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INDIANAPOLIS — Five months ago Sean Payton stood across the street from Lucas Oil Stadium and threw down the gauntlet.The Broncos, he said confidently, would ace the Quarterback Search test.Sunday’s preseason opener back here was just one very, very early waypoint in a long journey for Bo Nix. But over the course of a 36-snap exhibition debut, the rookie quarterback and No. 12 overall pick authored a performance that was equal parts efficient and promising.It also served as a continuation of his training camp work: Mostly good decision-making with a few questionable moves mixed in. Smooth play overall that sometimes…

Fire crews gained 60% containment on the Bucktail fire burning on 7,202 acres northeast of Nucla in Montrose County, officials said in an update Sunday. Rain helped tamp down the fire Saturday, allowing firefighters to increase containment from 10% Saturday to 60% Sunday, U.S. Forest Service officials said. The fire sparked on Aug. 1 and is burning in the Uncompahgre National Forest and on Bureau of Land Management land. The cause of the fire is unknown. Fire officials expect continued rain will help firefighters gain more containment, and the number of people fighting the fire will decrease “significantly” in the…

Someone must’ve turned off the humidor.On the capper to a wild weekend at Coors Field that saw the Rockies and Braves combine for 47 runs over three games, Colorado staged a comeback for the ages.After entering the bottom of the eighth inning trailing by six runs, the Rockies strung together an eight-hit, seven-run frame to claim a 9-8 come-from-behind victory in the series rubber match.“It was awesome,” manager Bud Black told reporters after the game. “It was great, against a good bullpen too. … We just had some really good at-bats, we were aggressive, we got some pitches up in the…

INDIANAPOLIS — Sean Payton hates sacks.He doesn’t just dislike them. The Broncos head coach cannot stand them.Not only that, but he puts most of the blame for sacks on the quarterback rather than the offensive line.It’s a major reason he grew frustrated with Russell Wilson a year ago — Wilson was sacked 45 times in 15 starts — and it’s one of the trends he’s liked in his quarterback group so far this summer.The first preseason game Sunday at Indianapolis showed more of the same for Jarrett Stidham, Bo Nix and Zach Wilson. They combined to drop back 41 times…

By JOHN LEICESTERSAINT-DENIS, France — Setting out to prove that topping Paris isn’t mission impossible, Los Angeles rolled out a skydiving Tom Cruise, Grammy winner Billie Eilish and other stars on Sunday as it took over Olympic hosting duties for 2028 from the French capital, which closed out its 2024 Games just as they started — with joy and panache.The closing ceremony capped two and a half extraordinary weeks of Olympic sports and emotion with a boisterous, star-studded show in France’s national stadium, mixing unbridled celebration with a somber call for peace from IOC President Thomas Bach.Following in Paris’ footsteps…

INDIANAPOLIS — One of the Broncos’ most heated position battles of training camp was on display at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday.The quarterback competition may garner the biggest headlines, but the running backs have locked into a fierce struggle for playing time — and that came through loud and clear in the Broncos’ 34-30 victory over the Colts in their preseason opener.Second-year running back Jaleel McLaughlin’s investment in a JUGS machine proved beneficial when he caught a 22-yard pass from rookie quarterback Bo Nix on a wheel route. Five plays later, rookie running back Audric Estime showcased his power when…

The state of play in the NHL is in a pretty good place.Scoring has risen in recent years, and the league’s extraordinary players have taken advantage. It’s not at video game levels like the 1980s or early 1990s, but it’s also not trending in the wrong direction like it was a decade ago.The best players in the world are able to dominate. Skill is paramount, though size and skill is even better. The 2023-24 season gave us a great regular season of individual performances and a fantastic Stanley Cup Playoffs.Best-on-best international hockey is coming back. The salary cap is going…

Apryl Hallberg flinched each time a car drove down her street.The 56-year-old sat on her porch two weeks ago lighting up cigarette after cigarette, waiting for Denver sheriff’s deputies to remove her from the rental property she and her husband have called home since January.Hallberg applied for rental assistance from the city at the beginning of the year.An eviction notice lays on the kitchen countertop in the home of Apryl Hallberg in Denver on July 22, 2024. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)Because her circumstances weren’t yet dire, she said Denver officials told her they didn’t have the resources…

Denver has taken in more than $1.1 billion from seven sales taxes dedicated to specific purposes since voters approved the first one in 2006 — and together, they’re projected to generate another $271 million this year.But the city and outside partners charged with spending that money sometimes have been slow to do so, especially for the half-dozen new taxes approved in the last six years, The Denver Post found in a review of tax data. Several tax funds were carrying large cash balances at the end of last year, including ones created to provide healthy food for children, to launch…

A momentous day for Terrence Fede served as a beacon of hope for his little cousin.It was April of 2014, just six months removed from Audric Estime losing his mother at the age of 10 years old, and Fede’s family — now Estime’s as well — had gathered to watch the NFL draft.Fede had just finished up four seasons as a defensive lineman at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., while Estime was getting comfortable after moving in with his aunt, uncle and cousins in New York.The expectation was that Fede would get drafted.On the third day, the Miami Dolphins selected…