Who Had the Worst Week?

• Some people are so stupid that the Jackson Hole Travel & Tourism Board developed an Instagram filter that alerts amateur photographers when they are standing too close to wildlife. Apparently the old method of letting you know you are too close – having a buffalo gore you – was considered suboptimal.
• The City of Aurora unexpectedly announced a new police chief, and community groups were not happy that they did not have the usual chance to weigh in on the decision. Given that Aurora has had five police chiefs in five years, city leaders may have been looking to avoid the usual process.
• So many Denverites are watering their lawns at 5 am on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays that it is threatening the supply of locally stored water. Water officials are asking homeowners to switch to Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, instead.
• Google and California lawmakers reached a landmark agreement that will direct millions of dollars to local newsrooms, but there is one problem: many news outlets want no part of the deal.
• MIT announced the composition of its first freshman class since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled race-conscience admissions in colleges unconstitutional, and the impact is clear. The number of Black students dropped 62% and the number of Latino students dropped 27%.
• A federal judge blocked the launch of a new streaming service called Venu Sports from Fox, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery, agreeing with competitor Fubo that it is anticompetitive.
• The family of French actor Alain Delon has declined to honor his request that his beloved Belgian Shepherd be euthanized and buried with him.
• Harley-Davidson has joined John Deere and Tractor Supply Co. in distancing itself from previous DEI initiatives after it too was targeted by conservative activists.
• World No. 1-ranked tennis player Janik Sinner‘s claims that he tested positive for steroids twice because of a spray his masseuse exposed him to were good enough for the sport’s anti-doping authorities. The International Tennis Integrity Agency‘s decision has infuriated most of Sinner’s competitors.
• Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta lost a piece of a patient’s skull while treating him for a brain hemorrhage. Doubling down on its incompetence, the hospital then billed the patient for a synthetic replacement.
• Critics aren’t impressed with an 8-foot statue of his wife that Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg commissioned.
• In one of the unlikelier feuds, Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill – considered the fastest player in the NFL – has challenged Olympic gold medalist sprinter Noah Lyles to a 50-yard race. The offer follows months of taunts between the two.
• Taliban leaders in Afghanistan have banned the sound of women’s voices singing or reading in public.

Who won the week?

• Dovetail Solutions added Trina Foster as vice president.
• The Denver Broncos named QB Bo Nix as the teams starter for the regular season. He will be the first rookie to start a season for the Broncos since John Elway.
• Jim Pittenger of Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs fame has rebounded from the closure of his ballpark restaurant and opened a popup restaurant inside the food hall at the Denver Milk Market.
• The outrageous Colorado School of Mines football roster photos have become an annual tradition, and 9News reporter Scotty Gange breaks down this year’s best.