Anchormen And Nbc News: The Week In Pop-culture Writing

The Broncos needed a seismic change in leadership, and owner Greg Penner realized it. Two years ago, after watching Dalton Risner shove Brett Rypien, after watching Randy Gregory punch a Los Angeles Ram, after hearing “SpongeBob Squarepants” character Patrick Star roast Russell Wilson, Penner fired Nathaniel Hackett. You can draw a line from that Christmas Day game to Sunday.

A man and woman arrested in Mississippi on local charges have been accused of the killing of a man in Park County, and the man is suspected in a death in El Paso County last month. In the case of Timmy Huston, who was found dead inside his Hartsel home, Johnny Rankin Morris, 46, and Hailey Cole, 43, are suspected of first-degree murder, aggravated robbery, first-degree aggravated motor vehicle theft, conspiracy and tampering with evidence of a felony, according to a news release from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Morris also is suspected of first-degree murder, tampering with a dead body and tampering with physical evidence for his alleged role in the death of El Paso County resident Stephen Walker. El Paso County sheriff’s deputies began investigating Walker’s disappearance Dec.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs finally departed from Kansas City International Airport for their game in Denver on Saturday after spending about four hours stranded on the tarmac amid an ice storm that blanketed the region ahead of an impending blizzard. The Chiefs tried to move up the flight as the weather, which had been predicted all week, bared down on them.

Colorado’s Jade Masogayo, right, shoots over Baylor’s Aaronette Vonleh on Jan. 4, 2025, at Foster Pavilion in Waco, Texas. (CU Athletics) WACO, Texas – Typically, the Colorado women’s basketball team isn’t one that will back down after falling into a hole. On Saturday, the Buffaloes once again proved their grit with a couple of big rallies, but they couldn’t muster a third. Fueled by a run late in the third quarter, Baylor cruised past the Buffs 76-62 on Saturday at Foster Pavilion. The Buffs (10-4, 1-2 Big 12) trailed by as many as 19 points late in the game as they finished off an 0-2 week in Texas.

Nathan MacKinnon’s incredible hockey career can be divided into phases: The rise to No. 1 pick phenom. The early NHL plateau. And then a step forward to star and champion. We have now entered Phase 4 of MacKinnon’s career, where he is an unstoppable force of nature and building a legacy that could make him one of the all-time greats.

Denver philanthropist Tim Gill’s advocacy on behalf of gay and lesbian Americans was recognized by Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Saturday at the White House. Gill grew up in the western suburbs of Denver and founded his software start-up, Quark, in 1981 after graduating from the University of Colorado.