• Former Denver Broncos linebacker Bill Romanowski filed for bankruptcy amid DOJ allegations that he and his wife owe more than $15 million in back taxes. Unfortunately for Romanowski, you can’t spit at IRS agents.
• University of Colorado head football coach Deion Sanders is a lightning rod for criticism for his use of the transfer portal, but it was his and his son QB Shedeur Sanders‘ gratuitous social media shots at former CU players who complained that made the Sanders family look like schoolyard bullies.
• The Denver Post is suing Microsoft and Open AI, alleging that the tech companies are improperly using the newspaper’s content to train their AI technology and deliver results that infringe on the Post’s copyrights.
• An Idaho man was treated at a local clinic and then arrested after drunkenly kicking a bison in Yellowstone National Park.
• Chef Amos Watts, owner of The Fifth String in Denver, died just weeks ahead of the restaurant’s reopening. He was 43.
• We are just several months away from the Summer Olympic Games in Paris, and E. coli levels in the Seine River – where organizers hope to hold the triathlon and marathon swim events, among others – are still two-and-a-half times the level considered safe for swimming.
• The book conference “Readers Take Denver” has cancelled its 2025 event after last month’s event turned into the “Fyre Festival of books.“
• Colorado is a Top 5 state when it comes to road rage.
• It turns out that pregnant women in Missouri are not allowed to divorce.
• The iconic Brown Palace is closing its Palace Arms restaurant after 74 years. The hotel said the closure is not permanent, although it also said it is considering expanding its Churchill cigar bar into the Palace Arms space. 
• “Good Morning America” meteorologist Rob Marciano was fired after being involved in a “heated screaming match” with a producer, which some described as part of a pattern of Marciano’s “anger management issues.”
• The IRS plans to increase audits by 50% for those earning more than $10 million per year.
• A Pennsylvania man lost Wally, his emotional support alligator, while on vacation in Georgia. “He has never tried to bite no one,” the man told reporters. You may recall Wally from when he made headlines for being denied entry into a Philadelphia Phillies baseball game last year.
• Milwaukee Bucks star Patrick Beverly threw basketballs at nearby Indiana Pacers fans who were apparently heckling him as his team was eliminated from the playoffs. Then, after the game, Beverly refused to answer questions from an ESPN reporter because she does not subscribe to his podcast.

Who won the week?

• Jane Dvorak is celebrating the 35th anniversary of her PR firm, JKD & Co., Inc.
• Houston-based Pierpont Communications has opened a Denver office, and it is led by former CSG CMO Dan Mahoney. Pete Webb has also joined as special counsel.
• Boulder-based Comprise added the financial technology firm iTK as a client.
• 104 West and Ringer Sciences have introduced a data platform tailored for B2B and health tech brands called CLAIR (Community Learning AI Research). CLAIR leverages AI and data science to extract actionable insights across technology-focused digital communities.
• Dovetail Solutions ranked #4 in the small business category of the Denver Business Journal’s “Best Places to Work” awards.
• The Colorado Fiscal Institute has issued an RFP for a website and brand identity refresh.
• Quinn Kelsey is now senior vice president at the strategic communications and advisory agency ICR.
• Denver Water made national headlines for its Backstreet Boys parody, “I Water That Way.”
• Greg Avery has been promoted to managing editor of the Denver Business Journal.
• Edelman remained atop PR Week’s annual ranking of PR firms with $1.04 billion in revenues.