Morning Headlines: Who's Tops at DIA, Ritter Backs Hancock, Broncos Working Out, and More
By AJ Vicens
Created 2011-05-10 15:26

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Morning Headlines: Who's Tops at DIA, Ritter Backs Hancock, Broncos Working Out, and More

Break a...Boat? A team of white-water rafters from the Vail Valley heads to Oregon this weekend in pursuit of its ninth-straight national title. Float on (Vail Daily [2]).

United Airlines' Paradox: For the 18th month in a row, United Airlines had the highest percentage of on-time flights among Denver International Airport's three largest carriers in March. But it also had the highest incidence of complaints nationwide: 1.82 per 100,000 passengers (Denver Business Journal [3]).

Another Endorsement: A day after ex-mayoral candidate James Mejia merged his campaign with Chris Romer's in a show of solidarity, former Governor Bill Ritter announced he's backing Romer's challenger, Michael Hancock (CBS4 [4]).

Broncos Resume Workouts...On Their Own: The NFL lockout is still going strong and shows no signs of easing, but that didn't stop a group of Broncos players from laying it all on the line during a player-organized workout Tuesday (Denver Post [5]).

Rockies Blast Three Homers, Still Lose: The Rockies finally strung some hits together—three home runs, in fact—but it wasn't enough to top the New York Mets last night (Associated Press [6]).

Kroenke Facing Fight for Arsenal: Colorado sports magnate Stan Kroenke may own 63 percent of English soccer powerhouse Arsenal, but a group representing more than a thousand small shareholders doesn't want him to own it all (AFP [7]).

Source URL: http://www.5280.com/blogs/2011/05/10/morning-headlines-whos-tops-dia-ritter-backs-hancock-broncos-working-out-and-more

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[1] http://www.5280.com/tag/authors/aj-vicens
[2] http://www.vaildaily.com/ARTICLE/20110509/SPORTS/110509844/1062/RSS
[3] http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2011/05/10/united-has-dias-best-on-time-rate-in.html
[4] http://denver.cbslocal.com/2011/05/10/ritter-to-announce-support-for-hancock/
[5] http://www.denverpost.com/broncos/ci_18037456
[6] http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/mike-pelfrey-helps-his-own-cause-with-two-run-double-in-mets-4-3-win-over-rockies/2011/05/11/AFjrK0lG_story.html
[7] http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5it8Q_Jkm-WQcXBuh_phR8PS9TWXg?docId=CNG.7666cf41808dc7d84a13a2cd4ccc112e.171