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TUCSON, Ariz. — On a day when Stanley Burrell turned up to hang with Deion Sanders, the Buffs were the ones who put the (MC) Hammer down.“CU has a real shot in the Big 12 (title race),” Erik Garcia told me, gushing, as we stood outside the Buffs’ locker room at Arizona Stadium early Saturday night.Garcia believes, baby.Did we mention that Erik is an Arizona fan?Yep. Tucson raised. Tucson proud. Nearly four decades of #BearDown in his blood.“You ever waited for a visiting team’s coach before?” I asked.“No, never,” he replied. “First time.”Garcia was one of a handful of folks…

Today is Sunday, Oct. 20, the 294th day of 2024. There are 72 days left in the year.Today in history:On Oct. 20, 1944, Gen. Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines during the Battle of Leyte (LAY’-tee) in World War II, fulfilling a promise he made after being ordered to evacuate the country two years prior by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.Also on this date:In 1803, the U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.In 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee opened hearings into alleged Communist influence and infiltration in the U.S. motion picture industry.In 1967, a jury in Meridian, Mississippi, convicted seven men…

Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Gemini.Happy Birthday for Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024:You are fun-loving and playful. You are also compassionate and a lover of poetry and music. This is a more laid-back year. It’s time to rejuvenate your energy and outlook on life. Hang out with those who are kind and helpful. Choose meaningful relationships that benefit you.ARIES(March 21-April 19) ★★★Pull in your ambitions, because today it’s hard to get things done. People feel a bit sluggish. Personally, you might feel a bit depressed. People are judgmental. Life feels…

Doomed from the start. Hell of a response. Then a collapse.Five minutes into the Colorado Rapids’ Decision Day match against Austin FC, midfielder Djordje Mihailovic went down with a rolled ankle that required a substitute and a stretcher. On the same play, Austin earned and converted a penalty via Sebastian Driussi in the eighth minute after Mihailovic was treated.Goals in the 42nd and 75th for the Rapids seemed to have secured a quality win in what coach Chris Armas considered a must-win for his team, but two headed goals from Austin in stoppage time flipped the result and subjected the…

Valeri Nichushkin has returned to Denver, while goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen has arrived, the Colorado Avalanche announced Saturday.Nichushkin remains in Stage 3 of the NHL-NHLPA player assistance program but will be skating and working out away from the team. General manager Chris MacFarland said before the regular season began that Nichushkin was expected to return to Colorado from Russia near the end of this month.While being placed into Stage 3 of the program May 13 — the day of Game 4 against the Dallas Stars during the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs — Nichushkin was suspended for “at least six months.” He…

Like clockwork, every fall they want in.The best way to identify boxelder trees is to examine their leaves and seeds on female trees. (Nancy Downs, Colorado Master Gardener, Denver County, Special to The Denver Post)I’m not referring to our four-legged furry friends after their morning patrol of the yard.“Boxelder bugs are a little creepy and seem to appear out of nowhere” says Alison O’Connor, Colorado State University Extension specialist in Larimer County. “They like to wander into living rooms to get warm when weather starts to cool. They just want to survive through the winter.” The good news is that…

The following Colorado snow totals have been reported by the National Weather Service for Oct. 19, 2024, as of 9:30 a.m. Saturday:Aspen Park, CO — 3 inches at 7 a.m. MDTAspen Springs, CO — 0.5 inch at 7 a.m. MDTBlue Valley, CO — 1.9 inches at 7 a.m. MDTCimarron Canyon Sta, CO — 2 inches at 8 a.m. MDTConifer, CO — 1.5 inches at 9:25 p.m. MDT – 10/18/2024Eagle Nest Lake S, CO — 8 inches at 8 a.m. MDTEnchanted Forest X, CO — 2 inches at 8 a.m. MDTEvergreen, CO — 0.5 inch at 6 a.m. MDTFairplay, CO —…

The family of a Nicaraguan asylum-seeker who died from an undiagnosed blood clot is suing the operator of a privately run Aurora detention center that they say ignored his pleas for help following a pattern of preventable detainee deaths.Dorling Peralta Rivera, wife of Melvin Ariel Calero Mendoza, and their two children say Mendoza languished inside the Aurora Contract Detention Facility as he tried at least three times to get treated for severe pain in his right leg.On Oct. 13, 2022, Mendoza collapsed inside a common area at the facility. An hour and a half later, he was pronounced dead from…

Snow will continue to fall across the Rocky Mountains this weekend, depositing one or two inches after a storm system brought winter weather to Colorado’s high country Friday.The National Weather Service forecasts snow showers for areas south of Interstate 70 through mid-day Saturday and warned drivers to prepare for wintry conditions in mountain passes.Patchy fog is possible south of Denver along Interstate 25 this morning, and isolated rain showers could occur along the Palmer Divide and in Lincoln County this afternoon.Denver’s Saturday forecast includes a 20% chance of rain before 10 a.m., after which the weather will be mostly cloudy…

A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 225 near Colorado 83 in Arapahoe County early Friday morning, according to the Colorado State Patrol. Troopers responded to the crash at 1:13 a.m. and found the pedestrian, a 34-year-old man from Thornton, was dead at the scene. Investigators determined the driver of a Ford Econoline struck the man and then fled on foot, CSP officials said in a news release. The crash is under investigation, and anyone who has information and has not spoken to investigators can contact Colorado State Patrol dispatch at 303-239-4501 and reference case number 1C242927.…