Good morning! It was legitimately, no-foolin’ chilly in Denver last night. You’d probably already know that if you, like me, haven’t changed your mid-summer “leave the fan on in the bedroom all night” routine and woke up with icicles in your beard. Sure, , but we clearly do things at our own pace in Colorado. Enough seasonal chatter, let’s get to the news.
The Rundown
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How Donald Trump got his groove back
“Anybody who thought Hillary Clinton was going to win the state of Colorado by double digits was dreaming.”
Democratic strategist Rick Ridder
It wasn’t long ago that poll numbers showed Hillary Clinton with a double-digit lead over Donald Trump in Colorado. Those days are long, long gone, as a new Reuters/Ipso poll released last night showed that . The “only two choices” part of this poll is an important distinction: Republican pollster David Flaherty says that Trump shouldn’t get optimistic because he’s “not gaining in momentum or support. [Libertarian candidate] Gary Johnson is.” Our politics reporter John Frank .
+ Speaking of Donald Trump, .
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“Captain Earthman” fighting two brain tumors
Brent Doeden, aka “Captain Earthman,” the beloved beer slinger for 21 seasons at Coors Field, won’t be in the stands for the rest of the season. After his wife noticed he was saying strange things (“Things that were stranger than usual for him, because he often says some pretty strange things!” she said) he was and is already lined up for chemo and radiation treatments. .
By The Numbers
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That’s the fastest a human being has ever traveled on a skateboard, and .
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Quick Hits
+ At least one of the hard-hitting Broncos that caused many to question the NFL’s commitment to concussion safety .
+ Mark Kiszla has decided that instead of The Star-Spangled Banner, the .
+ Cinemark, the owner of the theater where 12 people were killed and 70 were wounded four years ago, .
+ Burke Ramsey, the older brother of JonBenét, has been the subject of many conspiracy theories since he was 9 years old, but the , writes Kieran Nicholson.
+ Two of the three Legacy High School football coaches injured in Sunday’s fatal bus crash, including head coach Wayne Voorhees, .
+ A pair of (allegedly) creepy dudes: and an .
+ Jackie Joyner-Kersee was in town to .
+ Brandon Marshall, the Broncos player who kneeled during the national anthem, put his money where is knee was and to talk about, among other things, police brutality, training and a way to repair the relationship between police and the community.
+ Another day, (this one resulting in 38 arrests).
+ Police r in Arvada.
+ A man was .
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+ Hillary Clinton focuses on campaigning to the point that , her former aides said.
What We’re Reading
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+ Legacy.com (a service used by The Denver Post, in full disclosure) has become the defacto leader in online obituaries. But like any other social network (which is what it is, even if every account only gets one post each), .
+ A years-old theory about the musical “Grease” that began in the dark recesses of Reddit is making the rounds again:
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Song of the Day
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Artist: Alessia Cara
Sounds like: A song about being stuck at a bad party that you can actually groove to.
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Hat Tips & Corrections
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