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Sean Payton addresses quarterback decision
Sean Payton led a charmed life as an NFL coach for many years, having future Hall of Famer Drew Brees as his quarterback for 15 seasons with the New Orleans Saints. After resuming his NFL coaching career with the Denver Broncos in 2023, Payton had to learn how to deal with quarterback decisions, struggles and Read more... The post Sean Payton gives exaggerated pause when asked about QB Zach Wilson appeared first on Awful Announcing.
The history of the Denver Nuggets in the Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics kick off this weekend and the Denver Nuggets will be represented on the court, though not on USA Basketball’s roster. Nikola Jokic will lead Serbia while Jamal Murray teams up to create a two-headed monster with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for Canada. Jamal will compete in his first Olympic games, Jokic competed in 2016. Vlatko Cancar has also competed in the Olympic games (2020) but as Slovenia fell just short of qualifying for the 2024 games, his international run this year is already over. Murray joins Cancar and Jokic with a handful of other Nuggets who have competed on the world stage in the most iconic international basketball tournament we have. Here’s some of the best from Denver to wear their country’s uniform.
Free school supplies, haircuts, vaccines, and more. Check out these 2024 back-to-school events
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox.Summer is almost over, and families are getting ready to head back to school next month.In preparation, families have to fill out school lunch forms, make sure their kids’ vaccinations are up to date, and go shopping for school supplies. To help families out, several organizations are offering free school supplies.Below are some of the upcoming giveaway events. If you know of others we should include on our list, email co.tips@chalkbeat.org.Saturday July 27Time: 8:30 a.m....
The destruction of a memorial mural paints a picture of gentrification in Five Points for the community behind it
Street art is often covered up by other street art. Those are the rules. But for a memorial mural painted on May 25, on a wall between 27th and 28th streets on Larimer and defaced two months later, the case is different. That's according to a man who identifies as...
Denver settles lawsuit over collapse of minority business fund
DENVER — The city of Denver has reached a settlement with an investment fund after the collapse of a project to support women and minority-owned businesses. The city of Denver has agreed to pay the Domestic Emerging Markets Investments (DEMI) Fund for all of its outstanding invoices. The deal ends the relationship that was created to benefit small businesses owned by women and people of color.
Cold Moon Piercing and Tattoo hopes to carry on the legacies of Sol Tribe and Alicia Cardenas
Casey Hosch stands outside Sol Tribe Tattoo and Piercing, the shop where she learned to pierce and run a business. Sol Tribe was a space of ritual, activism, joy and community, she recalls. It was also the place where a white supremacist murdered Hosch’s mentor Alicia Cardenas and coworker Alyssa Gunn-Maldonado in December 2021.
Broncos Could Trade for Former First-Round Pick From NFC North
The Denver Broncos have one of the NFL’s great players in cornerback Patrick Surtain II — what they’ve failed to do is put someone at the other cornerback spot who might be able to take some pressure off the two-time Pro Bowler. That could all change with...
Records show RTD chief of police, now under investigation, routinely drove agency vehicle over 100 mph
The Regional Transportation District's chief of police routinely drove an agency vehicle over 100 mph, data obtained by CPR News show. Data logged by a transponder attached to the vehicle assigned to Joel Fitzgerald, Sr. recorded more than a dozen trips where the vehicle was traveling over 100 mph, and dozens of trips over 90 mph, between November 2023 and May 2024.
Levi Wallace in position to join fellow former Alabama star Pat Surtain as a Broncos starting cornerback
ENGLEWOOD – An all-Alabama cornerback duo could be in order for the Broncos. One starter, of course, will be Pat Surtain II, a Pro Bowl selection the past two seasons who joined the NFL in 2021 out of Alabama. The other could end up being Levi Wallace, who entered the NFL in 2018 after playing for the Crimson Tide and signed with Denver last spring as a free agent.
Strike 3: Sean Payton won’t be the coach for the Broncos’ next Super Bowl
Strike 3: When training camp starts at Dove Valley, Sean Payton will begin his second season as the head coach of the Denver Broncos, trying to (someday) become the first NFL coach to win the Super Bowl with two different teams. History says it’s not going to happen that way....
Cleo Parker Robinson annex demolition makes way for the new
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance had to “very carefully” go out with the old on Thursday to make way for the new. Using boom lifts and hand tools, crews gingerly separated a 17-year-old tower annex from its landmark-protected primary dance theater in the historically essential, 98-year-old former Shorter AME Church – then let T-rex bulldozers claw it to the ground. The demolition paves the way for the coming addition of a...
Two Broncos stars address their contract situations
While dead money somewhat overshadows the contracts still on the Broncos’ 2024 payroll, the team did just give an $18M-per-year deal to Quinn Meinerz. That gives Denver four eight-figure AAVs on its offensive front, with Mike McGlinchey, Garett Bolles and Ben Powers tied to lucrative deals. McGlinchey and Powers,...
Report: Ex-NFL’er Loses Lawsuit — And His Radio Gig.
Chad Brown, a former NFL player with a 15-season career, has been ordered to pay $200,000 to a former business partner to resolve one lawsuit and has reportedly lost his job at a Denver radio station due to a second lawsuit, according to BusinessDen, which reports on the Denver business community.
Former Denver Broncos running back shares insane story about Drew Lock
The Denver Broncos tried and failed to make it work with Drew Lock. And a former Broncos running back recently shared a hilarious and insane story about the former QB. When the Broncos picked Drew Lock in the second round of the 2019 NFL Draft, all felt right in the world. Lock ended up leading the Broncos to a 4-1 finish.
Buena Vista Contin-Tail Rock Show Details Made Crystal Clear
The annual Buena Vista Contin-Tail Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show will begin on August 8 at the Buena Vista Rodeo Grounds. The event will be open every day from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. through August 11. The Contin-Tail Show is Colorado’s largest outdoor gem, mineral and fossil show; it...
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