• How’s your 401(k)?
• The Denver Post was forced to dump the votes from its NCAA basketball tournament-inspired Best Green Chile bracket after bots submitted tens of thousands of fake votes. Maybe they could ask Tina Peters to investigate.
• The City and County of Denver quietly revised the logo for its “Vibrant Denver” campaign to support passage of a bond initiative. The original logo was created via AI, and it had a skyline that didn’t resemble Denver’s at all. A real designer was able to fix it.
• Actor Adam Devine of “Modern Family,” “Pitch Perfect” and “Righteous Gemstones” disclosed that doctor’s have diagnosed him with the rare neurological disorder Stiff Person Syndrome. Devine said the disease, which singer Celine Dion also has, could, significantly shorten his life expectancy.
• South Korea’s supreme court unanimously ruled to remove the country’s impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol, which clears the way for the country to elect a new leader.
• A woman who was convicted of conning JPMorgan Chase out of $175 million argued that she shouldn’t be forced to wear an ankle monitor prior to her sentencing because it would hinder her ability to teach her Pilates class.
• Culinary Creative Group, the ownership group behind such Denver restaurants as Tap and Burger, Forget Me Not, Mister Oso, Señor Bear, and Bar Dough, is facing allegations that it misused a 20% service fee it charged patrons.
• John Thornton, a financier who founded the American Journalism Project and launched The Texas Tribune in a successful effort to spark a revival of local journalism, has died. He was 59. The Colorado Sun is among the innovative digital-first news outlets that received funding from the American Journalism Project.
• Today is the home opener for the Colorado Rockies, and there are both metaphorical and actual clouds on the horizon. Today’s forecast calls for snow, and the 1-5 Rockies are already six games back in the division. Rockies Fever is starting to feel more like the measles.
• Suffice it to say that Duke University is no fan of “The White Lotus.“
• The FAA has sent a “stress management team” to meet with air traffic controllers at Reagan Washington National Airport following a recent mid-air collision, several near misses and a fist fight that took place in the control tower. May I suggest using Dulles Airport if you need to visit D.C.?
• Law enforcement authorities in Kansas say a babysitter trying to refute a kid’s claims that a monster was under their bed “came face-to-face with a male suspect who was hiding there.” They later arrested a 27-year-old man. Sweet dreams!

Who won the week?

• Ruder Finn added Ilana Shenitzer as an EVP of brand experience and head of consumer goods. She is based in Denver.
• Gilmore Construction has added Susie Lanners as its new strategic marketing and communications director.
• In a huge loss for Denver, CPR reporter Nate Minor is headed to the Minnesota Star-Tribune to cover politics.
• Former Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony – the Hydrox to LeBron James‘ Oreo – has been elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. While he never won an NBA championship, he did win one college national championship and three Olympic gold medals.
• TNT won the rights to the French Open tennis tournament, and it has hired eight-time Grand Slam winner Andre Agassi as a studio commentator.