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Colorado had seven congressional districts until this year, when an independent commission created the new 8th Congressional District in the wake of the 2020 census. It sit on a political razor’s edge, with Democrats holding a slim 1.3% advantage in statewide races from 2016 to 2020. The 2022 midterms will be the first contest for the seat. Latinos make up 38.5% of the district’s population, the largest such percentage in the state....

Griswold’s increasingly public profile has drawn an increase in threats levied against her and other members of her office, including death threats and posting of her private information online, her office has said. “I KNOW WHERE YOU SLEEP,” one online message read, according to The Colorado Sun. “I SEE YOU SLEEPING. BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID.” The funding would allow for guards to accompany Griswold and some of her staff at public events, as well as hire a third-party vendor to track the threats made at Griswold and her office online....

But it wasn’t the best of returns for a certain section of the fans watching the game on television? Why? Because Liverpool played in their traditional all-red kit while Ludogorets played in their all-green kit. While that is normal (well, maybe not an all-green kit), some viewers had a tough time following the game. Colour blind viewers couldn’t distinguish between Liverpool and Ludogorets Fans who suffer from red-green colour blindness (also known as Deuteranomaly) couldn’t make out which team was Liverpool and which one was Ludogorets....

Alie-Cox is closing in on changing that narrative, though, as the now fourth-year NFL tight end has made himself an important part of the Colts’ offense. Despite not playing football after his freshman year of high school through the end of his college basketball career, Alie-Cox took a chance on football, which took a chance back on him. For both sides, it seems the shift in profession is paying off, and it’s just the latest example of a college basketball player becoming a solid NFL tight end, following in the footsteps of greats like Antonio Gates and Jimmy Graham....

From that perch, however, Reich chose not to join the chorus of analysts, fans, players and coaches presaging the death of “real football.” Reich’s Colts were called twice in the first half the Colts’ 20-19 preseason loss to the Ravens for “lowering the head to initiate contact,” a personal foul punishable by 15 yards. The new rule passed by the league has led to a significant backlash from those who apparently believe brutality is central to the game’s appeal....

Indianapolis will have to wait a long time to make its first pick in the 2022 NFL Draft; the Colts are currently without a first-round selection for 2022, and they have a player who’s no longer on their roster to thank for that. With the Wentz experiment yielding disappointing results in 2021, Indianapolis traded the quarterback to Washington this offseason to try and recoup at least a little bit of trade capital it gave up to acquire him from Philadelphia in February 2021....

The Colts linebacker was suspended four games by the NFL Tuesday for violating the league’s policy on performance enhancing substances. Jackson left Monday night’s 41-10 win over the New York Jets early because of a concussion. A second-round pick of the Cleveland Browns in 2006, Jackson joined the Colts in 2014 and was selected to his first Pro Bowl after recording 138 tackles and four sacks. MORE: Week 14 NFL power rankings...

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the world this winter, several bowl games have been called off as a result of spiking case counts on various teams. For some bowl games, teams have been able to find a replacement opponent to allow the matchup to continue. That was the case in the Gator Bowl, after Texas A&M had to withdraw from the matchup. Rutgers stepped up to fill the matchup to face Wake Forest in the game....

Assistant coach Chris Malone was let go after he tweeted, and later deleted, a statement Tuesday night during the Georgia senate runoff elections, and the involvement of Abrams, who was a governor’s candidate in 2018 and later a possible running mate of Joe Biden. Here’s the tweet from Tuesday. “Congratulations to the state GA and Fat Albert @staceyabrams because you have truly shown America the true works of cheating in an election, again!...

Plus, it’s just a weekend of great college football matchups, featuring ranked meetings between No. 1 LSU and No. 4 Georgia; No. 2 Ohio State and No. 10 Wisconsin; No. 3 Clemson and No. 22 Virginia; No. 5 Utah and No. 13 Oregon; No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 8 Baylor; and No. 16 Memphis and No. 21 Cincinnati. Get the latest NCAA odds & betting advice at Sports Insider...

The top three teams were No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Notre Dame and — perhaps surprisingly — one-loss, third-ranked Clemson. Undefeated Ohio State rounded out the top four, with Florida, Texas A&M and Cincinnati all landing within striking distance of the final four teams. MORE: Week 13 bowl projections The College Football Playoff rankings will be released each Tuesday leading up to conference championship weekend, and the final rankings will be unveiled on Dec....

The national semifinals were set Sunday with minimal grumbling thanks to the cut-and-dried nature of Saturday’s conference championship games. PLAYOFF PATHS: Clemson | Alabama | Michigan State | Oklahoma No. 1 Clemson will face No. 4 Oklahoma on New Year’s Eve at the Orange Bowl, while No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 Michigan State will face off the same day in the Cotton Bowl. The winners will meet for the national title Jan....

With the transfer portal and the increasing turns on the coaching carousel, those battles can pop anywhere during spring practice. The Sporting News looked at 10 of the most intriguing quarterback battles in the country, and a few interesting trends emerged. Four of those schools have made the College Football Playoff within the past three seasons, including Michigan in 2021. MORE QB OUTLOOKSACC | Big 12 | Pac 12 | Big Ten | SEC...

A reminder on how our contest is played: Each expert picks three underdogs to win. If the underdog comes through, the expert gets as many points as the team was an underdog via the betting line. Here are our standings through four weeks: On to the upsets. MORE: Week 5 picks against the spread for Top 25 games Lines courtesy of FanDuel.com Bill Bender, Lead college football writer No. 9 Notre Dame (+1....

How bad would it be, then, if you missed your favorite team taking to the field for their season opener? Hint: very bad. MORE: Top 15 programs since 2000 | Top 25 conference matchups in 2015 Don’t miss out any football action in Week 1 with our handy dandy schedule. (All times Eastern) Thursday, Sept. 3 college football schedule North Carolina vs. South Carolina in Charlotte, 6 p.m., ESPN...

No. 12 Clemson looked every part the playoff contender in a 24-22 win over No. 6 Notre Dame at a soggy Death Valley. The Tigers weathered the big stage and held off a red-hot Irish team that, despite playing with a backup QB, could still wind up as one of the top teams in the country by the end of the season. HAYES: QB play makes Saban happy | BENDER: Baylor’s offense looks unstoppable...

The college student, who identified himself as Bobby, called the Trump-Pence administration the “greatest of all time.” “My question is a bit more of a personal one,” he said, prefacing his detour from the politics-themed questions Pence had taken most of the night. “I need a wise man to answer this for me: What do you think is the most effective method to getting a girlfriend in college?” The crowd of hundreds of college students cheered, and Pence smiled and slightly shook his head before responding....

Gracyn Courtright of West Virginia was among the pro-Trump rioters that descended on the U.S. Capitol on January 6 and entered the legislative building. She was seen in numerous photographs among the crowd and inside the Capitol, with one photo showing her holding a “members only” sign. Attorneys for Courtright, a student at the University of Kentucky, argued that she should get a lesser sentence because she was not there out of malicious intent like other participants....

To be fair, he broke the rule before he was an NFL coach. That’s not likely to make it any less awkward for the Colts when they travel to Las Vegas to take on the Raiders — a team Saturday said “looks horrible” just days before he became Indianapolis’ interim coach: The Raiders were less than inspiring in the game that prompted Saturday’s quip; they fell 24-0 to the Saints....