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LetsGoDU: Bruner Wills Denver to Win Over Idaho State, 95-82, in OT
Denver (10-6, 1-1) faced the Idaho State Bengals at Hamilton Gym in the Summit League-Big Sky Challenge. After a horrible first half giving up 46 points, 22 in the paint, it looked like Denver was headed to a startling loss to Idaho State (4-9). However, the nation’s leading scorer, Tommy Bruner, willed Denver back into the game in the second half and the Pioneers went a sizzling six for six from the field in extra time, two three-pointers from Bruner, to swamp the visiting Bengals.
The first half was a nightmare as the Bengals finished with a six-point lead, 46-40, while shooting 52% from the floor. The visitors scored 18 points off Pioneer turnovers and 14 second-chance points as a dazed DU team looked on. Denver looked lifeless for the entire 20 minutes of the first half.
The Pioneer malaise extended into the second half. The outlook was outright grim after the first five minutes following a 3-point make by Idaho State’s Trent Johnson which put the Bengals up by ten, 55-45. However, Denver began to slowly whittle away at the Bengal lead until a Deandre Craig three-point make with 10 minutes to go pulled Denver within a field goal, 59-57. Bruner put Denver on his back the final ten minutes at the line and from the field. Still, Idaho State held Denver at bay until 12 seconds remained in the half when Bruner finally knotted the score on a free throw 75-75 and then, put DU up by a point. Each team scored in the waning moments to force the game to overtime.
Denver got the tip in overtime and Isaiah Addo-Ankrah drilled a three-point shot to begin DU’s 18-point overtime blitz. A Touko Tainamo bucket in the paint was followed by two three-point bombs from Tommy Bruner before Idaho State could find the scoreboard. A three-point play by Pedro Lopez Sanvicente and a bucket in the paint by Sanvicente extinguished any hope the Bengals had in the five-minute extra period. Jaxson Brenchley capped the Denver scoring spree with a pair of free throws. Final score 95-82.
Ultimately, it was Tommy Bruner who stole the show and the win for Denver with an amazing stat line – 33 points (10/16 Field, 3/4 three-3-pt.), 6 assists, 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block. Touko Tainamo had 18 points and 8 rebounds. Isaiah Carr scored 12 points and pulled down 6 rebounds.
Next up is a trip to Greeley to play Northern Colorado at 6:00 pm MT in the second game of the Summit League-Big Sky Challenge.
Denverites looking for a stellar cup of Joe don’t need to travel far to savor the flavor of excellent coffee.
That’s according to The World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops, a website that rates global hospitality establishments where coffee lovers can find better brew. The website recently announced its 2026 list of the best coffee shops in North America, Central America and the Caribbean and two local companies made the list.
Sweet Bloom Coffee Roasters came in at No. 43, while Queen City Collective Coffee ranked No. 61. Not bad for a list that includes must-hit destinations in places like Guatemala and Costa Rica, which are known for their exports of coffee beans.
The World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops decided the ranking through a mix of nominations and voting by both the public and experts. Places were evaluated based on the quality of coffee served, barista expertise, ambiance, sustainability practices, and innovation among other criteria, according to the website.
Sweet Bloom Coffee Roasters, which came on the scene in 2013, helped usher the so-called fourth wave of coffee locally, which focuses on honoring the beans’ agricultural roots and using techniques like pour-over to extract more flavor from each brew. The company started with a wholesale roastery and retail shop in Lakewood before expanding to Arvada through a merger with another company called Two Rivers, and later to Westminster. In 2022, Food and Wine magazine named Sweet Bloom’s Westminster locale the best coffee shop in Colorado.
Queen City Collective has certainly earned the popular vote among Mile High City coffee drinkers if the company’s expansion is an indication. Since opening its first retail location in 2018, in a spot shared with Novel Strand Brewing Co., Queen City has expanded to seven locations between Denver and surrounding suburbs, including Wheat Ridge and Aurora.
To see the full list of must-hit coffee shops across the globe, visit theworlds100bestcoffeeshops.com. For additional recommendations, check out our list of Colorado’s best coffee shops with picturesque patios and views.
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DENVER (KDVR) — With the mild winter and warm start to spring, beekeepers are seeing swarms earlier in the year and expect the season to be longer than usual.
Gregg McMahan is a dispatcher for the Colorado Swarm Hotline. It’s usually his job to send a beekeeper to collect a swarm when someone calls, but on Sunday afternoon, he decided to handle one himself.
“Nice little swarm,” McMahan said. “It’s tricky, though, because it’s hanging on a fence.”
A warm winter and spring mean swarm season has begun four weeks early.
“Never seen it like this ever,” McMahan said.
This call is to a house on Denver’s east side. When McMahan arrived, he saw a swarm had taken up residence on the fence.
“Absolutely typical, it is on the small side,” McMahan said.
He got to work, first luring them into a box when he spotted a good sign.
“See all these girls, they got their butts up, they’re fanning their wings. That’s telling us the queens in here,” McMahan said.
With the queen in hand, the rest began to follow her into the box.
McMahan said two years ago, he had 400 calls like this. Last year, only 100, the Swarm Hotline was as unpredictable as the weather, which has caused bee activity earlier in the year than ever.
“It makes it hard on the bees, you know? Two days ago, I’m collecting swarms in the snow,” McMahan said.
Rescuing them is integral to Colorado’s ecosystem. McMahan hopes people give a beekeeper a call instead of spraying them or harming them in any other way.
“They do a phenomenal amount of pollination within this state. Not only our native flowers but all the other flowers that people bring in,” McMahan said.
Slowly but surely, the swarm left the fence and moved into the box. McMahan loaded them into his truck to deliver them to their new home.
“Westminster to the Stanley Lake Wildlife Refuge, so these girls will have lakefront property tonight,” he said.
As he wrapped up, McMahan’s phone was buzzing more than the bees. Just another call to start a swarm season, he thinks, could be a long one.
“This year I’m already 20 swarms deep, so I’m expecting way more than 100 this year,” McMahan said.
To have a bee swarm removed for free from your property anywhere statewide, the Swarm Hotline number is 1-844-SPY-BEES.
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