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Dear Eric: I am a widower in my mid-70s. No family, no kids. Multimillionaire; drive a Maserati; am social; look (if friends are truthful) 20 years younger; well-traveled. But I have no friends. Lots of acquaintances, bartenders, wait staff whose attention I enjoy, but no one I feel close to. Don’t suggest church, as I am a secular humanist. I am alone and, frequently, lonely, even though I am socially active. What’s wrong?— Still GrievingDear Still Grieving: When I got to the end of your letter and read the name you chose, I felt two sensations: a lightbulb going off…

The Front Range’s largest safety net hospital is struggling to subsist and Ballot Issue 2Q would infuse Denver Health with $70 million a year. The cost of shoring up this critical health system would be a .34% sales tax which translates to a little more than $.03 on every $10 someone spends on non-grocery food items in the City and County of Denver. It’s an investment this city’s voters can make for the future of health care.Denver Health has long been one of the best trauma hospitals in the state — the place you want an ambulance to go when…

Light snow will continue to fall in the Colorado mountains on Sunday as rain sweeps across the Front Range, according to National Weather Service forecasters.Drivers on Interstate 70 and U.S. 40 should plan for winter weather conditions in the mountains, with up to 2 inches of snow possible near Pikes Peak, the western Mosquito Range in Lake County and eastern Sawatch Mountains.Scattered showers will dissipate by Sunday afternoon, though cooler weather will stick around until Monday, when highs will return to the 70s.There was less snowfall than expected overnight Saturday, with just a dusting on Vail Pass; an inch at…

Stat line: 25 for 36, 216 passing yards; nine carries, 47 rushing yards and a touchdown.Highlight: Nix’s first drive of the game was a thing of beauty. It was a strong balance of the offensive line delivering solid pass protection and Nix making plays with his arm. He completed a 22-yard pass to wide receiver Courtland Sutton before a 31-yard completion to Josh Reynolds. After Nix’s 11-yard pass to running back Javonte Williams, he scrambled three yards for a touchdown to complete a six-play, 70-yard scoring drive to take a 7-0 lead.Lowlight: There weren’t many poor plays from Nix after…

Initial thoughts from the Broncos’ 26-7 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 3 at Raymond James Stadium in rookie quarterback Bo Nix’s first career victory.Pardon our French: It’s pronounced Bidet, not Bay-dee. Evidently, Tyler Badie’s last name has been mispronounced by broadcasters, coaches and football fans for his entire career. Anyway, the French pronunciation seems to suit him. On a day when Javonte Williams’ RB1 stock continued to plummet, Badie took advantage. The backup who has been cut at the roster deadline two consecutive preseasons vindicated his persistence with 70 yards on nine carries Sunday, including a 43-yard explosion that helped the…

OFFENSE — B Bo Nix might have struggled in the Broncos’ first two games, but he came out blazing in Week 3. He completed his first four passes for 70 yards and added five plus a touchdown on the ground on Denver’s first drive. The sledding got tougher from there, but Nix played by far his best game so far in the NFL. Javonte Williams fumbled at an inopportune time and Denver’s run game is still problematic. If you’re looking to pick nits, Denver scored twice in its first three red zone trips and then struggled to land the put-away punch…

TAMPA — Dondrea Tillman could hardly get the words out over the ruckus in the Broncos’ postgame locker room.He smiled as he tried to put his dream NFL debut — two sacks in a dominant 26-7 win against Tampa Bay — into perspective.Mostly, his teammates did it for him.From down the row of lockers came chants of “TILLLLLL.” Hoots and howls. Comments on everything from his braids to his smile — “That boy cheesin’,” heard loud and clear — to the gaggle of reporters around him, compliments of OLB Jonathon Cooper, DL John Franklin-Myers and others.“It feels great,” said Tillman, who was…

By BETH HARRISLOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan McMahon hit a tiebreaking homer in the fifth inning and the last-place Colorado Rockies regrouped after blowing a three-run lead to beat the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3 on Saturday night.The loss by the 92-win Dodgers assured that for the first time since 2014 no team in the major leagues will win 100 games, not including the 60-game, pandemic-shortened 2020 season.The Dodgers’ division lead dropped to three games over second-place San Diego, which beat the Chicago White Sox. Los Angeles managed just one hit after the fifth. Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani stole…

Today is Sunday, Sept. 22, the 266th day of 2024. There are 100 days left in the year. Autumn begins at 8:43 a.m. EDT.Today in history:On Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all enslaved people in Confederate states should be freed as of Jan. 1, 1863, if the states did not end the fighting and rejoin the Union.Also on this date:In 1776, during the Revolutionary War, Capt. Nathan Hale, 21, was hanged as a spy by the British in New York.In 1957, Haitian women were allowed to vote for the first time, 153 years…

BOULDER — LaJohntay Wester knows college football heartbreak.Wester had a fantastic career at Florida Atlantic, but he’s watched his Owls lose on a walk-off field goal in El Paso. He watched another team celebrate bowl eligibility on the final game of a lost season.Now Wester knows pure, uncut college football joy.Wester was on the receiving end of what instantly becomes one of the most famous passes in Colorado football history Saturday night. He corralled a Hail Mary from Shedeur Sanders after time expired in regulation to force overtime in a 38-31 victory against Baylor at Folsom Field.“Me being in college…