Who Had the Worst Week?

• 9News investigative reporter Jeremy Jojola had to jump out of an Uber mid-trip when the driver started on a #FakeNews rant directed at him.
• It is opening day for the Colorado Rockies, normally a time for celebration. However, the team’s 1-6 record – which projects out to a 23-139 season – has put a damper on things.
• Everyone in Japan could have the same last name – “Sato” – by the year 2531, according to calculations by university professors. Sato is currently the most common last name in Japan.
• About a quarter of the water in the Colorado River is used to grow feed for beef and dairy cows.
• Forecasts of rain and cloud cover are threatening views of Monday’s solar eclipse that will be visible along a path from Texas to Maine.
• British Airways is offering a $500 course to help you get over your fear of flying.
• Bill Maher refused a request from former “Jackass” star Steve-O that he not smoke marijuana during a podcast interview. Steve-O, who has been sober for 16 years, said he was surprised that Maher refused.
• How does the San Antonio Chiefs sound? Kansas City voters have rejected an extension to a sales tax that would have helped fund new stadiums for the Chiefs and the Royals.
• Denver finally hit the 70-degree mark this week, nearly a month after we typically do.
• The University of Mississippi apparently has no standards. One year after hiring a men’s basketball coach who was fired from the University of Texas following a felony domestic violence arrest, the school has now hired a women’s basketball assistant coach who was fired from Syracuse amid allegations of “bullying and threatening players and behaving improperly toward them.”
• Need a goat? You can legally keep as many as you can catch if you are willing to travel to the Italian island Alicudi. It has been overrun with goats and desperately wants people to take them.

Who won the week?

• The Iowa-LSU women’s “Elite Eight” basketball game set an all-time ratings record, averaging 12.3 million viewers.
• Aspen is poised to record its first $100 million+ home sale.
• University of Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders is expected to earn $4.7 million over the next 12 months, thanks to NIL.
• Penn State EVP and Provost Justin Schwartz is the sole finalist for the University of Colorado Boulder chancellor position.
• DIA has added a nonstop flight to Instanbul, which is now the longest non-stop flight from the airport.
• The rock band Kiss has sold it music and brand name to a Swedish entertainment company for $300 million.
• ESPN+ will air “Saving Sakic,” a documentary about the Colorado Avalanche‘s desperate attempt to raise $15 million to re-sign star player Joe Sakic and prevent him from leaving for the New York Rangers.

Note: “Who Had the Worst Week” will be taking a few weeks off while I am on vacation. It will return at the end of April.