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Broncos head coach Sean Payton quashed any notion that star outside linebacker Nik Bonitto isn’t practicing because of his contract status. Bonitto is entering the final year of his rookie contract, and Thursday was his third straight day missed after he appeared to come up limping in Saturday’s preseason game. Payton said Bonitto had a small, non-weight-bearing bone spur on his foot removed and should be back to work next week. “He had a little spur on the top of his foot, alright?” Payton said. “Now, I had two spurs removed on my big toe, and that hurt like a…

Sean Payton’s new-look training camp continues to feature changes. The Broncos head coach is deviating from his normal August routine and said Thursday he plans to sit nearly all of his starters in Saturday’s home preseason game against Arizona. Most of them, however, will get 8-10 snaps or so in Denver’s Aug. 23 preseason finale at New Orleans. The rationale: Most of the Broncos’ top-line players have seen big workloads already over the past week. They played in a grueling joint practice against San Francisco, then saw three drives (offense) and two drives (defense), respectively, against the 49ers in the…

Just like that, the open portion of Broncos training camp is finished. The team plays Arizona on Saturday night and then returns to closed practices next week before its preseason finale Aug. 23 at New Orleans. Sean Payton’s team, though, went out with a bang on Thursday over two-plus hours of joint practice with the Cardinals. Payton had high praise for Arizona head coach Jonathan Gannon, and he said Thursday’s joint practice was among the most productive he’s had in his long career as a head coach. “I thought both teams were outstanding just relative to the tempo and communication,”…

An intoxicated passenger aboard an LA-bound Breeze flight who police said was yelling racist slurs at staff and waving a skateboard around was arrested after the flight was diverted to Grand Junction Wednesday. Breeze Airways — a low-cost carrier based in Provo, Utah — said Flight MX704 took off from Norfolk, Virginia, and was heading to Los Angeles when an unruly passenger “initiated a physical altercation with other Guests and Flight Attendants.” The plane landed safely at Grand Junction Regional Airport around 11:15 a.m., where the man was taken into custody by the Grand Junction Police Department at the direction…

Former Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr., known in podcast circles as “Curious Mike,” was back on the mic this week, cautioning against the pitfalls of sports gambling. Porter, who was traded to the Brooklyn Nets along with a 2032 first-round pick for Cam Johnson in June, appeared on the “One Night with Steiny” podcast and discussed a variety of topics, from the Los Angeles dating scene to how NBA players should interact with female referees. Some of his most eye-popping quotes came on the subject of sports betting and the NBA. “Think about it, if you could get all your…

Dear Eric: My husband passed away 12 days ago after an extended illness. I have two step-kids. Two days after my husband died, one of the kids started asking for some of my husband’s belongings then unveiled his plan to “help me build a house” on some vacant land I own to “fulfill my husband’s dream.” I was taken aback. I told him I was spent from taking care of my husband and am not making any decisions. I’ve repeatedly told him since then that I’m not making any decisions for at least a year. He bad mouths my deceased…

PHILADELPHIA — Cleveland rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders sustained an oblique injury during drills ahead of practice Wednesday and is considered unlikely to play in the Browns’ preseason game against the Eagles. Sanders did not play the remainder of the practice session after he was hurt and was ruled out of Thursday’s practice. Sanders and the Browns were in Philadelphia for a pair of joint practices ahead of Saturday’s preseason game. The Browns said Sanders is day to day. Sanders completed 14 of 23 passes for 138 yards with two first-half touchdown passes to Kaden Davis in his NFL preseason debut…

Jose Reyes is finally making good on his dream. Next month, the local wedding venue owner will open JP Restaurant and Lounge in the former Sarto’s space in Jefferson Park. “About 10 years ago … I thought opening a restaurant would be a great idea,” the former McDonald’s manager said. Reyes, not to be confused with the short-lived Rockies shortstop, said he ran several locations of the fast-food chain and flipped “a bunch” from in the red to profitability. “But just a restaurant sometimes is tough,” he continued, noting that the timing wasn’t right then. “So what could be something…

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By CALEIGH WELLS It turns out many Americans aren’t great at identifying which personal decisions contribute most to climate change. A study recently published by the National Academy of Sciences found that when asked to rank actions, such as swapping a car that uses gasoline for an electric one, carpooling or reducing food waste, participants weren’t very accurate when assessing how much those actions contributed to climate change, which is caused mostly by the release of greenhouse gases that happen when fuels like gasoline, oil and coal are burned. “People over-assign impact to actually pretty low-impact actions such as recycling,…