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Who says Jerry Jones isn’t a football genius?The man didn’t just help to nearly double his good friend Deion Sanders’ salary. Our man Jerry also helped to make sure that an NFL rival — such as, oh, say, the New York Giants — would have a heck of a time prying Coach Prime out of Boulder.Well, at least if said rival had an inkling to do so before New Year’s Day 2027.The bean-counters up in the Grading The Week offices have to be honest: We’d kind of love to have Sanders’ reps over at SMAC in charge of our next…

Aurora police have arrested a suspect who they say fled from Arapahoe County deputies and barricaded himself inside of a townhome, prompting a standoff that lasted nearly four hours Saturday.The incident started about 7:24 a.m., when deputies tried to stop a suspected stolen vehicle near Parker Road and Mississippi Avenue, according to sheriff’s spokesperson John Bartmann and a sheriff’s office social media post.The vehicle sped away and crashed. Deputies arrested a female passenger, and the male driver ran into the nearby Raintree East townhome complex, where police believe he had broken into a residence and barricaded himself by 9 a.m.Aurora…

Celebrity designer Bobby Berk of “Queer Eye” fame made a trip to Denver last week to promote his partnership with Tri-Pointe Homes.Since forming their partnership in 2015, Tri Pointe and Berk have worked to bring his sophisticated design aesthetic to nearly 50 communities across the country.Painted Prairie, a new neighborhood in Aurora near Denver International Airport, showcases this synergy with two model homes now open for tours, allowing potential homeowners to experience Berk’s unique blend of style and functionality. Berk attended a March 20 media event to promote the partnership at Painted Prairie.The new home community offers houses with three…

Long after the shockwaves disseminated at Ball Arena, ripe with the smiles of a course-correcting 129-93 win over the Jazz, Nuggets head coach Michael Malone asked Nikola Jokic if he knew that flick was going in.“Actually,” Jokic responded, as Malone recalled Friday night, “I did.”The art of the full-court heave, for all intents and purposes, is dying. Save for a few standard-bearers around the NBA — think the Celtics’ Payton Pritchard and the Warriors’ Stephen Curry — players of all ilk are content, generally, to let first or second-quarter buzzers end without chucking up an unlikely bomb that’d drop their field-goal percentage.…

Rick George hired Coach Prime to raise the CU football program from the dead. Friday, they confirmed what we already knew — the Buffs cannot live without him.Deion Sanders agreed to a revised five-year, $54 million contract through 2029 that makes him the highest-paid coach in CU football history — by a wide margin.This deal says two things: CU remains serious about football, and while we all should be uncomfortable giving any coach this type of power, this is the best-case scenario for the school.Coach Prime will continue to dangle the keys to the athletic department around his neck next…

After so many nights this season when the Colorado Avalanche was scraping together enough healthy bodies to fill out a lineup, coach Jared Bednar has faced a new kind of dilemma.He has too many healthy regulars up front, and they’re all playing well. OK, that’s certainly a first-world problem in NHL circles, but it has led to some delicate management and tough decisions.Namely, he’s had to tell two key role players — Logan O’Connor and Parker Kelly — that while they are playing great, they’re going to be a healthy scratch. It’s happened twice so far since the trade deadline…

Colorado lawmakers on Friday sent three gun-control measures regulating the sale of ammunition and firearms to Gov. Jared Polis’ desk for passage into law.The bills now waiting to be signed include Senate Bill 3, which would limit the sale of certain semiautomatic firearms to only people who’ve passed a background check and training course; House Bill 1133, which requires retailers to keep ammunition locked; and House Bill 1238, which requires additional security at gun shows.The three bills received final procedural votes in the House and Senate on Friday. Polis is expected to sign all three. He has 30 days to…

Forced to head back to the Northeast Regional for the third straight year to open the NCAA Tournament, the University of Denver hockey team received an early gift from the Providence Friars.The Pioneers didn’t even need it.DU capitalized on what amounted to an own goal by Providence goaltender Philip Svedebäck in the first period, then defenseman Zeev Buium took over after that as the Pios blasted the Friars 5-1 on Friday in Manchester, N.H.Buium scored once and assisted on two other highlight-reel goals between the second and third periods to blow open the first-round matchup inside SNHU Arena. Senior goaltender…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday lifted an order blocking Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from further cuts at the U.S. Agency for International Development.The lawsuit was among of the first filed against Musk himself. It argued that DOGE’s actions were unconstitutional because he was wielding significant power without being elected or Senate approved.A lower court judge agreed, but the three-judge appeals court panel sided with the Trump administration, at least for now. It found that while DOGE played a part in the dismantling of USAID, the cuts were approved by government officials.The 4th…

Dealin’ Doug Moreland is ready to make a deal on a Cherry Hills Village mansion.Moreland, best known for owning car dealerships, is selling a home on Mockingbird Lane for $7.7 million. Zillow estimates the mansion’s worth at $8.8 million.Moreland assumed the property after former Denver Broncos backup quarterback Preston Parsons failed to repay him under terms set in a modified deed of trust.Parsons bought the 15,500-square-foot mansion with seven bedrooms and 10 baths in 2017 for $5.1 million. He borrowed $4.3 million from InBank in 2019 and filed for bankruptcy on the property in August 2022 to stop a foreclosure sale using…