Colorado
Deion Sanders fires back at ‘lies’ around Colorado football program
Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders has fired back at what he calls “lies” about his football program, arising from a recent report that indicates a “chaotic culture,” allegedly even spilling over into violence in the locker room, and made a veiled suggestion that legal action might be taken.
“That’s when you know you’re doing well, when they start lying,” Sanders said of the report. “Shouldn’t there be some kind of penalty of ramification? But nevertheless, we have the highest GPA in the history of the school. Wonder how they do that?”
The report in question, originally from Athlon Sports, quoted anonymous sources, including reputed players, who painted the Buffaloes program in a highly negative light.
“It’s like a real-life Grand Theft Auto video game,” one former player said. “There are many distractions with fights, guns, and money floating around. The environment is unlike any I’ve come from before.”
This offseason has been eventful for Colorado to say the least, as a reported three dozen-plus players left the program, while an estimated 41 more entered it via the transfer portal.
One of those outgoing players was highly-touted cornerback Cormani McClain, who was allegedly involved in a very heated situation with Coach Prime’s son, safety Shilo Sanders, per the report.
Sanders allegedly slapped McClain “several times, which left Cormani screaming, ‘I’m going to kill you,’ repeatedly,” an anonymous former player recalled.
They added: “After that, you could tell he wasn’t mentally there. It’s hard when the coaches you trust are calling you derogatory names on the practice field.”
The report also alleged that wide receiver Kaleb Mathis punched quarterback Colton Allen over the latter apparently not paying a $10,000 gambling debt.
Part of Colorado’s active football offseason included a brief back-and-forth with Prime and his son, quarterback Shedeur Sanders, on one side, and two former players on the other that played out on X.
On the field, the Buffaloes prepare for Sanders’ second season as head coach, looking to rebound from a meager 4-8 campaign, and make their debut in the Big 12.
Shedeur and two-way player Travis Hunter both return to Colorado this season before heading off to the 2025 NFL Draft, where each is expected to be a first-round selection.
After that, Deion says he’ll stick around at CU and continue rebuilding the program.
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Kids escape unscathed after van slips off Colorado mountain road and down Blue River embankment
A van carrying campers from a hike near Blue River rolled down an embankment Thursday afternoon, but everyone inside escaped without major injuries. According to the Keystone Science School, the 15-passenger van was transporting 13 campers and two adults back from Mohawk Lakes when it slid off a wet road and rolled over.
Emergency crews responded to Spruce Creek Road after receiving reports of a single-vehicle rollover.
“We’re fortunate that it was low speed, and there was no intrusion into the passenger cabin,” Matt Benedict, division chief of wildfire and community preparedness for Red, White and Blue Fire said.
Investigators believe muddy conditions created by recent rainfall contributed to the crash. The van rolled down a steep embankment before coming to rest against a tree. Two people suffered minor injuries, but neither required transportation to a hospital, according to fire officials.
Keystone Science School confirmed emergency responders arrived quickly and that no major injuries were reported.
“The safety and well-being of our campers and staff is our highest priority,” Executive Director Eric Rightor said in a statement. “We are grateful that there were no major injuries, and we are committed to fully supporting all those involved and their families.”
Fire officials also credited seatbelt use for helping protect those inside the vehicle. “We always encourage everyone to wear their seatbelts… and they did. And everybody left,” Benedict said.
The Keystone Science School is located in Summit County.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Two weeks have passed since officials closed four blocks of Uintah Street to repair damage under a bridge over Shooks Run Creek, and we’re now learning specifics about the response.
Officials said that the city was the lead entity in the repair response, with Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) providing a supporting role.
The closure began late in the afternoon of June 10 for what officials described as emergency bridge and utility repairs between Prospect and Institute streets, east of the Colorado College campus.
Officials said that on the previous day, a routine bridge inspection by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) discovered a large “void,” or sinkhole, under the bridge that compromised a utility line.
But officials didn’t explain how the void developed or how they repaired it until earlier this week, when Richard Mulledy, the city’s public works director, elaborated on the situation.
“It was about a six-foot by eight-foot void,” he explained. “That void was really caused by an abandoned storm sewer line and then a leaking manhole. It’s something that we see from time to time, but really doesn’t happen often.”
Crews approached the problem from under and above the bridge, with workers excavating into the street to access the utility lines.
“The utility line being compromised was an active storm sewer line,” Mulledy said. “It was sort of hanging out in the open and was unsecured. The old storm sewer line had been abandoned for decades and was starting to fail.”
Crews removed the old stormwater pipe, repaired the manhole, and backfilled the void with a material called “flow.”
“Flow fills almost like a kind of liquid concrete,” Mulledy detailed. “And that’s a really great structural solution. So, we filled that entire thing up, made sure the void is closed, and made sure it’s structurally sound.”
He added that the bridge is around a century old, the same age as most bridges across the creek.
“This was identified and got fixed in 48 hours, rather than let something structural fail, and then we’d be in a big, giant construction project,” Mulledy said. “The structure itself, I don’t think, was ever really threatened.”
The closure ended on Saturday, June 13.
A Colorado man died on Tuesday when a boulder fell on him and crushed him. That’s according to the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office, who identified the man as 59-year-old Paul Frasch.
Frasch is a resident of Silverthorne. The sheriff’s office says he was walking in an area along the Arkansas River in Buena Vista in the middle of the day with his coworker when rocks fell and hit him.
According to investigators, the boulder that landed on Frasch weighed at least 1,000 pounds.
The coworker received injuries to his arms after trying to help Frasch.
When first responders got to the scene, the boulder was still on top of Frasch. He was declared dead at the scene.
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