Unless quarterback Drew Lock is all that and a bag of chips, John Elway is going to look stupid, no matter how wisely the Broncos choose in the NFL draft.

After 10 years, has John Elway finally figured out the NFL draft? Broncos Country better hope so.

Not to suggest the Broncos and John Elway got lucky with the 15th pick in the NFL draft, but when Denver was on the clock, any Goober could’ve screamed the obvious choice:

During the final minutes of her life, heartbeat fading, my mother was too weak to speak or open her eyes. But 1,500 miles away from where hospice had gently laid her down to die, I felt the strength of her spirit pushing me out the door. So I grabbed cross-country skis from the garage, clicked boots into my bindings and glided across a cold, empty meadow, where I surrendered Mom to the hand of God.

Aurora ICU nurse Gabby Windey of Boulder was selected by the Denver Outlaws as their honorary ninth-round pick in the 2020 Major League Lacrosse draft, which will be held in its entirety Monday night.

A toast to Brian Mullan. To Grandma Betty. To the nurses who selflessly, thanklessly, not only keep pulling their weight over the line. But ours, too.

Women’s flag football will become a varsity sport for NAIA schools by next year, the organization announced Monday.

Before the Olympics were postponed, Japan looked like it had coronavirus infections contained, even as they spread in neighboring countries. Now that the games have been pushed to next year, Tokyo’s cases are spiking, and the city's governor is requesting that people stay home, even hinting at a possible lockdown.

Hunkered down in Georgia, certain his tomato plants will reach for the sun as the invisible fog of coronavirus begins to recede, Edwin Moses feels blessed. Tilling the red clay of a vegetable garden, Moses is safe at home, a 64-year-old legend filled with gratitude for health as solid as Olympic gold. The greatest hurdler […]

If the planet's biggest sporting event isn't immune to worldwide strife, why should we be shocked COVID-19 could also wipe out the NBA playoffs or the entire major-league baseball season in 2020?

A 21-year-old Denver man was sentenced on Thursday to eight years in federal prison for a carjacking and burglarizing two gun stores.

A look at each of the Great 8 girls basketball matchups Friday at the Denver Coliseum.

Blink Fitness was launched in Manhattan in 2011. Now the New York City gym chain is looking to get physical in the Denver metro area, aiming to open more than a dozen locations over the next eight years.

Vail Resorts informed the state this week that it has furloughed nearly 2,000 workers effective Monday at its various ski resorts, lodges and hotels, equipment rental stores and shuttle service.

More people, many inexperienced, have been in the backcountry since the coronavirus outbreak shut down downhill skiing.

Colorado State Patrol will crack down on illegal parking on Loveland and Berthoud passes, the agency said Thursday, days after a video showing scores of cars parked back-to-back along the road went viral amid concerns that the drivers were failing to appropriately social distance.

Ride the Rockies is organizing virtual challenges for the days that the tour would have been held.

Denver has issued a mandatory mask order for when you're in public.

Gold's Gym filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week and 24 Hour Fitness is exploring the same option.

Devil’s Head Recreation Area temporarily closed Tuesday afternoon to protect public health. The closure includes the Devil’s Head trailhead, campground, picnic area, fire lookout tower, several Forest Service roads and the Zinn trail (NFST615). The area is about 45 minutes southwest of Sedalia. The order will remain in effect until Dec. 1, 2020, or until […]

Vail Resorts marketing chief Kirsten Lynch said there were good and thoughtful reasons the company took six weeks to come up with a plan to mollify Epic Pass holders following the shutdown of its North American resorts due to COVID-19.

Critics of a plan that makes tracts of public lands in western Colorado available to oil and gas drilling say the final insult is its release in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic when people are dealing with health and economic concerns.

The U.S. renewable energy industry is reeling from the new coronavirus pandemic, which has delayed construction, put thousands of skilled laborers out of work and sowed doubts about solar and wind projects on the drawing board.

The 'Rambo' nickname was bestowed on Keene by teammates at VT, where his long locks, muscled frame and affinity for bruising play made him a fan favorite over three seasons.

