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Colorado safety Shilo Sanders, left, and Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders walk back to the locker room before a game against Texas Tech at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas, on Nov. 9, 2024. (CU Athletics) While everyone else on the field thought the play was over, Colorado’s Shilo Sanders didn’t hear a whistle, so he kept going. Picking up a loose ball at the 6-yard line with less than a minute to play, Sanders waltzed untouched into the end zone for touchdown that put a cap on CU’s 41-27 win at Texas Tech on Saturday. CU’s Arden Walker had knocked the ball away from Texas Tech quarterback Behren Morton and most of the players thought it was an incomplete pass.

The Colorado women’s soccer team has been on the NCAA Tournament bubble before. This time the waiting was longer. And the footing on that bubble was somewhat precarious. That’s what made the NCAA Tournament selection show so rewarding for the Buffaloes on Monday, as they received an at-large bid to the tournament and a first-round date at seventh-seeded Georgia on Friday at 2:30 p.m.

By DAN MERICA WASHINGTON — Elon Musk’s super PAC spent around $200 million to help elect Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the group’s spending, funding an effort that set a new standard for how billionaires can influence elections. The billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO provided the vast majority of the money to America PAC, which focused on low-propensity and first-time voters, according to the person, who was not authorized to disclose the figure publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. America PAC’s work was aided by a March ruling from the Federal Election Commission that paved the way for super PACs to coordinate their canvassing efforts with campaigns, allowing the Trump campaign to rely on the near-unlimited money of the nation’s most high-profile billionaire to boost turnout in deep-red parts of the country.

The Golden police officer who was killed last week in a suspected DUI crash on Colorado 58 will be honored in a private memorial service on Wednesday, according to Colorado’s Fallen Hero Foundation. Evan Dunn, 33, was killed in the line of duty while responding to a crash on Colorado 58 last Wednesday night, Golden police officials said.

Troy Renck: On the biggest field goal attempt of the season, the left side of the Broncos’ offensive line couldn’t block anyone on Twitter. So, they woke up Monday angry, disappointed and stunned. The kick to the gut also led many on social media to put on tinfoil hats. Do the Broncos deserve blame or were they again unsuspecting marks in the Chiefs long con game with officials?

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS NEW YORK — As money continues to pour into crypto following Donald Trump’s victory last week, bitcoin has climbed to yet another record high. The world’s largest cryptocurrency topped $87,000 for the first time on Monday. As of around 3:45 p.m. ET, bitcoin’s price stood at $87,083, per CoinDesk, up over 28% in the last week alone. That’s part of a rally across cryptocurrencies and crypto-related investments since Trump won the U.