousel manufacturer Chance Rides stop using fiberglass horses on its rides because they celebrate “the exploitation of sentient beings.”
• Despite everything we have seen over the past decade, some Denverites still insist on trying to name buildings after people.
• If you are serious enough about someone that you know you need to do something for Valentine’s Day, but you aren’t really sure the relationship is going anywhere, good news! Waffle House is offering reservations for Valentine’s Day.
• A Pennsylvania man who briefly stopped the AFC Championship game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Kansas City Chiefs by illegally flying a drone over the stadium is now facing felony charges.
• Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who won gold at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, was stripped of her medal after anti-doping investigators rejected her claim that a strawberry dessert inadvertently caused her to test positive for a banned medication.
• An Oklahoma judge who sent more than 500 messages to her bailiff during a murder trial has agreed to step down and never seek a judicial office in the state again.

So, who won the week?

• GBSM added Holly Shrewsbury as a senior associate. Shrewsbury formerly led HMS Communications and held leadership roles under Gov. John Hickenlooper and Gov. Bill Ritter.
• Visit Denver‘s Director of PR & Communications, Jesse Davis, is headed to Saudi Arabia after accepting a position leading destination PR and Communications for AlUla, the country’s flagship tourism initiative.
• Backbone Media is funding an annual scholarship for students in Colorado Mountain College‘s new integrated media program.
• Ronda Haskins has retired after 45 years in various roles with the Boulder Daily Camera and Longmont Times-Call.
• Randy Gradishar, a member of the Denver Broncos “Orange Crush” defense in the late 1970s and early 1980s, was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
• Organizers of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games unveiled the design of its medals, and they will each feature a piece of metal taken from the iconic Eiffel Tower. The metal was removed during a previous renovation, so no need to worry about the tower falling over.
• “Saturday Night Live” Weekend Update co-anchor Colin Jost will be the featured entertainer at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
• The Super Bowl is Sunday, and in its honor Entertainment Weekly has released its list of the 20 best Super Bowl commercials of all time.