Day: February 21, 2025

Who Had the Worst Week?

~ Jeremy Story ~ 1 Comment
  • If you own real estate in Aspen – and I assume the demographics of Denver PR Blog readers are such that you do – there’s good news: three of the 10 most expensive home sales in the country last year occurred there. If you haven’t already bought your chalet, well, tough break. I hear good things about Meeker if you are looking for the next hot market.
  • Some of the best baseball players in the world have what is known as a meth-chic look – long stringy hair, disheveled beards, etc. In related news, the New York Yankees, a team that hasn’t won a World Series in 15 years, has changed their policy and will now allow players to have beards for the first time in five decades.
  • The right-leaning New York Post reports that President Donald Trump ordered the iconic Resolute Desk removed from the Oval Office for a deep cleaning after Elon Musk‘s son wiped a booger on it during a recent reporter Q&A event. The newspaper described President Trump as a “known germaphobe.”
  • If the villains in James Bond‘s next movie are Walmart executives who look like Jeff Bezos‘ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott, don’t be surprised. The Broccoli family that has owned the intellectual property rights to the film franchise for decades sold them to Amazon MGM Studios. It must have been for a lot. Barbara Broccoli has previously said of the Amazon team, “These people are f— idiots.”
  • The U.S. is facing the worst flu season in 15 years. An additional concern: “The two predominant strains that are circulating right now are known to be more severe and have more severe outcomes, especially in high-risk patients.”
  • Meanwhile, a measles outbreak in west Texas continues to grow and has now spread into New Mexico.
  • Meghan Markle‘s lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard never quite found its footing, so she has rebranded to As Ever. Now we will see whether the name was the issue, or if it is the polarizing Duchess of Sussex herself.
  • TFC? Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is relocating its headquarters from Louisville, Kentucky to Plano, Texas.
  • The NHL did something no one thought possible: it made America care about a hockey game in February. Unfortunately, the U.S. lost that game – the final of the 4 Nation’s Face-Off pitting Canada against the U.S. Canadians were quite generous following the win, however, offering to make the U.S. their 11th province.
  • A high-end burglary ring that targeted athletes such as Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow and Travis Kelce was busted in part due to selfies the criminals shared online posing with the loot they stole.
  • A judge in Mississippi ordered a newspaper to remove an editorial from its website criticizing a local mayor and city council, a decision that has alarmed free speech advocates.
  • Yesterday, the Colorado GOP announced that Steve Bannon, a former senior advisor to President Donald Trump, would headline the group’s annual fundraising dinner in March. Today, Bannon is making headlines for what many say was a Nazi salute at the end of his speech at the conservative CPAC conference this morning.
  • Hyde Park Jewelers in the Cherry Creek Shopping Center was the victim of a slow-motion robbery that saw thieves steal $12.3 million in jewelry and watches over eight hours.

Who won the week?