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Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders (2) celebrates with fans after defeating the TCU Horned Frogs 45-42 at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Ft. Worth September 02, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

抖阴ap: Shedeur Sanders is worth an estimated $4.7 million. Has pay for play arrived in college sports?

April 3, 2024 at 7:07 a.m.

Shedeur Sanders -- the son of CU Boulder鈥檚 Coach Prime -- has an estimated worth for the next 12 months of $4.7 million, a stunning total for a college athlete....

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley walks on stage before a Fox News Channel town hall Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

抖阴ap: Here’s why Colorado’s (unaffiliated) voters should support Nikki Haley on Super Tuesday

February 27, 2024 at 12:01 p.m.

Nikki Haley visited Colorado on Tuesday afternoon. Colorado's delegates are awarded proportionally so she not only needs to win but win big in Colorado to secure more of the state's...

A selection of wine at King Soopers on W. Alameda Ave in Lakewood on the first day of wine sales March 01, 2023. Colorado voters recently approved Proposition 125 allowing for wines sales in grocery stores. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

抖阴ap: Are we enabling alcohol abuse in Colorado? Yes

January 20, 2024 at 5:01 a.m.

Common sense says we should be more judicious about alcohol intake. But we just may be our own worst enemies when it comes to handling liquor.

Phil Mickelson lines up a shot on the 18th hole during the first round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, N.J., Friday, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

抖阴ap: Don’t let Saudi Arabia sportswash its many failures

August 1, 2023 at 10:36 a.m.

Sportswashing is the practice of using sports to divert attention away from what抖阴ap really happening on the field, court or golf course. It leverages the popularity and global appeal of...

Members of the U.S. Supreme Court are pictured June 1 at the Supreme Court building in Washington. Front left, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, and Associate Justice Stephen Breyer. Standing left, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch.

抖阴ap: To restore trust in Supreme Court, justices must adopt a code of ethics

May 4, 2023 at 1:13 p.m.

Justice Clarence Thomas sat on a case concerning Crow鈥檚 family鈥檚 business, heard before the Supreme Court, but didn鈥檛 recuse himself.聽All this perceived misbehavior has prompted calls for clear ethics standards.

In this photo illustration, a teenage child looks at the screen of a mobile phone on Jan. 17, 2023 in London, England. The 'Online Safety' Bill aims to introduce new rules for companies which host user-generated content, and for search engines, which will have tailored duties focussed on minimising the presentation of harmful search results to vulnerable users. Content that platforms will need to remove includes child sexual abuse material, revenge pornography, selling illegal drugs or weapons, and terrorism. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

抖阴ap: How to protect teens from social media

April 20, 2023 at 11:30 a.m.

Colorado should follow Utah鈥檚 example to alleviate the damage social media has done to our children鈥檚 mental health.

Daphne, 5, left; and Harper, 5, last names withheld, play with Lego blocks at the TLC Learning Center in Longmont on Dec. 21, 2020. (Matthew Jonas/Boulder Daily Camera)

抖阴ap: A regional tax could solve Colorado’s child-care crisis

April 12, 2023 at 1:41 p.m.

What? Another tax? Yes, because of the economic benefits. Yes, because the district also will spend money on renovating existing child-care centers, and building more of them and increasing workers鈥�...

The University of Colorado Boulder student section cheers before a game against University of Northern Colorado on Sept. 3, 2021. (Timothy Hurst/Staff Photographer)

抖阴ap: CU’s deal with PointsBet shows sports betting’s insidious reach

March 10, 2023 at 6:01 a.m.

Did Coloradans really know what they were approving? Just think: CU students can sit in Folsom Field this fall with their cell phones, drain their bank accounts, and help relieve...

抖阴ap: Where have all the statesmen and stateswomen gone?

February 20, 2023 at 11:59 a.m.

We have no shortage of politics these days, but statesmanship is harder to find than a total eclipse of the sun. Why? Possibly because of conventional wisdom that抖阴ap rooted in...

Quarterback Brendon Lewis #12 of the Colorado Buffaloes runs for a first down against the UCLA Bruins in the first half of a NCAA Football game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, November 13, 2021. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)

抖阴ap: Jim Martin: Has college sports鈥� amateur hour finally ended?

August 10, 2022 at 11:49 a.m.

The myth of the student-athlete has been put to rest beneath a mountain of cash. From now on, call them athlete-students.

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