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By CHARLES ODUM (AP Sports Writer) ATLANTA (AP) — Bill Belichick signaled he’s ready to get back to coaching less than a week after parting with the New England Patriots, speaking with the Atlanta Falcons about their vacant position. The Falcons announced Monday night they have interviewed the 71-year-old Belichick, who left the Patriots on Thursday after 24 seasons and a record six Super Bowl championships. The fifth of those Super Bowls came nearly seven years ago against the Falcons in a game Atlanta led 28-3 in the third quarter before Tom Brady rallied the Patriots to a 34-28 overtime…

By FRED GOODALL (AP Sports Writer) TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — All Baker Mayfield and the resurgent Tampa Bay Buccaneers wanted was an opportunity to make some noise in the playoffs. A strong finish to the regular season provided one. Their 32-9 wild-card playoff victory over Jalen Hurts and the defending NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night guaranteed they’ll have another. Mayfield threw for 337 yards and three touchdowns, and Tampa Bay’s defense never allowed Hurts and Philadelphia’s sputtering offense to get into a rhythm before a crowd of 63,397 at Raymond James Stadium. The Bucs (10-8) won for the…

On Sunday night, Colorado’s Madison Marsh was crowned Miss America 2024. Marsh is a 22-year-old officer in the U.S. Air Force and the first active duty service member to ever win the title. “I’m very excited to get to represent women who can break stereotypes,” Marsh said in an interview featured on the pageant’s Instagram page. Fifty-one women competed in the Miss America pageant in Orlando, showing their skills in a fitness runway walk, a “hot topics” discussion, a talent show, and an evening gown presentation, per People magazine. In addition to her military background, Marsh is the founder of…

Massive amounts of snow have pounded the Colorado high country since Wednesday with seven ski resorts receiving three feet or more — and snow continued to fall Monday morning. From Wednesday through Monday morning, Monarch led the way with 50 inches. Steamboat was close behind at 48 and Crested Butte at 46. Winter Park received 42, Eldora 40, Wolf Creek 39, Copper Mountain 37 and Vail 35. Resorts recording 24 to 32 inches included Arapahoe Basin, Breckenridge, Beaver Creek, Aspen Highlands, Loveland, Cooper, Powderhorn and Keystone. Many mountain roads were closed this morning due to adverse conditions and safety concerns,…

Kiz: While all the yada, yada has been about Russell Wilson, the Broncos have some sticky football decisions beyond quarterback. With little wiggle room against the NFL salary cap, how real is the possibility that Denver will have to say goodbye to a significant contributor or two in free agency? Let’s start here: Whose loss would hurt the team more? The departure of center Lloyd Cushenberry from the middle of the offensive line or the loss of linebacker Josey Jewell from the middle of the defense? Gabriel: Good question, Kiz. Denver doesn’t have any Michelin stars hitting free agency but…

MONTREAL — Eight months after missing a majority of the Avalanche’s season-ending playoff series against the Seattle Kraken for what the team deemed “personal reasons,” Valeri Nichushkin has entered the NHL/NHLPA Players Assistance Program. The league and players association announced his entry into the program in a joint statement on Monday. Nichushkin missed Colorado’s game on Saturday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs, and was not on the ice Monday morning before the Avs’ game against the Canadiens at Bell Centre. Avs coach Jared Bednar had previously said he was under the weather before the game in Toronto. “I have…

Norm Snead, an NFL quarterback for 16 seasons in the 1960s and ’70s who was a four-time Pro Bowl selection, has died. He was 84. A spokesperson for Wake Forest football, for which Snead played collegiately before turning pro, told The Associated Press on Monday that the school learned from Snead’s family that he died Sunday. A cause of death was not provided. Snead was the second overall pick in the 1961 NFL draft, selected by Washington, and he also was taken 33rd by the Buffalo Bills in the American Football League draft that year. He chose Washington and played…

Despite very low temperatures, snow and wind, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Marade made its way through Denver on January 15, 2024. The schedule of events was shortened due to weather conditions. After being pushed back a half hour, the opening ceremony kicked off at 10 a.m. at the City Park Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and flowed west on East Colfax Avenue to Civic Center Park. Closings ceremonies and a resource fair at Civic Center Park were canceled, as well as the Dr. King Legacy Bike Ride. Read more: Dangerous wind chills force Denver MLK Day Marade organizers…

The Wild West Show took place in the CINCH arena at the National Western Stock Show in Denver on Jan. 14, 2024. The show, designed to both educate and entertain, takes event-goers on a historical trip back to the days of the Old West. “Authentic re-enactments of Wild West are known for bringing nations and people together,” described a brochure highlighting the event.  While Buffalo Bill’s influence of his famous shows is present in this re-enactment  the show also included inter-tribal dances by indigenous dancers, famous gunslingers Annie Oakley and Frank Butler, Mexican charros and Escaramuza riders and the Westernaires.…

Firefighters across the Denver area spent Saturday night into Sunday afternoon investigating reports of a natural gas smell potentially attributed to either “a weather-related phenomenon” or sewage. The Denver Fire Department started investigating the reports of a sulfur-smelling odor on Saturday night. By Sunday morning, it tweeted, “We are unable to determine a source.” The South Metro Fire Rescue also received calls about a similar smell in Centennial and Highlands Ranch, beginning at 2:15 a.m. Around noon on Sunday, the South Metro Fire Rescue updated that it hadn’t found line breaks. “They believe the odor may be coming from a…