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Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share their mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer? Email bellis@denverpost.com. – Barbara Ellis “The Tokyo Suite,” by Giovanna Madalosso (Europa Editions, 2025) “The Tokyo Suite,” by Giovanna Madalosso (Europa Editions, 2025) An exploration of the meaning of family, motherhood, identity and, ultimately, the moral life.  An immigrant is offered a boatload of money and a freshly renovated…

Nathan MacKinnon and Martin Necas were electric together Saturday night, and the scary part is they think it will get better. MacKinnon and Necas each had a goal and three points in a 5-4 shootout loss to the rival Dallas Stars at Ball Arena. It was only Game No. 3 on the schedule, but this will be one of the great contests of the Avs’ 2025-26 regular season, regardless of the end result. “That line was really good,” Avs coach Jared Bednar said. “That was their best game. Game 1, reliable but not super dangerous. Game 2, we all had…

Dear Eric: I am a mid-60s married woman. I have been in a deep friendship for a couple of years with a married male colleague in his 30s. Neither of us is each other’s supervisor. There is no romantic connection, but we are very much best friends, and we adore each other. We share much in common, such as interests outside work. We text each other a ton and have so much fun spending time or talking with each other. We are also very supportive and love each other, but in a platonic way. Our spouses know of our deep…

BOULDER — The kids wanted Ju Ju. The moment wanted JoJo. With 1:55 left in a seven-point game, CU faced a third-and-16 at its 29-yard line. You give the ball back to Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht, and anything could happen. Georgia Tech proved that. So did BYU. Buffs coach Deion Sanders and Pat Shurmur, his offensive coordinator and play-caller, didn’t give the Cyclones that chance. CU QB Kaidon Salter dropped back and found wide receiver Joseph “JoJo” Williams streaking open over the middle of the field. The Buffs quarterback nailed Williams in stride for a 38-yard gain to the…

Today is Sunday, Oct. 12, the 285th day of 2025. There are 80 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 12,1968, Mexican track and field athlete Enriqueta Basilio became the first woman to light the Olympic flame at the opening ceremonies of the Mexico City Summer Games. Also on this date: In 1492, Christopher Columbus’s first expedition made landfall on what is now San Salvador Island in the Bahamas. In 1870, General Robert E. Lee, former overall commander of the Confederate States Army in the Civil War, died in Lexington, Virginia, at age 63. In 1960, Soviet…

Too often this season, Deion Sanders hasn’t had any desire to go out to grab a bite to eat after a Colorado football game. On Saturday, the Buffaloes’ head coach was actually looking forward to a potential night out. “The streets are different when you win,” he said with a laugh after the Buffs’ 24-17 upset of No. 22 Iowa State in front of a sold-out crowd of 52,698 at Folsom Field. So is the mood in the locker room and the throughout The Champions Center. After a week that began with Sanders in the hospital for a procedure to…

By LINDSEY BAHR Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of “Annie Hall,” “The Godfather” films and “Father of the Bride,” whose quirky, vibrant manner and depth made her one of the most singular actors of a generation, has died. She was 79. People Magazine reported Saturday that she died in California with loved ones, citing a family spokesperson. No other details were immediately available, and representatives for Keaton did not immediately respond to inquiries from The Associated Press. The unexpected news was met with shock around the world. “She was hilarious, a complete original, and completely without guile, or any of…

LONDON — The Broncos are getting a key piece to their defensive puzzle back for the first time this season. Denver activated defensive tackle Malcolm Roach from injured reserve Saturday, meaning he’ll be available against the New York Jets here Sunday and is in line to make his 2025 debut. Roach missed the first five games of the season with a Grade 2 calf strain he sustained in practice the Thursday before Denver’s opener against Tennessee. More than a month later, the sixth-year man out of the University of Texas is back in the fold. Roach hasn’t technically been a starter…

Prosecutors will not file criminal charges after a sideline fight at the end of a Mountain Vista-Valor Christian football game led to an assistant coach’s suspension for getting involved in a confrontation. The scuffle at the end of the Oct. 3 game in Highlands Ranch was caught on video, which showed dozens of players milling on the sidelines, some shoving, when a hand pushes the back of a Valor Christian running back’s helmet. Mountain Vista assistant coach Dylan James was ejected by game officials for “hitting a player,” and Valor Christian head of school Bryan Ritz later characterized the “unacceptable”…

HUDSON — More than 70 people protested Saturday against plans to open a new immigrant detention center near a rural community north of Denver, with organizers calling on state and local leaders to stop the facility from reopening. Carrying signs that likened immigrant detention facilities to concentration camps, protesters organized mass phone calls to Gov. Jared Polis’ office and to elected officials in Hudson, urging them to oppose the reopening of the Hudson Correctional Facility. They chanted and voiced broader opposition to the mass arrest-and-deportation program undertaken by the Trump administration, the scale of which prompted federal officials this year…