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FORT COLLINS — Facing a 10-0 deficit in the Class 5A title on Saturday at Canvas Stadium, Cherry Creek handed the ball to star running back Jayden Fox to get the Bruins going on the opening play of the second half.Fox ripped off a 33-yard run to advance the Bruins to midfield, but was ankle-tackled at the end of the play. That aggravated the junior’s ankle injury from a few weeks earlier, and he limped off.With Fox hobbled, Cherry Creek turned the keys over to Elijah Cromwell. The freshman sensation tallied two TDs and 102 yards rushing in the Bruins’…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and CEDAR ATTANASIONEW YORK — Police don’t know who he is, where he is, or why he did it.As the frustrating search for UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killer got underway for a fifth day Sunday, investigators reckoned with a tantalizing contradiction: They have troves of evidence, but the shooter remains an enigma.One conclusion they are confident of, however: It was a targeted attack, not a random one.They know he ambushed Thompson at 6:44 a.m. Wednesday as the executive arrived at the Hilton for his company’s annual investor conference, using a 9 mm pistol that resembled the…

Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? Weather experts say Denver is the most likely major U.S. city to get a snowy holiday, but the odds remain low.Outside of oddball Christmas storms, chances of a white Christmas in the U.S. are becoming less and less likely with a trend of rising temperatures and warmer ocean waters, according to a December report released by AccuWeather meteorologists.Denver has, on average each year, a 34% chance of seeing a classic white Christmas, according to AccuWeather data compiled over the past three decades.The Colorado city ties with Chicago and beats out Indianapolis, Boston and New…

Just before Morgan O’Sullivan opened FlyteCo Tower in northeast Denver in August 2022, he learned that the site of his new business was tied to a historic tragedy: the first proven bombing of a large commercial airliner in the U.S.The three-story brewery, bar, restaurant and arcade is housed in the former Stapleton International Airport air traffic control tower. Marian Poeppelmeyer, the daughter of a pilot killed in the 1955 explosion, asked the FlyteCo Brewing co-founder if she could visit because “this is where the flight — her father’s last flight — took off from,” O’Sullivan said.“We started to realize that the building…

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Avalanche, despite all of the injuries and goaltending issues, is one of the best teams in the NHL from the start of the second period until near the end of regulation.That’s a pretty misleading way to try to say something nice ahead of what has become a real problem: The Avs are among the worst teams in the NHL in the first period.Colorado has allowed 42 goals in the first period this year entering the weekend. The next-closest teams are San Jose (39) and then Pittsburgh (30). The Avs have scored 22, which is tied for…

A Denver scooter rider was hit by a train and seriously injured Sunday morning, police said.Denver officers responded to reports of the scooter-train crash around 1 a.m. Sunday, near East 42nd Avenue and North Clayton Street and just south of Interstate 70, according to a statement from the police department.Investigators said the unidentified victim was riding a stand-up scooter and collided with the Regional Transportation District’s A Line commuter train.Paramedics took the scooter rider to the hospital with serious injuries.Denver police said to expect delays in the area during the investigation and RTD officials suspended part of A Line’s service…

James Roy II still remembers driving in Cherry Creek some 15 years ago when he was pulled over for an illegal turn, for turning right into the second lane instead of the first.A Black man in his 20s, he and his two Black friends went into police safety mode: just get through it. But their white friend in the back seat took a different approach, calling the officer out for racial profiling, going on and on and on.“We were frustrated with our friend, like, ‘Man, shut up. Stop,’ ” Roy said. “But he was like, ‘You just pulled this car…

BOULDER — Why would Deion Sanders give a fork about Arizona State?The shortest path to the College Football Playoff runs through Folsom Street.Sure, Coach Prime can make more money elsewhere. Pick your elsewhere.Then pick your poison.The Cowboys? Too much Jerry Jones. The Raiders? Too much Andy Reid, Jim Harbaugh and Sean Payton. The Giants? Too much old, crusty NFL blood.If he stays, CU’s on the cusp of a dynasty.Power. Playoffs. Prerogative. The new-look Big 12 is a football island of misfit toys that’s begging for an overlord. The wheels are coming off the Mike Gundy train in Oklahoma State. Kyle…

Embattled Douglas County Commissioner Lora Thomas resigned Friday, just weeks before the end of her last term in office, blaming years of friction with fellow commissioners who she says “evicted” her from her office space.In a social media post, Thomas wrote that she’d put up with “4 years of hell” while working alongside commissioners Abe Laydon and George Teal, including “harassment, suppression, censorship, marginalization and outright cancellation.”Thomas’ term would have expired in January, when state Sen. Kevin Van Winkle is scheduled to take over the seat.Thomas was first elected in 2016 and reelected in 2020. Commissioners are limited to two…

FORT COLLINS — Coach Robert O’Brien’s fiery halftime speech had one overarching theme.“He just told us, ‘Don’t blink,’” teary-eyed Broomfield Eagles senior Elliot Less said.Easier said than done.After all, the fifth-seeded Eagles had been punched in the mouth, fooled more than once, and out-executed by a blue-collar Montrose team in the first half. With 40 seconds left in the second quarter, the Red Hawks led 28-7.But the talented and resilient Eagles rebounded and scored 28 unanswered points to beat No. 2 Montrose 35-28 and win the Class 4A state championship Saturday at Canvas Stadium. Broomfield finished 13-1 and won its…