Q&a: For Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones, Taking Risks Has Paid Off

Denver Post Broncos writer Parker Gabriel posts his Broncos Mailbag weekly during the season and periodically during the offseason. Click here to submit a question. What the heck happened with the Broncos on Sunday? Was it a favorable matchup against Tampa or were there other factors? Is having the lowest-scoring team in the AFC going to be the norm this season with the Broncos?

By MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, he told a congressional committee Tuesday. Favre made the disclosure as part of his testimony about a welfare misspending scandal in Mississippi. Favre, who does not face criminal charges, has repaid just over $1 million in speaking fees funded by a welfare program in the state and was also an investor in a biotech company with ties to the case.

The Jefferson County Planning Commission has recommended against the approval of a proposed chairlift-access mountain bike park in Conifer — taking a unanimous vote that is a bad sign for the first-of-its-kind attraction in Colorado. Jeffco’s county commissioners, who have final say over the future of the 250-acre Shadow Mountain Bike Park and a special use permit the project is seeking, are scheduled to take up the proposal on Oct.

Michael Westbrook has a new second-favorite miracle. “Our Hail Mary won the game,” the iconic former CU wide receiver told me by phone Monday when I asked to compare his 1994 Miracle at Michigan catch — which turns 30 on Tuesday — to Shedeur Sanders’ Mile High Miracle, the Baylor Blessing, in the Buffs’ bonkers overtime win this past weekend. “Theirs prevented them from losing the game.

Although the Colorado women’s basketball team has been working out together for several weeks, there’s certainly a measure of excitement that comes with the first official day of practice. Including breaking in some new practice jerseys. “I know for them, anytime they get real practice gear, it’s very exciting,” CU head coach JR Payne said.

While the Colorado campus still basked in the glow of an improbable football victory, the signature sounds of dribbling basketballs and the squeaking of gym shoes echoed out of the CU Events Center. The CU men’s basketball team began preseason practice on Monday morning, officially tipping off the 15th season under head coach Tad Boyle. The Buffaloes are coming off a memorable 2023-24 campaign that included a program-record 26 wins, two victories in the NCAA Tournament and, later, three selections in the NBA Draft.