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By The Associated Press The wife of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler, Sheel Seidler, sued brothers-in-law Matthew and Robert on Monday, attempting to prevent another brother, John, from taking control of the team rather than her. The suit comes at a time when the Padres are among the teams recruiting Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki. In a petition filed in Travis County Probate Court in Austin, Texas, Sheel Seidler sued Matthew, who became executor of Peter Seidler’s estate last year, and Robert, the prior executor.

The Broncos finally put their long playoff drought in the past. Almost nine years after Super Bowl 50, they’re back in the AFC postseason field. Now comes the hard part. Trying to go to Buffalo to knock off an MVP candidate in quarterback Josh Allen and the 13-4 Bills. “Everybody’s ready to go and everybody understands that getting to the playoffs is nice, but we don’t play football for consolation prizes and moral victories,” right tackle Mike McGlinchey said.

A proposal by federal agencies that could have severely limited the use of fixed climbing anchors in wilderness areas is now dead, following adoption of legislation signed into law by President Biden last weekend. Among the provisions in the wide-ranging EXPLORE Act (an acronym for “Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences”) were protections for rock climbers who use fixed anchors for safety.

The cost to construct Billions of dollars in both public and private money have been spent to build professional sports stadiums across North America. Below is the cost of each stadium or arena currently being used by teams in the NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB, including older venues that have undergone extensive renovation in recent years.

Colorado drivers may soon notice a new license plate design brightening up vehicles across the state. With a bright orange, red and yellow background resembling a serape, or traditional Latino woven blanket, the “Chicana/o Power!” plates joined the state’s sea of specialty license plate options on Jan. 1. The license plates were approved through a 2024 bill sponsored by Denver Democrats Rep.

A new 20-story apartment building is planned for the Globeville neighborhood near Denver’s emerging Fox Park neighborhood, according to plans submitted early last month to the city by Architectural Workshop, a Denver-based architecture, design and planning group. The project, West 39th Avenue and 3901 Elati St., will feature an approximately 125,000-square-foot parking garage with a total of 323 parking spaces, 417 units ranging from studio, 1- and 2-bedroom apartments and nearly 20,000 square feet of amenity space dispersed throughout the building. Though the property is still in the concept phase, residents can expect amenities such as community areas, a fitness center and an elevated park on the seventh floor, according to Isiah Salazar, president at Central Street Capital, Inc., a private investment management company based in Denver that is working on the development. “We’re very excited about the potential of this project,” Salazar said.