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Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders, left, and Travis Hunter, celebrate another touchdown against Oklahoma State at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo., on Nov. 29, 2024.(Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer) As the Colorado football team awaits its bowl destination, Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders are piling up awards. On Thursday, Hunter was named the Big 12 defensive player of the year, while Sanders was named the Big 12 offensive player of the year, giving the 23rd-ranked Buffaloes (9-3, 7-2 Big 12; No. 20 AP) a sweep of the top two honors in the conference. The Big 12 honors were voted on by league coaches, who…

Leslie Odom, Jr. sings Christmas Saturday. The tiered aisles of Boettcher Hall on Saturday, Dec. 7, will welcome multi-award-winning vocalist and actor Leslie Odom, Jr. (“Hamilton”) for a smartly curated show with Colorado Symphony. The 7:30 p.m. “Holiday Evening with Leslie Odom, Jr.” will feature selections from his 2020 release “The Christmas Album” and other seasonal favorites, according to the symphony. (Think “O Holy Night,” but also “Last Christmas” by Wham!) Note: the show takes place just after the 6 p.m. Parade of Lights, which will ensnarl traffic in much of downtown Denver, so plan to get there early or…

Metro Denver home price gains reversed course last month after a sharp rise in October. The region is on track to end the year with some of the weakest appreciation in the country.The median price of a single-family home sold in November was $639,000, which was down 1.7% from October’s median price of $650,000. For the year, detached home prices are up 1.9%, according to a monthly market overview from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.Condos and townhomes, also known as attached housing, moved in the other direction, with a median sales price of $410,000, which was up 2.5% from…

The Regional Transportation District’s board this week approved a $1.2 billion budget to cover the transit agency’s operating expenses in 2025, including funds for a new credit-card tap option for paying bus and train fares as well as added police patrols.The budget that directors unanimously approved Tuesday night is the largest in the agency’s 55-year history. It covers spending that has increased sharply since 2023, when the board approved a $816 million budget. RTD is funded mostly by residents of eight metro Denver counties who pay sales and use taxes.Bus and train fare revenue funds about 4% of the budget.…

Mike Johnston’s signature homelessness initiative quietly surpassed the sheltering goal he set for it this year, but the Denver mayor and his top advisers are eyeing a more challenging milestone in 2025.As the city brings at least 2,000 people off the streets next year — roughly matching the number sheltered in the initiative since its launch last fall — the bigger goal, in some ways, will be to place at least 1,000 participants in more permanent housing situations. That means shifting them beyond the tiny homes in micro-communities or rooms in converted hotels that the city has used as temporary…

A staff member at a Greeley youth detention center allegedly provided drugs to a 16-year-old boy housed at the facility the night before he suffered a medical emergency last month, internal state incident reports show. The teen died two weeks later.At 6:49 a.m. on Oct. 21, staff at the Platte Valley Youth Services Center found the unresponsive teen in his room, according to an incident report written by facility staff and reviewed by The Denver Post. Personnel administered naloxone, a medication that reverses opioid overdoses, and performed CPR until emergency responders arrived, according to the report.The youth, who has not been…

Trying to save a dollar or 10 while enjoying the holidays? It’s a struggle, especially if you want to catch a seasonal show with family or friends.Some of the metro area’s biggest productions are easily topping $125 for the best seats, but you don’t have to take out a loan to feel jolly.Here are 10 affordable shows — which in this case means under $50 per ticket, all-inclusive — that are worth hard-earned money. All shows are family-friendly unless otherwise noted, and taxes and fees are part of the ticket price. See more holiday-fun ideas at denverpost.com/things-to-do.“Granny Dances to a…

Step aside, Jason Alexander. The “Seinfeld” universe just got itself another thespian.Former Broncos quarterback John Elway appeared in a Topps/Omaha Productions spot promoting the 2024 Topps MLS Chrome series released Wednesday.The general conceit of the ad: What (kinda) happened when the New York Yankees opted to draft Elway in the second round of the 1981 MLB Amateur Draft?Elway, of course, plays himself. Larry David, as he did throughout his time on “Seinfeld,” does the voice of George Steinbrenner.The ad begins with Elway talking over the phone with ESPN talking head Stephen A. Smith, who asks the Denver football legend what happened…

Denver’s Lower Highland neighborhood is losing a popular fried chicken (and beer) joint.The Post Chicken & Beer, 1575 Boulder St., will close at the end of dinner service on Saturday, Dec. 7, according to Dave Query, the founder and co-owner of the Big Red F restaurant group.Query started the Post as a brewery in a former VFW building in Lafayette and opened the LoHi outlet in 2022 after closing Lola Coastal Mexican, a neighborhood staple that had been there since 2006.“Our twenty-year run in LoHi, first with Lola and more recently with The Post, has come to an end,” Query…

It didn’t take long for Josh Reynolds to find a new home.A day after being let go by the Broncos, the veteran wide receiver was claimed off waivers by the Jacksonville Jaguars, a source told The Denver Post on Wednesday.Reynolds recorded 12 catches for 198 yards and a touchdown before being placed on the injured reserve after he broke his finger against Las Vegas in Week 5 and needed minor surgery. While he was sidelined, Reynolds was shot twice in an incident during which he and two others had their vehicle shot at more than 30 times in what the…