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When it comes to the Rocky Mountain region’s teams in the new era of college football’s postseason, the relentlessly optimistic Lloyd Christmas put it best: So you’re telling me there’s a chance.The College Football Playoff is expanding from four to 12 teams this season — and opening new doors in the process.Now, a stellar campaign for CU could culminate in a CFP berth, even if they don’t win the Big 12 title in their first year back in the conference.And for the rest of the region’s FBS schools in the Mountain West — CSU, Wyoming and Air Force — it…

Denver’s nonstop international flights will increase this winter and Denver International Airport officials anticipate global connections will push DIA’s annual traffic above 100 million passengers sooner than expected with a projected record-high 82 million passengers this year.The new flights will carry travelers to Mexico, France and Iceland.They build on the launch earlier this year of a 13-hour nonstop flight from Denver to Istanbul, Turkey. DIA officials have prioritized the expansion of international flights and they’re exploring more routes, including one linking Denver with Ethiopia, increased flights to Japan, and a nonstop flight to Amsterdam.International air travel increased by 17.2% during…

After the rush of the roster cutdown, front offices around the NFL set about scouring more than 1,000 new names on the waiver wire and in free agency.Then they start putting together their 16-man practice squads (with an international player as the 17th, if they so choose).The Broncos announced the signing of 15 players on Wednesday afternoon and are also expected to sign tight end Donald Parham Jr., sources tell The Post, leaving one open spot.Parham, 27, played his first four seasons with the division rival Los Angeles Chargers and last year caught 27 passes for 285 yards and four…

A missing hiker was found dead Monday after failing to return from a camping trip, Boulder County officials said.Around 11:30 a.m. Monday, Boulder County sheriff’s officials received a call about a man who had failed to return from his camping trip in Indian Peaks Wilderness, according to a Wednesday news release from the sheriff’s office.Sheriff’s officials said the camper — an unidentified 36-year-old man — was supposed to return from his camping trip on Monday. When he didn’t check in or show up, family members reported him missing.The missing man’s car was found in the parking lot of Brainard Lake,…

Five people were sent to the hospital Wednesday morning after a two-vehicle crash in Aurora, police said.One of the cars ran a red light and crashed into the other, the Aurora Police Department said in a statement on social media. The car may also have been speeding.Around 2 a.m. Wednesday, Aurora officers responded to reports of a crash near East 40th Avenue and Peña Boulevard, police said.Paramedics took five unidentified adults to the hospital — two with serious or life-threatening injuries and three with minor injuries — police said.The crash shut down all lanes of East 40th Avenue and Peña…

BOULDER — The old guard wasn’t worried about the Mid 12. Or the Nebraska trip. Or CSU and all those old wounds. Deion Sanders was eight points away from 6-6. Have the Buffs learned how to get out of their own way?“If their penalty problems have been resolved, that, to me, is even more important than it was last year,” FOX Sports analyst and former NFL lineman Geoff Schwarz said of the Buffs, who open their season Thursday night at Folsom Field against plucky North Dakota State.“So that’s always the (concern), I think, for college programs like CU. But it…

Broncos defensive lineman Eyioma Uwazurike is still rusty since returning from a year-plus suspension for violating the league’s gambling policy. However, the team values his talent enough to keep him on the 53-man roster.“He’s not quite there. But he’s big, athletic and plays hard,” general manager George Paton said Tuesday after the NFL’s deadline to cut down the roster. “We thought the talent was too much (to pass up).”Uwazurike returned to practice earlier this month after the league reinstated him. He was originally suspended last July, and an August 2023 criminal complaint filed in Iowa said he bet on college…

The Broncos initial 53-man roster itself is written in pencil.There will be changes, perhaps as soon as Wednesday and undoubtedly over the opening weeks of the 2024 season. Keep the eraser handy.The message behind the Broncos’ initial 53-man roster, though, is written in Sharpie.All caps. Bold. Underlined.The future is now. Or at least it starts now.In a flurry of moves over the past two days to trim from a 90-man roster down to the initial regular-season set, the Broncos went from “young and hungry” as head coach Sean Payton called the group through training camp, to younger and hungrier.Several veterans…

Colorado wildlife officials are relocating two reintroduced wolves and their pups after a series of livestock depredations — a setback for the historic and controversial reintroduction program launched late last year.The pack of wolves, called the Copper Creek pack, will be captured from the wild in Grand County, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced Tuesday night. The agency did not disclose where the pack will be moved to, citing the need to protect the wolves and CPW staff.“The decision to capture and relocate the Copper Creek pack was made with the careful consideration of multiple factors and feedback from many different…

By SAM McNEIL and MELANIE LIDMANBEERSHEBA, Israel (AP) — Israeli forces rescued a hostage found alone underground in Gaza on Tuesday, freeing a living captive from Hamas’ vast tunnel network for the first time since the Oct. 7 attack that ignited the war.The 52-year-old Israeli man was taken to a hospital in Israel, where members of his large Bedouin Arab family gathered around his bedside in a joyful reunion.The rescue brought a rare moment of relief to Israelis after 10 months of war but also served as a painful reminder that dozens of hostages are still in captivity as international…