• A Colorado Rockies fan is suing the team after he was hit in the eye with a foul ball. In his suit, he alleges that the team is so bad that it encourages fans not to pay attention to what is happening on the field. He almost certainly isn’t going to win the suit, nor should he, but the absolute shade he throws at the inept Rockies makes it one of my favorite lawsuits of all time.
• Speaking of the Colorado Rockies, their 8-42 record after the first 50 games is the worst in MLB history.
• A Lufthansa flight from Germany to Spain flew about 10 minutes without a pilot at the controls after the pilot left the cockpit to use the restroom and the co-pilot lost consciousness. Newark air traffic controllers were like, what’s the big deal?
• The U.S. Supreme Court was unable to achieve the required six-judge quorum required to hear a case in a lawsuit against a publisher who has book deals with four of the justices. The inability to hear the case left standing a lower-court ruling for the publisher, so maybe those book deals were a really good investment.
• The news division at CBS continues to reel after several high-profile resignations. This time it was the division’s CEO Wendy McMahon, whose resignation was blamed on CBS’s and parent company Paramount‘s willingness to capitulate to Trump administration demands. A month ago the executive producer of “60 Minutes” resigned for the same reason.
• The Chicago Sun-Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer published syndicated content that they were unaware was created by generative artificial intelligence. The material included “unidentifiable quotes from fake experts and imaginary book titles.“
• Denver is laying off employees, instituting a hiring freeze and requiring employees to take unpaid furloughs to address a $50 million budget shortfall this year that is forecast to grow to $200 million next year
• Slip-and-fall law firms Frank Azar & Associates and Bachus & Schanker are locked in a legal battle, with Azar accusing his rival firm of illegally using Google keyword ads to trick litigants trying to find Azar’s firm. Fun fact: Azar has turned to the law firm Taft Stettinius & Hollister to represent it.
• Salt-N-Pepa are suing Universal Music Group for the rights to their master recordings from the 1980s, including their hit “Push It.”
• Walmart is cutting approximately 1,500 high-paying corporate positions.
• If you are a North Korean ship builder, now would be a good time to make run for the China border. The country’s newest warship capsized during its high-profile launch ceremony. Kim Jong Un called the incident a “catastrophic failure” and a “criminal act,” and promised to punish those responsible.
• Speaking of naval mishaps, two sailors died when the mast of a Mexican naval ship navigating the East River in New York City struck the Brooklyn Bridge.

Who won the week?

• Margaret Fogarty and Leigh Picchetti have launched Corkboard Communications, “a collective of marketing communications veterans with expertise in brand, public relations and digital engagement.”
• Christine Perkett and Michelle Baum have launched The Nova Method, a marketing communications and PR firm “purpose-built to move brands beyond surface-level visibility to measurable audience engagement.” 
• Linhart PR won a PRSA Bronze Anvil for its campaign for client National Cattleman’s Beef Association, and Denver Water won a Bronze Anvil for its “Splashstreet Boys: I Water that Way” video.
• Jaden Knowles has joined 9NEWS as weekend morning meteorologist.
• Barefoot PR is hiring for three positions: two PR associates and a web development contributor.
• The Denver Nuggets removed the “interim” title from head coach David Adelman. Taking over the team with just three games left in the regular season, Adelman guided the Nuggets to one playoff series win against the L.A. Clippers before losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder in seven games. Fun fact: Adelman’s record is 3-0 in the regular season and 7-7 in the postseason, making him the only coach to have more playoff wins than regular season wins.