Anthony Cotton

There was plenty of pomp and ceremony during Sunday’s closing ceremonies for the Paris Olympics.

Bianka Emerson says President Joe Biden’s decision to not seek a second term and endorsing vice president Kamala Harris to replace him, has energized a moribund Democratic campaign. Emerson, president of Colorado Black Women for Political Action, participated in a recent conference call that featured more than 40,000 women and raised more than $1 million. Emerson spoke of the challenges Harris — and Black women as a whole — are facing in the upcoming election.

Families are complicated — and writing about family secrets even more so. In her new novel, “Candlelight Bridge,” Cara Lopez Lee tells the story of clans living amidst the Chinese and Mexican revolutions of the early 1900s, who eventually come to America. Once there, actions are taken that reverberate through centuries.

Three young explorers who found bones from a young T-Rex were recently at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science where the fossils are part of an exhibit called “Discovering Teen Rex.” 12-year-old Jessin Fisher, his nine-year-old brother Liam and their 11-year-old cousin, Kaiden Madsen made the extremely rare discovery on a hike with their dad two years ago in North Dakota.

Colin Prater is a science teacher at Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs, but he’s apparently really good at math as well, because recently he solved one of the most difficult equations in athletics…advancing from a field of 10,000 golfers around the world to one of just 156 spots in this week’s U.S. Open. Prater is one of Colorado’s most accomplished amateur golfers, a two-time winner of the Colorado Golf Association’s Player of the Year award, but he had to overcome long odds in making the field at venerated Pinehurst, North Carolina. In the final round of qualifying, Prater won one of two available spots for the Open — in doing so he became one of just 15 non-professionals to make the field. Colorado will be represented in the event; besides Prater, PGA Tour player Mark Hubbard, a graduate of Colorado Academy high school and Wyndham Clark, a Valor Christian High grad, are playing. Clark is the Open’s defending champion after winning last year.

During her time in the military, Elba Barr grew accustomed to fighting — still, some battles have nonetheless been rather unexpected.

Grief wasn’t a topic that came up very often in their NFL locker rooms, but Brian Griese and Terrell Davis both have experience with loss. Recently the former Denver Broncos teammates got together to discuss their journeys as part of a fundraiser for Judi’s House. Founded in 2002 by Griese and his wife Brooke, a clinical psychologist, the Aurora-based facility helps provide support for children grieving a death loss.

The Denver Broncos have gone through more than dozen quarterbacks –with very little success to show for it — since Peyton Manning retired eight years ago. But one of the Hall of Famer’s teammates, offensive tackle Ryan Harris, thinks the team has finally found an answer in 2024 first-round draft pick Bo Nix. Harris talked about Nix’ debut last weekend at the Broncos’ rookie camp.

Salma Khalif and Nzube Kolawole visited an exhibition at Stanley Marketplace in Aurora.