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The Rockies didn’t wheel or deal at the major league trade deadline. They tinkered with their bullpen.While the Marlins and White Sox, two other teams headed toward 100-loss seasons, were active on Tuesday, the Rockies remained quiet as the deadline came and went.Players rumored to be trade candidates — right-hander Cal Quantrill, lefty Austin Gomber, catchers Elias Diaz and Jacob Stallings, and second baseman Brendan Rodgers — remain on the roster.Quantrill, Gomber and Rodgers aren’t eligible to become free agents until after the 2025 season, and there is certainly a chance they will be the topic of trade talks during…

A bankruptcy court judge gave the go-ahead Tuesday to the sale of the Tattered Cover bookstore, a longtime staple of the country’s independent bookstore scene, to Barnes & Noble.The order by Judge Michael E. Romero approving the $1.83 million sale of the store’s four locations brings to a close a quest by Bended Page, Tattered Cover’s owner, to keep the storied business alive. The approval opens a new chapter for the store that started as a small shop in Denver’s Cherry Creek North neighborhood about 50 years and grew to a nationally known bookseller and champion of First Amendment rights.Barnes…

By Dorie Greenspan, The New York TimesFor those living in Paris over the past few years, the opening ceremony for the Olympic Games may feel more like reaching the finish line than toeing it, exhausting for organizers and Parisians alike. Spiffing up the city for the Games has been like trying to complete all of Hercules’ labors at once, with so many miles of torn-up streets, capricious metro closings, bus detours to parts unknown and monuments swaddled Christo-style.Having spent so much energy getting ready, it’s terrific that the best way to celebrate it is also the easiest: apéro dînatoire, the…

Upslope Brewing, which has risen to become one of the 10 largest beer makers in Colorado since its founding in 2008, plans to open a small taproom next month in Summit County.The Upslope Apres Outpost will be located in the central area of the Bluebird Market, a two-and-a-half-year-old food hall in Silverthorne. It will have 10 beer taps, plus one for the company’s new line of hard yerba mate and several cocktails made with Upslope’s hard seltzer.Related: The dining scene is changing for the better in Summit County “It’s about time we did something like this,” said Upslope co-founder Matt Cutter.…

BMC Investments and partners have announced plans for the second phase of a development in Denver’s Cherry Creek neighborhood, a real estate hot spot in the area’s market.Denver-based BMC and Prism Places, a Los Angeles-based investment firm, said Monday that they have formed a second partnership with Invesco Real Estate, a global real estate investment manager, on Phase II of the Clayton Lane project, now called Cherry Lane.The second phase will stretch from Clayton Lane to Detroit Street and between First and Second avenues in Cherry Creek North. The project will include a multifamily tower on the corner of Second…

Dear Eric: Throughout my childhood, my cousin always had to have her friend join family events.Fast-forward 40 years and my cousin has moved back home after widowhood. Guess who’s back at everything?The friend is a lovely person. I have no issue with her. It’s just that sometimes we want it to be only family. How do I broach this?— Perplexed CousinDear Cousin: Where I’m from, people used to talk about having “play cousins” — people who weren’t really related to you but with whom you were often expected to hang out because your parents were friends, or what have you.I…

A new artificial intelligence program will help identify wildfires as small as an acre by scanning images taken by weather satellites orbiting about 22,000 miles above the Earth’s surface.The AI program, developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and recently tested in Boulder, could dramatically cut the amount of time between identifying a fire and responding — minutes and hours that are critical to containing a blaze.Called the Next Generation Fire System, NOAA officials say it can process the deluge of data from the satellites — which capture images as frequently as every 30 seconds — and detect heat…

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr.FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers was downright ticked off.The New York Jets quarterback took the snap, started to drop back — and ended up sprawled on the grass after one of his offensive linemen stepped on one of his feet. Rodgers shouted. He wasn’t hurt, but he was angry.Monday was that kind of a day, the first this summer in full pads, for the Jets’ offense. The temperature was hot and so was the quarterback’s temper.“Yeah, it was a little frustrating today,” tight end Tyler Conklin said. “As an offense, especially after having some really…

Aurora Fire Rescue crews responded to a two-alarm structure fire at Gaylord Rockies Resort on Monday afternoon.Firefighters first received an investigation call at 4:20 p.m., which was upgraded to a fire response to the resort at 6700 N. Gaylord Rockies Boulevard.Fire crews found a fire in the laundry room in the first floor of the convention center and stamped it out by 5:15 p.m., agency officials said in a news release.The fire started in a laundry vent and sent smoke into the first and second floors of the convention center.Convention center and hotel guests were evacuated but have since returned…

Attendance Did not practice: Physically Unable to Perform List — S Delarrin Turner-Yell (knee) and LB Drew Sanders (Achilles). Non-Football Injury list — RB Blake Watson (muscle strain). Out — Brandon Jones (hamstring). QB Race Today The pads were on, so even though rookie Bo Nix received the first-team reps, there was an emphasis on the run game during team work. Overall, Jarrett Stidham had the cleanest day inside the pocket. Stidham rolled to his right and fired the ball to wide receiver Lil’Jordan Humphrey for a solid completion. Later, he did a good job maneuvering out of pressure before…