Taylor, a two-year starter at outside linebacker for CU, did not play high school football due to religious reasons.

First, the coronavirus pandemic claimed the state basketball championships. Then, it forced CHSAA to cancel the spring season altogether on April 21.

Filmmakers hope to debut "Red Winter" next winter.

Honor Blackman, the British actress who played the Bond girl Pussy Galore in “Goldfinger," has died. She was 94.

The complaints began on Monday. There were too many people in the store, they said. Employees were not wearing masks or covering their face. Everyone was standing too close to one another.

Denver Post journalists joined colleagues from more than 40 news organizations across Colorado in a collaborative effort, COVID diaries Colorado: A day in the pandemic.

King Soopers this week began selling products from Impossible Food Inc., the company known for its plant-based based burger patties that are on the menus of Burger King restaurants across the country.

William Byron led the most laps in NASCAR's first two virtual races and had nothing to show for his gaming skills. The third time out, he got the win.

NASCAR star Kyle Larson was suspended without pay by Chip Ganassi Racing on Monday for using a racial slur on a live stream during a virtual race.

Kyle Larson was fired Tuesday by Chip Ganassi Racing, completing a stunning downfall for the budding NASCAR star who uttered a racial slur during a live-streamed virtual race and then watched nearly every one of his sponsors drop him.

Bob Lazier, the 1981 CART rookie of the year and father of 1996 Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Lazier, died Saturday from COVID-19. He was 81.

The world has lost more than one quarter of its land-dwelling insects in the past 30 years, according to researchers whose big picture study of global bug decline paints a disturbing but more nuanced problem than earlier research.

Mountain lions face an uncertain future under a new state plan to let hunters kill up to 15% a year across western Colorado, and more near subdivisions -- rankling animal rights advocates who favor a live-and-let-live approach to wildlife.

King Soopers this week began selling products from Impossible Food Inc., the company known for its plant-based based burger patties that are on the menus of Burger King restaurants across the country.

So far, state labor officials have opened investigations into 150 instances of workers being called back to their workplaces or being offered new jobs and refusing, choosing instead to continue requesting unemployment benefits because of coronavirus-related concerns.

Michael Porter Jr. may have lost in the first round of the NBA 2K Players Tournament, but the Nuggets ended up shining when it was all said and done.

The Rockies outfielder crushed a 404-foot home run off of reliever Matt Strahm to give Colorado a 5-4 win Thursday over San Diego at Petco Park.

It was almost another win for the Rockies. Almost. Colorado closer Scott Oberg blew his first save of the season Wednesday and the Giants capitalized, winning 2-1 in 11 inning at Oracle Park.

The Rockies got off to a hot start but quickly fizzled out, losing, 9-3, to the Giants at Oracle Park.

Sam Hilliard snapped out of his slump in a big way. The Rockies outfielder hit two home runs and drove in five to lead Colorado to a 10-3 win over the Tigers at Comerica Park.

Work at Lockheed Martin continues during the coronavirus outbreak — and so does hiring.

After strong backlash to author Jeanine Cummins' controversial new novel "American Dirt," the book's publisher canceled Cummins' remaining tour dates, including a Feb. 2 event at Tattered Cover in Denver, citing safety concerns. Before learning of the event's cancellation, Latinx writers in Denver were planning to host a protest reading in… Read more »

For the second year in a row, the STEM School Highlands Ranch community is ending its school year amid disruption and uncertainty. Plans for community service and vigils to remember the first anniversary of the campus shooting have been traded for Zoom therapy sessions and a digital collection of acts of kindness.

Faith and a newfound sense of purpose have helped Josh Jones cope over the past year since the STEM School shooting, even as he ponders -- without answers -- why he and his friends have had to deal with this tragedy at their young age.

It's been one year since two teenage students barged into STEM School Highlands Ranch with guns, killing one student and injured eight others. 

Ted Shin, the chair of the Department of Industrial Design at Metropolitan State University of Denver, could see coronavirus coming, first in China, then in Italy.