Day: January 30, 2026

Who Had the Worst Week?

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Before I get into this week’s edition of “Who Had the Worst Week,” I wanted to share that a Celebration of Life for Dawn Doty is scheduled for Monday, February 23, at 4 p.m. at the Sustainability, Energy and Environment Community (SEEC) Auditorium. It is located at 4001 Discovery Drive on the University of Colorado Boulder’s East Campus. Members of the community are invited.

Now, on to the list.

  • The documentary “Melania” about First Lady Melania Trump is projected to bring in about $3 million in its first week, a disappointing total for a movie that Amazon‘s MGM Studios paid more than $75 million to produce and promote. Meanwhile, approximately two-thirds of the crew has requested they not appear in the credits at the end of the movie.
  • The decision to spend more than $75 million on “Melania” looks even worse given that Amazon announced this week that it will lay off more than 16,000 workers.
  • Amazon wasn’t the only one announcing big layoffs. UPS said it will cut as many as 30,000 jobs this year as part of a continuing effort to reduce costs and shore up profits, in part because it is delivering fewer packages for … Amazon. UPS eliminated 62,000 positions last year.
  • Staff members at the Denver Zoo killed two rare Malayan tapirs when they misdosed them with copper, a common dietary supplement for tapirs. The zoo did not say how the mistake happened or whether anyone had been disciplined for causing the deaths.
  • Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick won six Super Bowls as a head coach and another two as an assistant coach – more than anyone else in NFL history. So, naturally he was a lock for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, right? Nope. The voters rejected him as part of this year’s class.
  • Scientists are warning that an influenza virus informally called “Canine Coronavirus” could evolve to pose a similar threat as the recent COVID-19 virus.
  • The Trump administration has made clear who it is making the scapegoat for the ICE killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis: Gregory Bovino, the U.S. Border Patrol commander who had been put in charge of the city’s immigration operation.
  • The United States will host most of the 2026 World Cup matches this summer (Mexico and Canada will host the others), and calls are mounting globally for a boycott. Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is the latest to join the chorus.
  • The NCAA continues to pretend that college football players are not professionals, but bit by bit that veneer is disappearing. The latest example: University of Colorado head football coach Deion Sanders is now fining players as much as $2,500 for missing practices without approval. It’s only $500 if you are late.
  • The latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein-related materials released by the U.S. Department of Justice includes a claim that Microsoft founder Bill Gates asked Epstein to help obtain prescription drugs to treat an STD he caught from “Russian girls.”
  • Dom Testa is out at KOOL 105, apparently ending his more than 30-year reign as one of Denver‘s most recognizable radio personalities. Prior to joining KOOL 105, he spent three decades at KIMN Mix 100.
  • The board of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association voted to pursue moving its headquarters from Colorado Springs to Cheyenne, Wyo., but there is still at least one obstacle: conservative Wyoming legislators who are balking at public funding for a private enterprise.
  • An unexpected feud has erupted between Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton and QB Bo Nix. Nix was unhappy that Payton spoke to media about the QB’s history of ankle injuries and described the latest injury as something Nix was “predisposed” to have. Said Nix, “I don’t think (Payton) really should share how many surgeries I’ve had in the past, to be honest with you, he doesn’t even really know that.”

Who won the week?